News tagged with population demographics

Most of upstate New York continues to lose people

(Phys.org) -- Although New York state grew by 87,093 people in the 15 months after the 2010 census, 37 upstate counties lost population, according to new U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research finds migrants are doing well in regional and rural Australia

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research study by Macquarie University has found migrants in regional and rural Australia are doing better socio-economically than in the past, now earning similar levels of income to ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Slaves or not, Babylonians were like us, says book

(PhysOrg.com) -- They got married, had children, made beer. Although they lived 3,500 years ago in Nippur, Babylonia, in many ways they seem like us. Whether they were also slaves is a hotly contested question ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 16

Many company closures await when elderly small business owners retire

The population of the EU is becoming older, and an ever smaller number of people have to provide for the ageing population. In Sweden, an already critical employment situation is exacerbated by the fact that 25% of managers ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The unstable future of a world full of men

As the global population hits seven billion, experts are warning that skewed gender ratios could fuel the emergence of volatile "bachelor nations" driven by an aggressive competition for brides.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 201

Computers provide connections for older adults

The rapid evolution of computers makes it challenging for computer savvy users to keep up, but what about older Americans? How useful are computers to the aging population? As the rate of technology change accelerates, there ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How safe is mist netting? First large-scale study into bird capture technique evaluates the risks

Capturing birds using mist nets to study behaviour, movement or the demographics of a species is one of the most common research techniques in ornithology, yet until now there have been no large scale studies ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers forecast Australia's population growth with new model

University of Queensland researchers believe that long term population projections have a key role in informing policy in contrast with the government's population strategy released yesterday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Demographic trends, consumption patterns threaten UK environment

UCL researchers have contributed to the Royal Commission report on Environmental Pollution, which calls for a step-change in efforts to reduce consumption and waste generation by individuals and households ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rapid population aging will raise critical challenges for Asian governments: report

Responding to the challenges posed by a rapidly aging population will be one of the most difficult tasks for Asian governments in the first half of this century, says a report released today by the Chinese Academy of Social ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genetic data added to archaeology and linguistics to get picture of African population history

Genetic researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have combined data from existing archaeological and linguistic studies of Africa with human genetic data to shed light on the demographic history of the continent from ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bilingual family liaisons increasingly important service for schools

Even during tough economic times, a school district's decision to cut support services aimed at helping Hispanic students and their families navigate through the public school system will prove to be a shortsighted ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Patients in US 5 times more likely to spend last days in ICU than patients in England

Patients who die in the hospital in the United States are almost five times as likely to have spent part of their last hospital stay in the ICU than patients in England. What's more, over the age of 85, ICU usage among terminal ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Buried Coins Key to Roman Population Mystery?

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first century BC in Italy was culturally a brilliant age, unequaled by any other period in Roman history. It was a time of Cicero, Caesar, Vergil, Horace and many other major literary ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (14) | comments 2