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State Health Compare Users Can Now Explore Unemployment by Race/Ethnicity
Nov. 18, 2020 : SHADAC has updated our State Health Compare online data tool to provide estimates of unemployment according to race and ethnicity. Previously, State Health Compare users could analyze unemployment nationwide and at the state level for years 2000 to 2019, but subgroup analyses were not possible. Now, users can explore State Health Compare’s unemployment estimates, which come from the federal... Read moreUpdate to SHADAC’s Minnesota Uninsured Profile Tool Features Customized Legislative District Infographics Aimed at Addressing Disparities
Nov. 12, 2020 : Our research team at SHADAC has continued its partnership with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Minnesota to complete a new tool that provides critical information on the uninsured populations in Minnesota at the legislative district level. Using the most up-to-date estimates available from the United States Census Bureau, (2014-2018 American Community Survey, 5-year estimates) this... Read moreBlog & News: Minnesota and U.S. Uninsurance Rates Grew in Years Leading up to Pandemic
Oct. 27, 2020 : Children’s uninsurance rate held steady recently, while non-elderly adults’ rate increased in 2019 For the third consecutive year, the United States' uninsurance rate increased significantly, reaching 9.2 percent in 2019, or roughly 27.9 million people. The uninsurance rate in Minnesota also increased significantly to 4.9 percent in 2019—a total of more than 270,000 people. While those... Read morePresentations: November 10th Webinar - "Overdose Crisis in Transition: Changing Trends in a Widening Drug Death Epidemic"
Oct. 19, 2020 : For nearly two decades, the United States has experienced a growing epidemic of drug overdose deaths. But even by standards of the rapidly evolving opioid crisis, mortality data from 2018 illustrate a stark transformation: While the U.S. recorded rare declines in death rates from prescription opioids and heroin, overdose deaths from synthetic opioids continued their rise. The year also... Read moreBlog & News: State-Specific Surveys Encompassing Residents’ COVID-19 Experiences
Oct. 09, 2020 : Updated on October 9, 2020 Introduction and Purpose One of the ways that states are responding to the novel coronavirus epidemic is to gather timely information from residents on their personal experiences and opinions regarding the pandemic. Such real-time information helps states effectively plan for current and impending impacts of this unprecedented public health crisis. The crisis has... Read morePresentations: October 21st Webinar - Rising Suicide Rates: Examining Trends and Variations through State-level Data
Oct. 08, 2020 : Over the past two decades, the rise in suicide death rates has continued along an accelerating climb. According to new vital statistics data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States suicide rate reached another historic high of 14.2 per 100,000 people in 2018, up from 14.0 in the previous year. This increase in... Read moreBlog & News: Eleven Updated Measures are Now Available on State Health Compare
Oct. 05, 2020 : Estimates for a majority of measures from several categories (Access to Care, Cost of Care, Health Behaviors, and Health Outcomes) have now been updated on SHADAC’s State Health Compare web tool, from two related surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), which surveys U.S. middle and high school students (age 13-17),... Read moreBlog & News: New Subsidized Marketplace Data and Other Data Tables Now Available from the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS)
Sep. 23, 2020 : The U.S. Census Bureau recently released 2019 estimates of income, poverty, and health insurance coverage from both the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) and the American Community Survey (ACS). Along with the new estimates, several new data sets and features from the surveys are also now available for this year, including new estimates of subsidized... Read morePresentations: September 23rd Webinar - An Annual Conversation with the U.S. Census Bureau: 2019 Health Insurance Coverage Data from the American Community Survey (ACS) & Current Population Survey (CPS)
Sep. 22, 2020 : On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, SHADAC researchers and U.S. Census Bureau experts held a webinar that examined the new 2019 health insurance coverage data at both the national and the state level, as well as by coverage type, from both the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). Nationally,... Read moreBlog & News: 2019 ACS: Insurance Coverage Overall Fell Nationwide and among the States, with Private and Public Coverage Declines Seen at the State Level
Sep. 17, 2020 : The U.S. Census Bureau has released 1-year estimates from the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS), including state-level information about health insurance coverage by type. This post focuses on private and public coverage. The State Story Nationally, the health insurance coverage rate was 90.8% in 2019, down from 91.1% in 2018. This overall drop in coverage was reflected by significant... Read morePages
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