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Blog & News: U.S. Suicide Death Rate Reached Record High in 2018: SHADAC Briefs Examine the Numbers among Subgroups and States
Jun. 16, 2020 : The suicide death rate for the United States reached another historic high in 2018, rising to 14.2 deaths per 100,000 people from 14.0 in 2017, according to new vital statistics data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This newest jump continues a decades-long increase in death rates from suicide in the U.S.—a trend that predates the current COVID-19 pandemic, which... Read moreBlog & News: NHIS: 2.4 million more uninsured working-aged adults in first six months of 2019
May. 28, 2020 : The number of nonelderly adults (age 18-64) without health insurance coverage increased to 27.2 million in the first six months of 2019 (January-June), up from 24.8 million in the same period in 2018. This put the uninsured rate for the first half of 2019 at 13.7%, an increase from 12.5% in the same period in 2018. This finding comes from new health insurance coverage estimates for Q1-Q2 2019... Read moreBlog & News: 90 percent of U.S. adults report increased stress due to pandemic
May. 26, 2020 : Colin Planalp, MPA, Giovann Alarcon, MPP, Lynn A. Blewett, PhD, The coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic crisis have introduced a new and unique set of conditions that trigger stress in the United States population. Many individuals are concerned about contracting the virus and developing COVID-19 symptoms, worried about job loss, and experiencing other strains caused by stay-at-home... Read moreBlog & News: Understanding the Methodology behind Measuring Coronavirus Impacts with the Census Bureau's New Household Pulse Survey
May. 22, 2020 : The COVID-19 pandemic is having broad-ranging impacts on the health and economic security of Americans across the country, and policymakers, among others, are eager to understand the extent of these impacts and how they vary across states and key subpopulations such as race/ethnicity, given the concerns that historically disadvantaged racial and ethnic minority groups are being disproportionately... Read moreBlog & News: Coronavirus pandemic caused more than 10 million U.S. adults to lose health insurance
May. 14, 2020 : Colin Planalp, MPA, Giovann Alarcon, MPP, Lynn A. Blewett, PhD According to results from the SHADAC COVID-19 Survey, conducted in late April 2020, more than 10 million U.S. adults have lost their health insurance due to the coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, more than 7 million U.S. adults reported delaying medical care for COVID-19 symptoms due to worry about costs. These findings... Read moreBlog & News: An Updated Brief Examines State Health Compare Estimates on State Funding for Public Health
May. 13, 2020 : As states have urgently strategized responses to the sudden arrival of the initial wave of the coronavirus pandemic and begun to prepare for the possibility of a second wave in the fall, states’ per-capita public health funding is a metric that has garnered new attention. Estimates for this measure not only reveal a state’s prioritization of investment in public health infrastructure, but also... Read moreBlog & News: Now Available on State Health Compare: Updated Measures on Access and Cost of Care, Public Health, Health Behaviors and Outcomes, and Social and Economic Factors
May. 06, 2020 : SHADAC has added two brand new measures and updated four previously existing measures with the latest available estimates on the State Health Compare website. The new measures include: Broadband Internet Access This measure indicates the percentage of non-group quarters households that have a broadband internet subscription, which includes a cellular data plan... Read moreBlog & News: Most U.S. Adults Report Reduced Access to Health Care due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Apr. 29, 2020 : More than half worried about their ability to pay for COVID-19 health care Colin Planalp, MPA, Kathleen Thiede Call, PhD, Giovann Alarcon, MPP, Lynn A. Blewett, PhD According to results from a new April 2020 survey, a majority of adults in the United States say that their access to health care services has been negatively affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with the crisis... Read morePages
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