The Census Bureau has released Domestic Net Migration in the United States: 2000 to 2004 (Current Population Reports P25-1135). See the press release and full report (PDF).

BBC News reports on high maternal mortality rates caused by lack of medical equipment and skilled health care workers in Benin.

Organizations including Population Services International (PSI) have recently switched from promoting condoms to promoting abstinence in Togo, spurring confusion among young people, according to an IRIN/PLUSNEWS article (TOGO: ‘Condoms are good, but abstinence is better’, Apr 20 2006).

Lusaka’s Post reports that, according to the 2005 Zambia Sexual Behaviour Survey (ZSBS), there is very little improvement in risky behavior related to HIV (Zambia: Condom Usage Declines, allAfrica.com, April 19, 2006).

The Chicago Tribune reports that older women are increasingly staying on the job or returning to work, while employment for older men has remained stable (More working women find they can’t afford to retire, April 24, 2006).

The NCHS of the CDC is pleased to announce the March 2006 Early Release (PDF file) of health insurance estimates from the NHIS. This report has a special focus on the uninsured.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health plans to create the Office of Health Equity to “collaborate with state agencies, academic institutions and community groups to improve the health status of racial minorities and other groups” (Minorities’ health focus of new state office, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 20, 2006).

Cover the Uninsured Week is a project organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to urge Congress to make health coverage for Americans a top priority.

The NCES announces the addition of the IPEDS State Tables 2003 to the Tables Library area of the online DAS. The IPEDS is a single, comprehensive system designed to encompass all institutions and educational organizations whose primary purpose is to provide postsecondary education.

NCES has revised its traditional 8-category locale code classification system to incorporate changes in the Office of Management and Budget’s definition of “rural” that were adopted for the 2000 Decennial Census. The new 12-category system continues to use the same standard geographic concepts found in the original locale codes, but now prioritizes an urban approach that combines both population size and distance from an urbanized area. For more information.