The Backdrop: Rising Inequality in the U.S.
(2014) Countries around the world are paying more attention to inequality as an indicator of social and economic well-being.
(2014) Countries around the world are paying more attention to inequality as an indicator of social and economic well-being.
In 2008, the United Nations announced that 50 percent of the world's population now lives in urban areas, a milestone in demographic history.
(2008) In mid-2008, world population stood at 6.7 billion, up from 6.0 billion in 1999. The next milestone, 7 billion, will likely be passed in 2011 or 2012.
Project: American Community Survey and Decennial Census Support Services
(2014) Countries around the world are paying more attention to inequality as an indicator of social and economic well-being.
(2002) The past century witnessed a revolution in health care, yet millions of women still endure the risks of pregnancy and childbirth under conditions virtually unchanged over time. Maternal complications take a serious toll on women.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
Population statistics and database measuring growing human population distribution globally with an emphasis on youth.
(2008) In mid-2008, world population stood at 6.7 billion, up from 6.0 billion in 1999. The next milestone, 7 billion, will likely be passed in 2011 or 2012.
(2009) The United States—one of the world's wealthiest countries—consistently has higher infant mortality rates than most other developed countries. In 2005, 29 countries had lower rates, including Cuba and Poland.