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Health minister calls for robust regime to overcome maternal deaths

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will draft an action plan to improve the quality of life of senior citizens, who now make up over 22% of the city’s population.

College-educated Black women in the United States give birth to fewer children than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to a new study coauthored by Yale sociologist Emma Zang.

Generally, as people age, the rate of mortality increases. Yet there’s one period, the timeframe between a child’s first day of life and age 5, when mortality tends to decrease as the child gets older. This concept, known as the under-5 mortality rate, often acts as a barometer for how well a country or populationGenerally, as people age, the rate of mortality increases. Yet there’s one period, the timeframe between a child’s first day of life and age 5, when mortality tends to decrease as the child gets older. This concept, known as the under-5 mortality rate, often acts as a baromete...

Lauded for building an essential platform for population data, Dr. Steven Ruggles receives a MacArthur Fellowship.