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Distilled Demographics: The Birth Rate

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Updated: 05 Sep 2014

Find out more about PRB at our website, www.prb.org. The birth rate is one of the most basic and important measures in demography. Birth rates affect public ...

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Population - Total Fertility Rate - National day rally speech

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Singapore Total Fertility Rate.

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Sociology 208 Total Fertility Rate

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Updated: 28 Aug 2014

How to calculate a TFR.

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Total Fertility Rate sample

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Singapore's low Total Fertility Rate (TFR): Is our stressful environment the real culprit?

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Updated: 15 Jan 2014

At a REACH dialogue session on population issues, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K Shanmugam discusses Singapore low fertility rate. Although the stres...

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Singapore's Total Fertility Rate up to 1 29 in 2012 - 26Sep2013

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Updated: 04 Mar 2014

SINGAPORE: Singapore's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) increased from 1.20 in 2011 to 1.29 in 2012. This is according to the Population in Brief Report 2013 relea...

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fertility rates and doubling time.m4v

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Updated: 17 Oct 2013

How to calculate fertility rates and doubling times for population dynamics.

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World In 2014 Videographic: Asian fertility rates

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Updated: 02 Aug 2014

Declining fertility rates will transform the Asian family. For more video content from The Economist visit our website: http://econ.st/1bWzGyP.

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Low fertility rate, no in-migration will lead to S'pore's population decline - 07Sep2011

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Updated: 24 Dec 2013

SINGAPORE: Singapore's resident population will decline and become extremely aged if the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is extremely low and if there is no in-mi...

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Fertility rates for non UK born women living in England and Wales

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Updated: 29 Aug 2014

This is a short video from the ONS looking at fertility rates of non UK born women who are living in England and Wales. It will first compare the birth rates...

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MM Lee weighs in on Singapore's record-low fertility rate

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Updated: 19 Jan 2011

A day after it was revealed that Singapore's total fertility rate (TFR) has hit a record low, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said that Singapore needs young im...

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Radical proposals to increase fertility rates

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Updated: 26 Jul 2013

Scrap all examinations till pre-University. Remove the performance bonus reward system at work.These two suggestions were made by Associate Professor Paulin ...

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Korea's fertility rate among lowest in OECD

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Updated: 04 Aug 2014

Korea has one of the lowest fertility rates among the world's advanced economies. The data out of the U.S. serves as a good reminder of how difficult and exp...

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Low fertility rate, no immigration will lead to S'pore's population decline

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Updated: 08 Sep 2011

Singapore's resident population will decline and become extremely aged if the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is extremely low and if there is no immigration. Thi...

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Fertility rate

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Updated: 21 May 2014

Total Fertility rate

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Singapore unveils S$2b package to boost fertility rate - 21Jan2013

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Updated: 01 Sep 2014

SINGAPORE: The Singapore government has announced a S$2b package in another attempt to boost the country's low fertility rate. To encourage couples to start ...

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Singapore fertility rate falls to record low

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Updated: 25 Jan 2011

Preliminary estimates show that Singapore's total fertility rate has dropped to a record low of 1.16 last year. The number of new Permanent Residents in 2010...

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Sg+: Fertility Levels: Why so Low, Singapore?

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Updated: 04 Dec 2013

Singapore's Total Fertility Rate stands at 1.29 - below the replacement level of 2.1. Why is its birth rate so low despite lots of government financial incen...

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Singapore's current birth rate is ok: Population expert

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Updated: 05 Feb 2014

Find out what renowned population expert Professor Wolfgang Lutz thinks about our fertility rate, and how a Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 2.1 might not be id...

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Declining fertility rate the biggest threat to America

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Updated: 01 Sep 2014

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Low Birth Rate

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Updated: 20 Nov 2013

"Demographics of Japan." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Feb. 2013. Web. 05 Nov. 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Japan. "Declining Birth Rates Raising Concerns in Asia." East-West Center. www.eastwestcenter.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2013. http://www.eastwestcenter.org/news-center/east-west-wire/declining-birth-rates-raising-concerns-in-asia. "JAPAN LOW BIRTHRATE Official." Dailymotion. Xinhua News Agency, 5 Feb. 2011. Web. 14 Nov. 2013. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xir8rb_japan-low-birthrate_news. "Japan's Countermeasures against the Falling Birthrate," Briefing by Minister of State Yuko Obuchi." YouTube. YouTube, 26 July 2010. Web. 05 Nov. 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLQFTJiiVIM. "UN Says Japan Must Further Empower Women to Increase Birth Rate - The Japan Daily Press." The Japan Daily Press. The Japan Daily Press, 12 July 2013. Web. 05 Nov. 2013. http://japandailypress.com/un-says-japan-must-further-empower-women-to-increase-birth-rate-1232237/ "Japanese Politician Wants to Boost the National Birthrate by Banning Abortion." The Washington Post. The Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2013. Web. 4 Nov. 2013. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/02/26/japanese-politician-wants-to-boost-the-national-birthrate-by-banning-abortion/ "Japan's Fertility Rate Logs 16-year High, Hitting 1.41 | The Japan Times." Japan Times RSS. The Japan Times, 6 June 2013. Web. 05 Nov. 2013. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/06/national/japans-fertility-rate-logs-16-year-high-hitting-1-41/#.Uh3TyzlpuCQ "The Dearths of Births." The Economist. The Economist, 18 Nov. 2010. Web. 4 Nov. 2013. http://www.economist.com/node/17492838 "LifeSiteNews Mobile | Japan Leads the World in Population Collapse." LifeSiteNews. Ed. John Henry. Campaign Life Coalition, 19 Apr. 2013. Web. 12 Nov. 2013. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/japan-leads-the-world-in-population-collapse/. Takeo, Yuko. "Birthrate Rises -- but Births Still Fall." Japan Real Time RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2013. http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2013/06/07/birthrate-rises-but-births-still-fall/.

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20 Feb 2014: Interview with Paulin Straughan

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Updated: 07 Mar 2014

There were more marriages in 2012 compared to 2011. Associate Professor Paulin Straughan from the National University of Singapore joins us in studio to expl...

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Population Structure

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Updated: 15 May 2014

Brief explanation of Population Structure Total Fertility Rate, Infant Mortality Rate, Life Expectancy, & Depenency Ratio.

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On The Red Dot 11 Singapore Marriage and Birth Rate

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Updated: 14 Aug 2014

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Mary Brinton: Gender Equity and Low Fertility in Postindustrial Societies || Radcliffe Institute

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Updated: 06 Aug 2014

In this lecture, Mary C. Brinton explores why fertility has dropped to very low levels in some postindustrial societies and not others. Using original in-dep...

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Natural Solutions to Infertility

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Updated: 03 Sep 2014

Over the past few decades, infertility issues have increased dramatically in our country. According to 2002 CDC statistics, 7.3 million or 11.8% of women of ...

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01 Population Dynamics - Fertility

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Updated: 20 Aug 2013

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Mind Your Fertility - fertility hypnosis and the mind

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Updated: 03 Aug 2014

How to utilise the mind-body link to improve your fertility and fertility treatment success rate. Be informed of future webinars and get you free fertility m...

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19. Economic Motivations for Fertility

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Updated: 12 Aug 2014

Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150) Data shows, consistently, that poor people have more children than rich people; economically speaking, childr...

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13. Fertility Attitudes and Practices

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Updated: 03 Aug 2014

Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150) Surveys show that most women are having more children than they would prefer to have. Further, studies show t...

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GRB Clinic Fertility Centre - Infertility Overview - Tamil

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Updated: 23 Aug 2014

GBR Clinic & Fertility Centre is a leading infertility centre based in Chennai, India. The clinic treats infertile couples who are unable to experience the j...

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Population in India to reach record number - V6 Special Story

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Updated: 30 Aug 2014

India, with 1.27 billion people is the second most populous country in the world, while China is on the top with over 1.36 billion people. Although, the crow...

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Currents - Birth rate lowest ever! / China to be home for majority of christians (12/03/12)

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Updated: 01 Sep 2014

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10. Quantitative Aspects

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Updated: 28 Jun 2014

Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150) Census data is often politically influenced and hence inaccurate. The birthrate in developing countries is ne...

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Demographic Winter

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Updated: 01 Sep 2014

http://www.demographicwinter.com/index.html Synopsis Demographic Winter: Decline of the Human Family One of the most ominous events of modern history is quie...

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Mod-01 Lec-19 Trends In Death and Birth Rates

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Updated: 23 Oct 2013

Population and Society by Prof. A. K. Sharma , Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in.

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16. Population in Traditional China

Duration: 36:09
Updated: 08 Jul 2014

Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150) China's early demographic history is similar to that of Europe; population grows only slowly due to war, dise...

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Ask The Prime Minister - 24Sep2013

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Updated: 05 Sep 2014

SINGAPORE: Questions on governance, forging a new social compact and the future of Singapore were posed to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a live TV progra...

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30-Minute Cardio - The CafeMom Studios Workout

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Updated: 06 Sep 2014

Work up a sweat and burn fat and calories with this 30-minute workout. This workout uses high intensity exercises to get your heart going, followed by lower ...

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18. Economic Impact of Population Growth

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Updated: 28 Jun 2014

Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150) 1) Population in China: Until recently, Chinese families did not much alter their fertility depending on life...

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14. Demographic Transition in Developing Countries

Duration: 70:36
Updated: 28 Jun 2014

Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150) By 1950, in most of the underdeveloped world, mortality had fallen to about half its pre-modern rate. The bir...

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4. When Humans Were Scarce

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Updated: 15 Aug 2014

Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150) Hunter-gatherer populations were much less dense than later agriculturalists. The variety of their food suppl...

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The Sims 3 100 Baby Challenge S1 Ep.13- CHAOS! Complete and Total CHAOS!!!

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Updated: 03 Sep 2014

Ep 13 If you liked this video you should subscribe, rate or share maybe? :) ** Click here to Subscribe! http://full.sc/1fmT7ky ** LINK TO VIDEO EXPLAINING GO...

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Gaza: A ticking demographic time bomb-Remember Palestine-12-31-2011

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Updated: 26 Feb 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/Program/218804.html Following new figures about global population growth, Gaza has been flagged as being in a "dangerous situation." Ga...

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Where next for the Schools Estate? | 04.07.2011

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Updated: 19 Nov 2013

The birth rate in England and Wales is at its highest for almost twenty years, with over 700000 children born in 2009. As a consequence of this baby boom, c...

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Dr.SIVARAJ SIVAKUMAR,SIVARAJ SIDDHA VAITHIYA SALAI

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Updated: 02 Sep 2014

Natural cure for sexual disorder and infertility through siddha medicine from 199 year servicing in same place SIVARAJ SIDDHA VAITHIYA SALAI,SALEM.

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Fertility rate, Numbers and race

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Updated: 23 Feb 2014

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LKY on Singapore fertility rate

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Updated: 19 Jul 2014

LKY on Singapore fertility rate.

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Total fertility

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Updated: 15 Nov 2013

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Gapminder - Fertility and Female Literacy

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Updated: 23 May 2013

Gapminder.org Graph. Total Fertility and Female Adult Literacy Rate, 1980-2010.

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Singapore government offers cash incentives to boost the fertility rate

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Updated: 11 Feb 2014

Singapore needs more babies, and the government is taking action to boost the fertility rate. CCTV correspondent Miro Lu reports onSingapore's government cas...

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America's Declining Fertility Rate

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Updated: 25 Mar 2014

Bloomberg report on the economic ramifications of American declining population rate. Also examines immigration reform.

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RI Has Lowest Fertility Rate in the Country

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Updated: 15 Aug 2013

The National Center for Health Statistics says the Ocean State has the lowest fertility rate in the U.S. right now.

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ISIS militants march on toward Baghdad despite airstrikes, international outrage

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13 Oct 2014

October 13, 2014 -- Updated 0728 GMT (1528 HKT). (CNN) -- Despite airstrikes and international outrage against ISIS militants, the terror group is overrunning Iraqi forces and slowly marching toward Baghdad. And as alarming developments piled up over the weekend, it appears the U.S. plan to "destroy" the group is slowly falling apart. Here are where things stand.. On Baghdad's doorstep. Kurds hold out hope despite ISIS gains. U.S ... A U.N ... 1. 2....(size: 24.4Kb)

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North Korea leader makes 1st appearance in 40 days

Times Union

14 Oct 2014

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in five weeks, the country's official news agency reported Tuesday, ending an absence that fueled global speculation that something was amiss with the country's most powerful person ... The agency didn't say when the visit happened, but added that Kim made another visit the same day to a newly built natural energy institute ... 3 at a concert ... ___ ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)

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Oscar Pistorius faces sentencing over girlfriend’s death

New York Post

13 Oct 2014

Disgraced South African track star Oscar Pistorius arrived at the Pretoria High Court on Monday for a sentencing hearing that will determine whether he serves jail time for the negligent killing of his girlfriend, or walks out a free man. A stony-faced Pistorius stared straight ahead as police officers escorted him into the court building ... Reeva SteenkampPhoto. AP Photo/Ice Model Management ... ‘Oscar won’t go to jail’ ... AP....(size: 8.3Kb)

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R&B singer Chris Brown appears in a Los Angeles courtroom with his attorney Mark Geragos Monday, Sept. 24, 2012.

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Chris Brown stuns with 'Ebola is a form of population control' statement

Canberra Times

14 Oct 2014

Rapper Chris Brown has shared his thoughts on the Ebola crisis. Photo. Getty Images. Chris Brown has caused a stir on the internet after sharing his thoughts on the Ebola crisis in West Africa, saying he thinks the virus is "a form of population control". The controversial R&B singer took to Twitter on Monday to share his thoughts on the epidemic with his 13.6 million followers ... "Let me shut my black a. ...   ... ....(size: 2.8Kb)

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The Pentagon’s Secret Space Drone Is Finally Coming Home

The Daily Beast

13 Oct 2014

After a spy mission nearly two years long, America’s robotic space plane is coming back to Earth. The U.S. Air Force’s mysterious X-37B robotic space plane is expected to return to Earth on Tuesday after nearly two years in space. But while it is no secret that the Air Force has sent the unmanned spacecraft into orbit at least three times, the service refuses to say what the machine has been doing up there ... It can even change orbits ... 10 ... ....(size: 5.0Kb)

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‘Socio-cultural change must to reduce maternal, infant mortality rate’

The Times of India

11 Oct 2014

Providing quality emergency and essential obstetric care to the mother holds the key to reducing maternal mortality rate (MMR) ... Dr Deo said in MP, the MMR continues to be as high as 250 per one lakh women while the infant mortality rate (IMR) is 64 per thousand ... In MP, the total fertility rate (number of children delivered per mother) is 3.2 which needs to be brought down to 2.1....(size: 2.3Kb)

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Massive Gov't Spending Fails to Boost Birthrate

Chosun Ilbo

10 Oct 2014

The total fertility rate, or the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years, also remained much the same -- 1.12 in 2006 and 1.19 in 2013 ... ....(size: 1.1Kb)

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Egg-freezing should be available to all UK women, experts urge

The Guardian

03 Oct 2014

Specialists say fertility techniques that have enabled women with cancer to store eggs should be more widely accessible ... A woman’s fertility declines steeply from around the age of 35, ... Consequently, the total fertility rate of most developed countries has dropped below the replacement level, usually deemed to be 2.1 children per woman,” they write....(size: 4.7Kb)

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Singapore's population grew to 5.47 million

Xinhua

25 Sep 2014

Fewer babies were born, with the resident total fertility rate dipping from 1.29 in 2012 to 1.19 last year. The decline was seen across all ethnic groups, with the total fertility rate for the Chinese community at 1.05, that for the Indian community at 1.11 and that for the Malays at 1.66, respectively. Singapore has been facing the challenge of an aging population and declining fertility rate....(size: 2.6Kb)

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Today's Australia — built on a history of demographic change (Media Release) (ABS - Australian Bureau of Statistics)

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18 Sep 2014

(Source. ABS - Australian Bureau of Statistics). MEDIA RELEASE 18 September 2014. Embargoed ... Since Federation in 1901, Australia's population has increased over fivefold, growing from a total population of nearly four million to reach 22.3 million in 2011 ... Australia's fertility, as measured by the total fertility rate, has declined from an average of 3.1 babies per woman of child bearing ages in 1921 to 1.9 babies in 2011 ... (noodl....(size: 2.8Kb)

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Smart City plan: Mangalore banks on 2 hamlets

The Times of India

18 Sep 2014

MANGALORE. A population of 513 ... Moodushedde and Bala are the villages expected to give Mangalore a big push ... District reproductive child healthcare officer Dr Rukmini described the dip in the decadal population growth rate as "stabilization". "Our total fertility rate is 1.38 against an expected average of two," she said, adding the decadal growth rate doesn't indicate how the population has grown ... ....(size: 2.0Kb)

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YIES / ‘Boost economy to boost population’

The Japan News

17 Sep 2014

“Tokyo has the lowest fertility rate [the average number of children a woman has in her lifetime] in the nation, which stems from such factors as small housing, expensive costs to raise children and long working hours,” Masuda explained. “First, we need to create a better environment for young people to have children to boost the total fertility rate,” he added....(size: 2.7Kb)

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China's Dependency-Ratio Turning Point

Huffington Post

13 Sep 2014

China's fertility rate dropped sharply in the 1970s. In 1969 China's total fertility rate (TFR) was 5.7. This means that an average of 5.7 children would be born if a woman were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children according to the age-specific fertility rates in 1969 ... The fertility rate fell below the replacement rate (approximately 2.1) in the early 90's and today stands around 1.6....(size: 4.0Kb)

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UNFPA: The path forward (UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund)

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10 Sep 2014

(Source. UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund) ... Excerpt of remarks, as prepared for delivery. Mr. President, ... Since 1990, the global total fertility rate fell by 23 per cent and nearly 1 billion people have advanced out of extreme poverty ... To take just one example of the high costs they pay, although HIV-related deaths are down overall, among adolescents they are actually going up and the rates of increase are highest for girls ... (noodl....(size: 10.4Kb)

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No sex please we’re British now – first fall in births to migrants in a decade

The Daily Telegraph

28 Aug 2014

Although the number of British women having babies fell faster than those from outside the UK, the figures show the first fall in children born to migrant mothers in a decade and the lowest total fertility rate among foreign-born women recorded ... “Estimated Total Fertility Rates (TFRs) for UK and non-UK born women are sensitive to changes in the timing of births within women’s lives,” the ONS explained....(size: 9.9Kb)

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Almost NT$1bn project to boost birthrate

Taipei Times

27 Aug 2014

... technology treatment, as part of its efforts to salvage the nation’s dismal fertility rate ... The administration estimates that over the three-year span, the scheme could benefit more than 24,000 couples, result in about 4,000 babies and increase the nation’s total fertility rate from the estimated 1.055 births per woman this year to 1.1 in 2017....(size: 3.3Kb)

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Population may peak soon, then decline

Taipei Times

18 Aug 2014

... to decline a year later, which is one year earlier than the council’s previous forecast because of a lower total fertility rate. The council cut the nation’s long-term total fertility rate from 1.3 to 1.1, based on the total fertility rate of 1.065 last year, it said....(size: 1.3Kb)

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Latvia is the Baltic leader in the number of births registered in 2013 (CSB - Central Statistical Bureau)

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12 Aug 2014

The total fertility rate or the average number of children that would be born to a woman during her lifetime provided that the birth-rate of the given year remains at the previous level in Latvia was 2.2, in Lithuania - 2.1, and in Estonia - 2.3 (desired rate in order to allow normal generational replacement is 2.1 - 2.2 children) ... Like in Estonia, also in Lithuania the total fertility rate decreased in 2013....(size: 2.9Kb)

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