Citizenship, Ancestry May Help Determine Who Gets the ‘Hispanic Health Advantage’
New research helps explain the factors behind why Hispanic people in the United States tend to live longer than other Americans
New research helps explain the factors behind why Hispanic people in the United States tend to live longer than other Americans
(2010) In 1970, then-President Ferdinand Marcos launched the Philippines' first National Population Program to improve access to family planning to lower fertility and slow population growth. Fertility has declined since then, although the level is still high compared with other countries in Southeast Asia.
New research finds that African countries saw infections and deaths at rates similar to countries in other regions, contradicting official reports.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
Dramatic and spontaneous natural disasters garner substantial humanitarian aid—as they should. But long-term chronic environmental pressures such as heat stress also put tremendous strain on rural households, especially households in less developed countries that rely on agriculture.
(2010) Latinos are increasingly shaping the demographic makeup of the United States.
(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.