Population health

In 1790, the country of the United States was mostly rural, about 95%. That means that only 5% of people lived in a town of 2,500 or more. There were a few large cities in the United States some were, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. The south was almost all rural expect for a few small cities like New Orleans. By the 1880 the industrial revolution had sparked a rapid grow in cities because of people looking for work. Cities became crowded and the realtors ripped off those who had no other…

continent in the world, with an area of 17,212,000 square miles (“Asia Facts - Top 20 Facts about Asia | Facts.net.”). Asia also has the largest population of all the continents combined with a population of over 4.4 billion as of 2014 (“Google.”) . With this population over two-thirds of the worlds population lives in Asia. Megacities are cities with a population of over 10 million. Asia has seven of the largest megacities in the world (Kotkin, Joel, and Wendell Cox). The question called into…

Population aging, a worldwide phenomenon is changing age structure of the society. The world’s population proportion of aged 60 years or over increased by 4 percent (from 8 to 12 percent) since 1950 to 2013 (UN, 2013). It is predicted that it will rapidly increase in the next four decades, reaching 21 percent in 2050 (UN, 2013). In the U.S. the proportion of people more than 65 years represented about 14.1 percent (44.7 million), about one in every seven Americans in 2013 (ACL, 2014). By 2040,…

workers and the aging of the population make employment fairness toward both groups of workers critical to employers’ ability to attract and retain an adequate supply of workers in the future. Moreover, the importance of fairness to young workers, their future careers, and future influence on…

its continent. Several factors set Turkey apart from the rest of the world’s demographics, not just the staggering population of one religion – Turkey identifies as 99.8% Muslim – and a city linking two continents together. Turkey is most demographically known for its above average youth dependency ratio, its total fertility rate, and the high yet increasing percentage of the population living in urban areas. When looking at the demographic table for Turkey’s indicators in comparison to the…

Canada’s aging population. In September 2014, Statistics Canada published an article about the population projections from 2013 to 2063. In the article, the author indicated the number of aging population would continue increasing in the coming years. By 2030, a quarter of the Canadian population would become seniors, and will rise to 26.3% in 2050, which is 0.9% higher than the average of all OECD countries and 6.1% higher than the USA. The increasing of aging population would reshape the…

of its large population consisting of many cultures and traditions, the country has become known by many as the ‘rainbow nation’. Its location has placed it on the third world countries list, meaning it falls under some of the world’s poorest countries thus its economy is not as great and grows at…

to produce and manufacture goods from raw materials unskilled work force is required. These unskilled workforce plays the most important role in the industry as they runs machines and produces goods, they should be free from all type of mental and health issues. They should be given proper rest and for this they need good living condition which are affordable to them. If these worker live in unhygienic conditions they will become ill and cannot work efficiently. Sonipat has 13039 small and…

China might be thinking about scrapping its controversial one child policy, as the country faces a demographic challenge. China’s population is aging and labour force is declining. Could the country create a baby boom? China is facing a big demographic problem as the country now has the biggest and rapidly aging population while the working age population also continues to decline. The situation is made trickier by the fact that China’s economic growth is cooling off. In order to ease the…

offer, more and more people are moving into densely populated areas. In 2014, the United Nation’s reported that around 54% of the global population live in an urban area. In America, the urban population is over 80% of the total population, and is growing at the rate of 1% per year, which equates to over 3 million new urban Americans annually. This large population growth is putting a major strain on large cities due to the lack of adequate housing for all of the new residents. The traditional…