It's been 10 years since South Korea's fertility rate, the number of babies born to a woman in her reproductive years, went down to below 1.1. The latest figure stands at 0.78, and further decline is forecast in the short term, to 0.7, according to Statistics Korea. This couple is pr...
We achieve this by integrating archaeological radiocarbon data and palaeoclimatic time series to show that population decline occurred coeval with the transition to the initial mid-Holocene across South America. Through the analysis of radiocarbon dates with Monte Carlo methods, we find multiple, ...
The Korean NHI database is a valuable dataset for large population epidemiologic studies41. The Korean NHI program is a basic health care system of South Korea serviced for all Korean. Therefore, the KNHIS claims database includes whole claims data from the Korean Medical Aid program, the ...
In particular, estimates of effective population size obtained through molecular data can provide useful information to guide management decisions for vulnerable populations. The spotted ragged-tooth shark,(also known as the sandtiger or grey nurse shark), is widely distributed in warm-temperate and ...
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has the world's lowest birth rate, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday, as women in Asia's fourth-largest economy struggle to achieve a balance between work and other life demands. The annual report by the U.N. Population Fun...
Using a bottom-up analysis, we assess and analyze reported time spent with each device and media activity across various sources. And where definitions differ, the data is normalized and interpreted in terms of our definition (i.e., the population in South Korea ages 18 and older). The data...
Among OECD member states, Mexico ranks bottom in terms of internet access. South Korea ranks top, with 97.2%. The Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, Luxembourg, Sweden and Denmark all have rates over 90%. Canada has a rate of 78.4%, the USA 71.1% and Japan 67.1%. The lowest ranking European...
SEOUL--South Korea’s dwindling fertility rate dropped to a new low in 2021, as many worry the country’s economic slowdown and overheated housing market have made it too expensive to have kids.
Abrupt climate change some 8,000 years ago led to a dramatic decline in early South American populations, suggests new UCL research. The study, published inScientific Reports, is the first to demonstrate how widespread the decline was and the scale at whichpopulation declinetook place 8,000 to...
The aim of this study is to investigate the nationwide incidence and treatment pattern of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in South Korea. Using the population-based National Health Insurance database (2007–2018), the nationwide incidence of ROP among p