Aging News

Recent population estimates from Brazil's national statistical office (IBGE) peg the national fertility rate at just 1.9 lifetime children per woman in 2007, lower than previous rates estimated by the UN, the U.S. Census Bureau, PRB, and other international organizations that estimate population measures. Notably, this new estimate is below the long-term replacement fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman—and below the 2.1 estimated for the United States in 2007. (February 2009)

This e-newsletter is the 15th in a series funded by the University of Michigan Demography Center. This issue, "Social Security Systems Around the World," reviews research sponsored by the National Institute of Aging, and other research, on the social security system in the United States and worldwide in order to better understand their effects and possible means of reform. (January 2009)

This Population Bulletin illustrates how to use new measures of population aging that take into account changes in longevity over time and place. None of the usual indicators of aging available adjust for increases in life expectancy. New measures described in this Population Bulletin take life expectancy differences into account. (BUL63.4; December 2008)

This e-newsletter is the 14th in a series funded by the University of Michigan Demography Center. This issue, "Use of Biomarkers in Predicting Health and Mortality," reviews research sponsored by the National Institute of Aging and other institutions that investigates the link between biological risk factors and health or mortality in the older populations. (September 2008)

The next frontiers for mobile robots are the office, hospital and home.

A reader responds to an article about policing for children living in retirement communities.