Dr. Foxen discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Latino communities, why life expectancy for Latinos is expected to drop by three years, and the challenges in collecting and tracking national and state COVID-19 data by race and ethnicity.
People undeniably live longer today than they did in the past. But for behavioral, biological, and other reasons, not everyone benefits equally from the gains in life expectancy.
(2010) will mark the sixth anniversary of the earthquake that spawned a tsunami on the coastlines of countries bordering the Indian Ocean.
Vaccines are one of the simplest, most cost-effective tools to improve public health. Vaccine-preventable diseases can lead to illness, disfigurement, and disability, and remain a substantial cause of death for young children.
(2009) The 2010 Census questionnaire will be sent to every housing unit in the country.
In 2008, the United Nations announced that 50 percent of the world's population now lives in urban areas, a milestone in demographic history.
(2015) Senegalese journalist Maimouna Gueye won a 2015 Global Health Reporting award from the International Center for Journalists for stories she wrote after participating in a program organized by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) in southern Senegal and the capital, Dakar.
(April 2006) Populations in developing countries will be aging rapidly in the coming decades: The number of older persons (those age 65 or older) in less developed countries is expected to increase from 249 million to 690 million between 2000 and 2030.