The projected global population in 2015 was 7.1 billion compared to the UN medium variant projection of 7.2 billion, reflecting somewhat higher adult death rates in our mortality projections.

Maternal mortality rates have declined significantly across the world since the turn of the century, but global health ...

A new report presented in New York on 8 April reveals that current United Nations projections on infant mortality rates are ...

Global measles incidence, mortality, and DALY rates in children under five dropped significantly from 1990 to 2021. However, ...

Overall, the study paints a picture of steady global declines in measles activity since 1990, but suggests the 2020 COVID-19 ...

North Korea's maternal mortality rate was estimated at 67 per 100,000 live births in 2023, a number dramatically lower than ...

While progress in the battle against maternal mortality began to slow nearly a decade ago, UN agencies voiced concern that ...

The reporters from the Global Times learned from the event that in 2024, the national maternal mortality rate was 14.3 per 100,000, while the infant mortality rate dropped to 4.0 per 1,000 and the ...

Global disparities exist in the burden of cervical cancer. Only 11 out of the 185 countries and regions reported an age-standardized incidence rates (ASIR) lower than the World Health Organization’s ...

Stroke-related mortality rates among Black patients with HIV declined until 2014, after which an increase in these rates was observed. Although stroke-related mortality has decreased among ...