Demographers

Demography (from prefix demo- from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dēmos) meaning "the people", and -graphy from γράφω (graphō) meaning "writing, description or measurement") is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as education, nationality, religion, and ethnicity. Educational institutions usually treat demography as a field of sociology, though there are a number of independent demography departments.Patient demographics form the core of the data for any medical institution,such as patient and emergency contact information and patient medical record data. They allow for the identification of a patient and his …

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Cato Institute · 22 October 2024 English

It is often claimed that Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 requires the United States to defend "every inch" of NATO territory. The historical evidence, however, shows …

the death rate every year since 1972; what demographers call the “natural rate of increase” has actually


CIS: Centre for Independent Studies · 16 October 2024 English

One of the demographic certainties about the generation ahead is that dif- ferentials in population growth will make for rapid shifts in the relative size of the world’s major regions. …

is set to commence very much sooner than most demographers would have imagined even a few years ago. And


Cato Institute · 8 October 2024 English

California's Regional Housing Needs Assessment process is decades old, but for all the conflict it generates, there is little evidence that it has balanced housing supply and demand or made …

million, according to Department of Finance demographers. They expect SCAG population to peak at 19 million


Cato Institute · 23 September 2024 English

The California State Legislature continues to churn out reams of legislation to address the state's homelessness crisis and housing shortage, with Governor Gavin Newsom signing over thirty relevant bills just …

population of 8.3 million at the end of 2030, state demographers now forecast 650,000 fewer residents at that


American Academy of Actuaries · 13 September 2024 English

Immigration is a crucial component both to the trajectories of the population of the United States and the financial condition of the Social Security system. [...] The varied and changing …

population, or the size of the economy. Some demographers believe the projection of a constant number


World Bank Group · 12 September 2024 English

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are among the major health and development challenges of our time. Every year, about 41 million people die due to NCDs. This makes up about 74 percent …

economists’ valuation of mortality change and the demographers and ep- idemiologists’ definition of an overall


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 5 September 2024 English

This paper explores the realities of disclosure risks in the current big data landscape, examining implications for individuals, society, and the evolving ethical landscape. One these realities is pervasive use …

differential privacy are not appropriate such as demographers, redistricting analysts or immigration (Ruggles


PNG NRI: PNG National Research Institute · 14 August 2024 English

The legislation states that the functions of the PNG NRI are: (a) The promotion of research into Papua New Guinea society and the economy; and, (b) The undertaking of research …

circle”. In the early post World War II period, demographers developed a conceptual framework to describe


ARROW: Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women · 13 August 2024 English

Its failure to challenge the existing and the State” (1884), Engels traced to the origin of private power structures and willingness to work within the rules property the widespread social …

policies/programmes. These policies and In contrast, demographers have often treated autonomy at programmes do


EU: European Union · 30 July 2024 English

3(1)(c) of the Regulation, as statisticians and demographers systematically use these stock data together


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