cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (09/16/88)
I'm looking for machine readable data that shows birth rates (or raw birth numbers and total population) for any significant part of the world, as far back as possible. (I realize this is unlikely to go back much more than a century). Broken down by year is fine. Anyone got them? -- Clayton E. Cramer ..!ames!pyramid!kontron!optilin!cramer
hes@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Henry Schaffer) (09/16/88)
In article <463@optilink.UUCP>, cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes: > I'm looking for machine readable data that shows birth rates ... > Clayton E. Cramer The reference I generally (used to) use is WORLD POPULATION An Analysis of Vital Data by Nathan Keyfitz and Hilhelm Flieger Univ of Chicago Press 1968. This is a large book, 8 1/2 x 11, 672 pages. While it isn't machine readable - it still may be usable and have pointers to machine readable info. Also I haven't checked for more recent literature, since I don't do that sort of work anymore. (This book also has an introduction which explains how this type of demographic figures are calculated.) --henry schaffer n c state univ