WASHINGTON, January 19, 2022—Americans ages 15 to 24 are twice as likely to die as their peers in France, Germany, Japan and other wealthy nations, while the infant mortality rate is up to three times ...

Raquel Wojnar is Communications Manager at PRB, where she partners with policy analysts, researchers, and other experts to craft compelling content for print and digital audiences. With over a decade ...

California now requires most high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. to support students’ well-being and safety. Most American teenagers are sleep deprived: Fewer than one in four U.S. high ...

“The Demography of Inequality in the United States” is a PRB Population Bulletin that investigates the intersection between demography and inequality in the United States, with a focus on regional ...

Claire O’Brien is a program coordinator in International Programs, joining PRB in 2023. She works primarily on the MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator project. She has a wide range of policy and research ...

In an era of long-term population loss, the future of communities may depend less on how many residents they have, and more on how many people they can meaningfully connect with, and how durable those ...

In the wake of Roe's overturn, states with abortion bans have seen 478 excess infant deaths and 59 excess deaths during or after pregnancy. Researchers, medical providers, legislators, and journalists ...

Over the past five decades, the global average fertility rate has fallen from about 4 children per woman to 2.2 today. Two-thirds of the world’s population now lives in countries where the total ...

Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias are characterized by progressive cognitive decline, and with an aging population, the number of older Americans with dementia is expected to rise ...

As the large baby boomer population ages, the total number of people with dementia in the United States will rise. Dementia, which includes Alzheimer’s disease and other related disorders, is a ...

The addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census may put almost one in 10 U.S. households and nearly 45 million people at greater risk of not being counted―the question has been shown to ...

The benefits of owning a home in the United States are well documented. Homes can create wealth for their owners that in turn can benefit families for generations. Homeownership can also reduce ...