Worry on the lowering of the already low birth-rate in Japan.
...boomer generation have few children could mean the birthrate will fall at a faster rate and the population will further decline." Japan's fertility rate fell to a post-war low of 1.2888 in 2004 from 1.2905 in 2003. Demographers say a rate of 2.1 is needed to keep a population from declining. Officials have ...Polio Cases on Rise in India: Indian Government
...ike high density population, poor sanitation, high birthrate along with high rate of enteroviruses that resulted in lower vaccine efficacy. "These factors, coupled with the fact the quality of the supplemental immunization activities deteriorated in 2005 and early 2006 in several districts - most notably in ...Teenage Birthrate Declining in US Both Abstinence and Awareness Called for to Maintain the Trend
Teenage birthrate in US has dropped to a 65-year low. According to...e is a connection between the declining black teen birthrate and the increased educational efforts -- primarily through after school programs and community cente...