World Population Profile: 1998
by Thomas M. McDevitt
With a Special Chapter Focusing on HIV/AIDS in the Developing World
by Karen A. Stanecki and Peter O. Way
World Population Profile: 1998 is the latest published compendium and analysis of data on population, fertility, mortality, contraceptive use and related demographic topics by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Special Focus section of the report provides an update on one of the fundamental international health and demographic events of our time--the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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World Population Profile: 1998
- Full Document (2.1 Mb)
released March 1999 (5/17/99: includes corrected Figure 32)
- Contents
- Highlights (pp.1-2)
- Introduction (pp. 3-5)
- Population Size and Growth and the Components of Change (pp. 7-29)
- Population Composition and Distribution (pp. 31-37)
- Contraceptive Prevalence (pp. 39-51)
- Focus on HIV/AIDS in the Developing World (pp. 53-66)
- Appendix A. Detailed Tables
- Appendix B. Population Projections and Availability of Data
- Making Population Projections
- Population Projections Incorporating AIDS
- Recency of Base Data for the Projections
- Recency of Information on Contraceptive Use
- How Bureau of the Census Estimates Differ from those of the United Nations
- Appendix C. References
- Appendix D. Glossary
This report is summarized in International Brief No. 98-4
World Population at a Glance: 1998 and Beyond (1999) (320,747 bytes)
For further information contact:
Tom McDevitt
International Programs Center
U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20233-8860
phone: (301) 457-1358
fax: (301) 457-1539
email: thomas.m.mcdevitt@ccmail.census.gov |
Questions relating specifically to HIV/AIDS or the Census Bureau's assumptions about the pandemic's impacts should be addressed to:
Karen Stanecki
Chief, Health Studies Branch
International Programs Center
U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20233-8860
phone: (301) 457-1406 fax: (301) 457-3034
email: kstaneck@census.gov |
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