It’s the Inequality, Stupid
How high is your family’s risk in a disaster?
The Disproportionate Impact of Poverty in North Carolina
Working Age Welfare
The Role of Medicaid and Medicare In Women’s Health Care
Youth Incarceration in the United States
Poverty in Canada
Infant Feeding During Disasters
Australia: Number of divorces and crude divorce rate, 1901-2011
Sex and equality
OASDI and SSI Program Rates & Limits, 2014
The scourge of enslavement
Econommist
Asylum applicants and first instance decisions on asylum applications: second quarter 2013 – Issue number 12/2013
Prevalence of mental disorders
WHO/EU
Prisoners in 2012 – Advance Counts
BJS
Tablet and E-reader Ownership
Capital Punishment, 2011
BJS
Long-Term Care Spending
Care applications in April 2013 show continued rise
Female Victims of Sexual Violence, 1994-2010
Waiting for work
The bright side of sadness
Science
TB Cases Reported as Diagnosed During Incarceration
CDC
TANF Cash Benefits Continued To Lose Value in 2013
Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2011
BJS
Interactive: Jewish Denominational Switching
Pew
In 2009 (the most recent year numbers are available) —
– 211,731 women and 2,001 men in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer
– 40,676 women and 400 men in the United States died from breast cancer
The cost of a bullet: Price of gun violence takes widespread toll in Rhode Island
TB Cases Diagnosed in Correctional Facilities
CDC
The market for amphetamine type stimulants
UNODC
Percentage of Adults Aged ≥45 Years Who Need Help with Routine Activities by Age Group and Selected Race/Ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2011
CDC
Interactive: Jewish Population Calculator
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Pew
Percentage of Emergency Department (ED) Visits That Were Dental-Related* Among Persons Aged <65 Years, by Age Group — National Hospital Ambulatory Care Survey, 1999–2000 to 2009–2010
How the social status of teachers stacks up
Rate of Emergency Department Visits for Alcohol-Related Diagnoses, by Sex — National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2001–2002 to 2009–2010
CDC
Children and Guns: The Hidden Toll
NY Times
The growing economic clout of the college educated
Preventable Deaths from Heart Disease & Stroke
These six states were home to 60% of unauthorized immigrants in 2012
Pew
Interactive: U.S. Unauthorized Immigration Trends
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Pew
Impact of 2008 global economic crisis on suicide: Time trend study in 54 countries
BMJ
Things We Learned From Census About Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance
Unions: The Best Fix to Poverty
OECD and author’s calculations
The Economist Gets It Wrong on Disability Insurance
A part-time professor with a master’s degree teaching eight courses makes about $19,200 annually
AAUP | Mother Jones
HPV awareness and willingness to HPV vaccination among high-risk men attending an STI clinic in Puerto Rico.
P R Health Sci J. 2012 December; 31(4): 227–231.
18 Percent of Pregnant Women Drink Alcohol during Early Pregnancy
SAMHSA
Setting the Record Straight on SNAP, Part 5: SNAP Will Shrink as the Economy Improves
Sleep Duration* Among Adults Aged ≥20 Years, by Race/Ethnicity — National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 2007–2010
MMWR