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Demography Links

Feb 13, 2014

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mwkruse

in Culture, Demography, Health and Medicine, Links – Demography, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. Business Insider: These Maps Show The Geography Of Interracial Marriage This map shows white and African American marriages. Go to the article to see maps for other ethnicities. 2. PBS: Study finds that divorce rate rises as economy improves … The divorce rate dipped from 2.09 percent to 1.95 percent between 2008 and 2009,…
Better medicines, new safety features help drop children’s death rates

Aug 4, 2007

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mwkruse

in Demography, Health and Medicine, Trends: Social

Kansas City Star: Better medicines, new safety features help drop children's death rates The death rate from heart disease among children is about half what it was in 1980, according to a compendium of recently released federal child-health statistics. Also down by roughly half are children’s death rates from birth defects, cancer, pneumonia and flu,…