The nurse recognizes that changes in demographics have an influence on health care delivery. One of the expectations in the United States by the year 2020 is:
1. Growth of the European-American population
2. Increases in the Hispanic and Latino populations
3. Reduction of the African-American population by 50%
4. Equal growth in the Hispanic-, Asian-, and African-American populations
ANS: 2
By 2020 the population of Hispanic and Latino populations is predicted to triple. Population projections beyond 2000 show Hispanics/Latinos, Asian-Americans, and African-Americans outpacing the growth of white, European-descended groups. The African-American group is projected to double by 2020. By 2020 the population of African Americans is predicted to dou-ble and that of Asian Americans and Hispanics/Latinos to triple.
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