Europe seeing more deaths than births, says study
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: More people in Europe are dying than being born, according to a study that found, in contrast, that births are exceeding deaths by significant margins in the US.The researchers found that 17 European nations have more people dying than are be ng born (natural decrease), ncluding three of Europe's more populous nations: Russia, Germany and Italy . In contrast, in the US and in the state of Texas, births exceed deaths by a substantial margin.
“In 2013 in Texas, for example, there were over 387,000 births compared to ust over 179,000 deaths,“ said Dudley Poston, professor of sociology at Texas A&M University . “The only two states in the US with more deaths than births are the coal mining state of West Virginia and the forest product state of Maine,“ said Poston.
The research focused on the prevalence and dynamics of natural decrease in the counties and county-equiva ents of Europe and the US in the first decade of the 21st century (2000-2009).
Findings show that 58% of the 1,391 counties of Europe had more deaths than births compared to just 28% of the 3,141 counties of the US.
In Texas, just 24% of the state's 254 counties had more deaths than births. And between 2010 and 2014, 27% of the 254 counties had more deaths than births.
The researchers, including Kenneth Johnson from the University of New Hampshire, and Layton Field, from Mount St Mary's University , found that in Europe, deaths exceeded births in most of the counties of Germany , Hungary , Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, as well as in Sweden and the Baltic States.
Further south, natural decrease is found occurring in the majority of the counties of Greece, Portugal and Italy. Though natural decrease was common in much of Europe, findings show that is far from universal.
“Natural decrease is much more common in Europe than in the US because its population is older, fertility rates are lower and there are fewer women of child-bearing age,“ Poston added. PTI
“In 2013 in Texas, for example, there were over 387,000 births compared to ust over 179,000 deaths,“ said Dudley Poston, professor of sociology at Texas A&M University . “The only two states in the US with more deaths than births are the coal mining state of West Virginia and the forest product state of Maine,“ said Poston.
The research focused on the prevalence and dynamics of natural decrease in the counties and county-equiva ents of Europe and the US in the first decade of the 21st century (2000-2009).
Findings show that 58% of the 1,391 counties of Europe had more deaths than births compared to just 28% of the 3,141 counties of the US.
In Texas, just 24% of the state's 254 counties had more deaths than births. And between 2010 and 2014, 27% of the 254 counties had more deaths than births.
The researchers, including Kenneth Johnson from the University of New Hampshire, and Layton Field, from Mount St Mary's University , found that in Europe, deaths exceeded births in most of the counties of Germany , Hungary , Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, as well as in Sweden and the Baltic States.
Further south, natural decrease is found occurring in the majority of the counties of Greece, Portugal and Italy. Though natural decrease was common in much of Europe, findings show that is far from universal.
“Natural decrease is much more common in Europe than in the US because its population is older, fertility rates are lower and there are fewer women of child-bearing age,“ Poston added. PTI
Source: Times of India, 19-01-2015
