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An accurate prediction of survival can enable earlier conversations about preferences and wishes at the end of life, and earlier introduction of palliative care.
An analysis by scholars at the University of California, Davis showed that just a small number of cities in California actively consider racism when developing their plans.
The financial impacts of an ageing Australia aren’t particularly worrisome, but we’ve been worrying for decades.
People who developed diabetes, psychosis and congestive heart failure, in that order, experienced the largest reduction in life expectancy
Without policies that take account of a growing population with few working-age people, DRC risks seeing an increase in poverty and hunger.
New research shows that preventable deaths are increasing in the US at the same time that life expectancy keeps dropping.
Idaho, Montana and Florida had the highest population growth among US states between 2020 and 2022.
A new study shows that the gut microbiota has little or no effect on our weight, metabolism and risk of developing chronic diseases.
We all have a stake in life extension research, since we all age and are all slated to die. But one of the greatest risks it brings is the potential for social stagnation.
Unrelenting poverty, underemployment and historical trauma all contribute to the health challenges faced by Indigenous Americans.
Beyond the basic need for shelter, homelessness has a direct impact on health. In particular, homelessness doubles the risk of dying from cancer.
Arguments about population growth are unhelpful, distracting and often racist.
A new report predicts child obesity could reduce Australian life expectancy by more than four years. Here’s why you should be a little skeptical.
Life expectancy rose in western Europe in 2021 but fell further in US and eastern Europe.
More people died from the austerity in the five years before the pandemic than have died from COVID since.
Nasty, brutish – but not necessarily short. Here’s how archaeologists know plenty of people didn’t die young.
The public expects transparency about politicians’ earnings, but it’s not the only area where elite groups have an advantage.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is reducing life expectancy, decreasing birth rates and slowing down immigration. These changes may produce concerning trends in populations globally.
Black Americans have worse health outcomes by many measures. To draw attention to that fact, the CDC and communities across the country have called racism a public health threat.
Top contributors
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Professor of Economics, emeritus, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Director of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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Extraordinary Professor, Global Health, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council
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Professor of Biogerontology, University of Brighton
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Démographe et économiste, spécialiste des inégalités territoriales, Ined (Institut national d'études démographiques)
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Docteur, spécialiste des méthodes de prévision (mortalité, longévité, etc.), Ined (Institut national d'études démographiques)
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Senior Research Associate, International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW, UNSW
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DPhil, Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
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Professor of Social Science and Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Dean of the Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor, Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne
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Brass Blacker Associate Professor of Demography at LSHTM and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford
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AXA Professor of Epidemiology of Ageing, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science