(2005) A new study contends that rising childhood obesity rates will cut average U.S. life expectancy from birth by two to five years in the coming decades—a magnitude of decline last seen in the United States during the Great Depression.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
In the United States, women from disadvantaged groups faced more barriers to contraceptive care during COVID.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
PRB’s World Population Data Sheet is an excellent reference and data analysis tool. Teachers are encouraged to have their students use the Data Sheet for a variety of topics and activities.
(2007) The increase in women's participation in the U.S. labor force is one of the most important social, economic, and cultural trends of the past century.
PRB partnered with the Census Bureau to release a new series of materials designed to provide concise, reader-friendly information to data users about the new privacy protection methods being used for the 2020 Census.
Water and sanitation play a crucial role in the transmission of diarrheal disease. These environmental factors contribute to approximately 94 percent of the 4 billion cases of diarrhea that the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates to occur globally each year.