Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
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Author ArchiveQuick Takes: HIV Prevalence in Cameroon. A Youth Tax in Germany? Latest on the Sex Ratio at Birth in IndiaTuesday, May 1st, 2012 Posted in HIV/AIDS, Population Basics, Youth by Carl Haub, senior demographer HIV/AIDS in Cameroon. The preliminary report of the 2011 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey/HIV (DHS/HIV) has been released (in French). This survey tested 13,503 women and ... Read more..Bangladesh 2011 Demographic and Health Survey Shows Continued Fertility Decline and High Use of Family PlanningTuesday, April 24th, 2012 Posted in Health, Reproductive Health by Carl Haub, senior demographer The Bangladesh 2011 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) is the ninth demographic survey taken in the country since 1975. Except for a few very small countries ... Read more..2011 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey Shows No Decline in Fertility But Dramatic Decline in Infant and Child MortalityFriday, April 13th, 2012 Posted in Health, Population Basics, Reproductive Health by Carl Haub, senior demographer The Mozambique 2011 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) is the third DHS in a series that began in 1997. The preliminary report has just been released. ... Read more..Dramatic Differences in Childbearing by Age in U.S., Japan, and South KoreaWednesday, April 4th, 2012 Posted in Population Basics by Carl Haub, senior demographer The very low Total Fertility Rates (TFRs, the average number of children a woman would bear in her lifetime if the birth rate of a ... Read more..2011 Census Shows How 1.3 Billion People in India LiveThursday, March 29th, 2012 Posted in Income/Poverty, Population Basics by Carl Haub, senior demographer An attention-getting headline in the major Indian daily newspaper, The Hindu recently observed: “Half of India’s homes have mobile phones, but not toilets.” Such contradictions portray ... Read more..Quick Takes: Fertility, Infant Mortality, and HIV in Uganda; Fewer Babies in Czech Republic; Urban U.S. Population GrowthTuesday, March 27th, 2012 Posted in HIV/AIDS, Population Basics by Carl Haub, senior demographer News from Uganda. Press reports quote the Bureau of Statistics of Uganda (UBOS) with leaked data from the not-yet-released 2011 Demographic and Health Survey. The country’s ... Read more..U.S. Births Drop Below 4 Million per YearWednesday, March 21st, 2012 Posted in Population Basics by Carl Haub, senior demographer The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has reported that the preliminary number of births in the United States fell to 3,978,000 during the 12-month period ... Read more..Sex Ratio at Birth Trend in India Grows More MixedThursday, February 23rd, 2012 Posted in Gender by Carl Haub, senior demographer The abortion of female fetuses in India following a sex determination test, such as ultrasound, has gained worldwide attention. The preference for male children is quite ... Read more..Quick Takes: Natural Decrease in Russia, Indian Weddings, Taiwan TFR, and Canadian CensusWednesday, February 15th, 2012 Posted in Marriage/Family, Population Basics by Carl Haub, senior demographer Natural decrease improves in Russia. Russia continued its recovery in 2011 from its dramatic natural decrease (births minus deaths) of past years, but not from a ... Read more..Cameroon 2011 Demographic and Health Survey Shows Stalled Fertility Decline, Improving Health IndicatorsMonday, December 12th, 2011 Posted in Health, Population Basics, Reproductive Health by Carl Haub, senior demographer The Cameroon 2011 Demographic and Health Survey – Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey is the fourth DHS in a series that began in 1991. As so often ... Read more.. |
