World Population Prospects, the 2010 Revision

Age Structure of Mortality in Developing Countries United Nations (1986). Age Structure of Mortality in Developing Countries. A Database for Cross-Sectional and Time Series Research. ST/ESA/SER.R/66. This publication presents a data base of national life tables from developing countries. Since this publication is no longer available in printed form, it is made available here in electronic form in Adobe PDF format. Preface and Table of contents (1,425 KB) Introduction (947 KB) Chapter I: Sources of data (1,374 KB) Chapter II: Life tables (4,225 KB)

The impact of COPD on quality of life, productivity los... [COPD. 2012 The Ultimate Resource II: People, Materials, and Environment Introduction Preface Chapter 1 The Amazing Theory of Raw-Material Scarcity Chapter 2 Why Are Material-Technical Resource Forecasts So Often Wrong? Chapter 3 Can The Supply Of Natural Resources - Especially Energy - Really Be Infinite? Chapter 4 The Grand Theory Chapter 5 Famine 1995? Chapter 6 What Are The Limits on Food Production? Chapter 7 The Worldwide Food Situation Now: Shortage Crises, Glut Crises, And Government Chapter 8 Are We Losing Ground? Chapter 9 Two Bogeymen: "Urban Sprawl" and Soil Erosion Chapter 10 Water, Wood, Wetlands--And What Next? Chapter 11 When Will We Run Out Of Oil? Chapter 12 Today's Energy Issues Chapter 13 Nuclear Power: Tomorrow's Greatest Energy Opportunity Chapter 14 Dying Planet? Chapter 15 The Peculiar Theory Of Pollution Chapter 16 Whither The History Of Pollution? Chapter 17 Pollution Today: Specific Trends And Issues Chapter 18 Bad Environmental And Resource Scares Chapter 19 Will Our Consumer Wastes Bury Us? Chapter 20 Should We Conserve Resources For Others' Sakes? Chapter 21