(2004) Ten years ago this summer, representatives from 179 countries, scores of international agencies, and about 1,200 nongovernmental organizations met in Cairo for the United Nations-sponsored International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), a landmark event in world population and health.
Disability rates are down among older Americans, and more are managing daily life on their own with devices.
(2014) Ukraine, a former republic of the Soviet Union, has undergone a series of dramatic demographic changes since its independence in 1991. Most significant, its birth rate declined sharply following independence, mirroring similar developments in other former Soviet republics.
(2011) In the next two decades, the number of Americans age 55 orolder will swell from 76 million to 110 million as the large baby-boom generation continues to age.
(2003) Education is a key part of strategies to improve individuals' well-being and societies' economic and social development.
(2003) Education is a key part of strategies to improve individuals' well-being and societies' economic and social development.
(2010) What are the "next generation" contraceptives? Several innovative contraceptive methods are expected to enter the market within five years, and more are under development. What are they and who is likely to use them? How might new methods help reduce the unmet need for contraception of an estimated 200 million women worldwide?
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
(2012) Despite declining rates, teen birth rates in the United States remain persistently high, at 34.4 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 19.