This week I read an article that talked about population change across the country from the years of 2014-2015. The Census Bureau has released reports regarding population and the components of it's change, including the natural population change (also known as net births minus deaths). Through these reports it shows that counties in the west had higher rates of birth than death, while areas east of Mississippi had higher rates of death than birth. This article also discusses 10 counties that saw the highest natural increase and 10 counties that experienced the highest natural decrease, in reference to the difference between births and deaths.
Analysis- This article is pretty interesting, and I think it's good that we continue to monitor these types of trends! Population changes can be very reflective of different factors that are effecting people's health and life in general. I can relate this article back in U.S. history to World War 2 and the baby boom. After World War 2 was over, America saw a huge increase in the number of births, as the number of annual births exceeded 2 per 100 women. There was an estimate of about 78.3 million americans born during that timeframe and the "baby boomers" made up almost 40% of the nation's population! This event is similar to the article as both are analyzing the changing population and impact created!
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