There were more deaths than births in Taiwan for the 22nd consecutive month, according to new government data for October. More troubling for policymakers than the sheer drop in population , however, is the island's steady march toward what the United Nations classifies as a “super-aged society ,” where people aged 65 and older make up at least 20 percent of the population. Birth rates are falling across many high- and middle-income countries as younger generations delay or opt out of having