Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
How Obesity Relates to Socioeconomic Status
(2013) According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over one-third of U.S. adults are obese.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
(2013) According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over one-third of U.S. adults are obese.
(2006) Road traffic accidents—the leading cause of death by injury and the tenth-leading cause of all deaths globally—now make up a surprisingly significant portion of the worldwide burden of ill-health.
(2002) It is difficult to compare poverty levels in different countries. Countries not only have different currencies, they have different family income levels, consumption patterns, prices for goods and services (which affect purchasing power), spending patterns, and family and demographic characteristics.
(2010) Violence against women is a costly and pervasive public health problem and a violation of human rights. In Egypt, a third of women are physically abused by their husbands, according to the 2005 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (DHS).