No Matter Where They Lived, Older Americans With Dementia Were More Likely to Die From COVID-19
Among assisted living residents, those with dementia spent more time alone and sleeping in 2020 than their peers without the condition
Among assisted living residents, those with dementia spent more time alone and sleeping in 2020 than their peers without the condition
(2003) The lingering effects of a long civil war, climatic changes, and infectious diseases represent major threats to life in the southern African nation of Mozambique, where 17.5 million people live, the vast majority in rural poverty.
(2002) Environ 13 % des décès maternels à l'échelle mondiale sont le résultat de complications d'avortements dangereux1, et dans certaines régions ce chiffre représente jusqu'à un tiers de ces décès.
(2009) A new demographic and health survey (DHS) from Egypt shows that the number of children per woman has declined, from 3.5 in 2000 to about 3.0 in 2008.
Family planning is critical for the health of women and their families, and it can accelerate a country's progress toward reducing poverty and achieving development goals. Because of its importance, universal access to reproductive health services, including family planning, is identified as one of the targets of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
Fertility rates in the United States dropped to their lowest level in recorded history, with women having an average of 1.7 births in their lifetime. That’s one of the key findings in PRB’s 2019 World Population Data Sheet.
(2010) The phrase "1.57 Shock" was widely used in Japan 20 years ago in reaction to the lowest fertility rate in the country's history.
(2015) Three presentations about increased childbearing outside marriage, more parents with children from more than one partner, and a shrinking share of married people in the U.S. population have brought new complexity to U.S. family life, and risks for the health and well-being of children and parents.
(2010) This has been a tumultuous decade for the United States. During the first 10 years of the 21st Century, there was a major terrorist attack, a housing meltdown, a severe economic recession, and a significant downturn in the U.S. stock market.