Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment

Equatorial Guinea’s First DHS Survey; Suriname Family Planning Use

Thursday, April 18th, 2013 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Carl Haub, senior demographer EQUATORIAL GUINEA. The 2011 Equatorial Guinea Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) summary report has measured a relatively high level of fertility. The total fertility rate (TFR, ... Read more..

Why Has the U.S. Birth Rate Recently Declined?

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 Posted in Race Ethnicity, Reproductive Health

by Carl Haub, senior demographer Following up on some recent blogs on the drop in the U.S. birth rate, I thought it would be useful to see which groups have been ... Read more..

Birth Rate Shows Rise in Niger, Steady in Nigeria

Thursday, March 21st, 2013 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Carl Haub, senior demographer NIGER. The 2012 Niger Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) preliminary report shows a continuing high level of fertility. The total fertility rate (TFR, or the average ... Read more..

Haiti 2012 DHS: Lower TFR, Higher Contraceptive Prevalence; Infant Mortality Rate Unchanged From Previous Survey

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Carl Haub, senior demographer The preliminary results of one part of Haiti’s 2012 Demographic and Health Survey show a continuing but more-rapid decline in the total fertility rate (TFR, the ... Read more..

Reports That the U.S. Birth Rate in 2011 Was the Lowest in History Are, Well, Wrong

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Carl Haub, senior demographer Several newspapers, blogs, and websites have proclaimed that the U.S. “birth rate” in 2011 was the lowest since records have been kept. But it wasn’t. The ... Read more..

PORDATA, a Data Website to Try and an Impressive Demographic Conference

Monday, October 29th, 2012 Posted in Population Basics

by Carl Haub, senior demographer PORDATA, www.pordata.pt, available in both Portuguese and English, provides a wide variety of demographic, social, and economic data on Portugal, the 27 European Union countries, and ... Read more..

Quick Takes: Natural Increase in Ukraine; Foreign Births in the U.K.; Two African Censuses; Births in Russia Still Rising

Thursday, September 13th, 2012 Posted in Population Basics, Reproductive Health

by Carl Haub, senior demographer Natural Increase in Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian website en.for-ua.com (Aug. 27, 2012), the country’s Prime Minister, Mykola Azarov, said that births will exceed deaths in ... Read more..

Côte d’Ivoire 2011-2012 DHS-MICS Shows Stagnant Fertility Decline But Steady Decline in Infant and Child Mortality

Thursday, September 13th, 2012 Posted in Population Basics, Reproductive Health

by Carl Haub, senior demographer The latest Cote d’Ivoire 2011-2012 DHS-MICS is the fourth DHS in the country since 1994 and shows a stall in fertility decline for at least 12 ... Read more..