Housing affordability continues to be a challenge in many states, especially those with rising housing costs and large low-income populations. Federal surveys are essential resources that provide a wealth of information about how unaffordable rents vary by population characteristics among the states. In this brief, we compare four surveys that measure unaffordable rents using a variety of methods.
SHADAC examines two recently updated measures from SHADAC’s State Health Compare: Adults Who Forgo Needed Medical Care Due to Cost and Adults with No Personal Doctor, looking at the extent to which adults with different racial/ethnic backgrounds and different levels of education skipped needed care due to cost or did not have a personal doctor. These indicators are both available for all states on State Health Compare.
SHADAC examines two recently updated measures from SHADAC’s State Health Compare: Adults Who Forgo Needed Medical Care Due to Cost and Adults with No Personal Doctor, looking at the extent to which adults with different racial/ethnic backgrounds and different levels of education skipped needed care due to cost or did not have a personal doctor. These indicators are both available for all states on State Health Compare.
As part of a new analysis aiming to shed more light on this growing public health concern, SHADAC researchers have produced two issue briefs that provide high-level information regarding trends in suicide deaths from 2000 to 2017.
A new analysis from SHADAC on trends in opioid and opioid-related overdose deaths across all 50 states and the U.S. Two-page inforgraphics are available to download for each state from our clickable map. The infographics highlight key findings for trends in drug overdose deaths from 2000-2017, show how each state's overdose rates compare to the national average, and provide a high-level comparison of all 50 states' overdose death rates broken down by each of the five drug types.
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