Students learn in microeconomics that the demand curve for a good, which shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that consumers demand-i.e. are willing, ready, and able to purchase-has a negative slope.
The UNICEF estimates that an average of 353,000 babies are born each day around the world. The crude birth rate is 18.9 births per 1,000 population or 255 births globally per minute or 4.3 births every second (as of Dec. 2013 estimate).
Fifteen million babies, one in 10 births, are born prematurely every year, a global project suggests. One million of these babies die soon after birth.The joint report, led by the WHO, says three quarters of deaths could be prevented with basic care.ifteen million babies, one in 10 births, are born prematurely every year, a global project suggests. One million of these babies die soon after birth.