More alarming than the evolving demographic of the acid-injured ... is the sheer number of people affected (by acid reflux disease).
--- Does it mean that more and more people in the world (evolving demographic) of different ages and races is affected with this disease?
Demographics is the analysis of a population based on certain characteristics such as age, race, religion, income, disease-resistance, and so on. "Evolving demographics" means that the percentages of people in these different classifications is trending in a particular way over time. For example, the distribution of population by race is evolving in the US.
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Demographics is the analysis of a population based on certain characteristics such as age, race, religion, income, disease-resistance, and so on.
"Evolving demographics" means that the percentages of people in these different classifications is trending in a particular way over time. For example, the distribution of population by race is evolving in the US.