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.
Graphic versions (PDF format files) of the full report may be downloaded from this site. The report's appendix tables represent the backbone of the report. These tables, and supplementary tables,in Lotus .WK1 format may be downloaded individually or as a group (as a self-extracting ZIP file).
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More recent data may be available from the Bureau's International Data Base (IDB)
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released March 1999 (5/17/99: includes corrected Figure 32)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 phone: (301) 457-1358 |
Questions relating specifically to HIV/AIDS or the Census Bureau's assumptions about the pandemic's impacts should be addressed to: Karen Stanecki phone: (301) 457-1406 |
