(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.
(2012) Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also referred to as chronic diseases, are the leading causes of death worldwide.
Project: KIDS COUNT
(2008) National trends in child well-being have improved slightly since 2000, according to the 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book.
(20212) In recent years, more mothers of young children have entered the paid labor force.
(2001) Asthma afflicts a rapidly growing number of children in the United States. The total number of children suffering from this chronic disease increased by 75 percent between 1980 and 1994.
(2010) Family planning is one of the most cost-effective health interventions in the developing world.
(2009) Speculation has been rife in the media on the possible effect of the current recession on the U.S. birth rate. In January of this year posed this same question but now, at mid-year, unemployment is approaching 10 percent for the first time in over a quarter century, the housing "bubble" has truly burst, banks and industries that have been pillars of the economy have gone bankrupt, and consumer confidence has reached one of its lowest points in the past 50 years.