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Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease

Noncommunicable Diseases Among Older Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Today's Research on Aging, Issue 26: For most people, the probability of having a physical or mental disability increases with age, as does the number of ailments they might have at any time—particularly after age 70.

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Project: Working Poor Families Project

Race/Ethnic Income Gap Growing Among U.S. Working Poor Families

In 2013, U.S. working families headed by racial/ethnic minorities were twice as likely to be poor or low-income (47 percent) compared with non-Hispanic whites (23 percent) according to a new report from the Working Poor Families Project in collaboration with the Population Reference Bureau (PRB).

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PRB Discuss Online: The Long-Term Effects of Childhood Poverty in the United States

(2010) Most poor children achieve less, exhibit more problem behaviors, and are less healthy than children raised in more-affluent families. Looking beyond these well-known correlations between poverty and negative outcomes in childhood, recent studies have assessed the effects of childhood poverty in the United States on later attainment and health.

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PRB Discuss Online: Demographic Divide, Diverging Population Growth Trends

September 2008) More than 80 million people were added to the world's population in 2008, which ensures continued growth in coming decades.

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Urbanization Takes on New Dimensions in Asia’s Population Giants

(October 2001) For the first time, more half of the world's population will be living in urban areas by the end of this decade.

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PRB Discuss Online: Birth Defects, a Hidden Toll for Developing Countries

(2009) Each year, an estimated 9 million infants are born with a serious birth defect that may kill them or result in a lifelong disability. Such birth defects have an especially severe effect on children in developing countries.

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