Did you know? Forty percent of the world’s population does not have access to the basic sanitation many of us take for granted—a toilet. Human waste is no laughing matter. Contaminated water kills. Entrepreneur and humanitarian Jack Sim,“The Toilet Man,” fights this neglected crisis that affects 2.5 billion people.
The database was developed in 1987 and now holds 149,000 statistics, an increase of approximately 10,800 new estimates in the last year, making it the most complete of its kind in the world
Excessive alcohol drinking is the third leading cause of death in the United States, leading to 79,000 premature deaths annually. It is also the cause of increased disease and injury. Although the public health impacts of binge drinking are known, its economic cost has not been assessed for the United States since 1998. Using data from 2006, a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine by Mathematica assessed costs for health care, productivity losses, and other effects, including property damage, from excessive drinking. On a per-capita basis, the economic impact of excessive alcohol consumption is approximately $746 per person, mostly attributable to binge drinking.
The Population Research Center (PRC) at The University of Texas at Austin will have two openings for NICHD-funded postdoctoral positions starting September 1, 2012.
