The nurse recognizes that changes in demographics have an influence on

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

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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.