How Social Security Is Financed: Sources of Social Security revenues in 2012
SSA
Abortion Viewed in Moral Terms
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Asylum applicants and first instance decisions on asylum applications: first quarter 2013
Americans’ Views of Living to 120, Beyond
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Progress on Childhood Obesity
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CDC
Empire State Pride Agenda uncovers startling health disparities among LGBT New Yorkers
LGBT Weekly
The U.S. is Last in Paid Vacation and Holidays
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thesocietypages.org
Teen Drinking and Driving
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CDC
A Rising Share of Young Adults Live in Their Parents’ Home
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Obesity
Adult Smoking: Focusing on People with Mental Illness
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CDC
Widening Regional Divide on Abortion
Government Surveillance: A Question Wording Experiment
Photographic Series Showing What 200 Calories Looks Like in Different Foods
artFido | WiseGEEK
Where’s the sodium?
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Stray prenatal gene network suspected in schizophrenia
NIH | Mary-Claire King, Ph.D., University of Washington
Researchers have reverse-engineered the outlines of a disrupted prenatal gene network in schizophrenia, by tracing spontaneous mutations to where and when they likely cause damage in the brain.
SNAP Enrollment Is Still High Because the Job Market Is Still Bad
CBPP
Big Racial Divide over Zimmerman Verdict
How Did Cause of Death Contribute to Racial Differences in Life Expectancy in the United States in 2010?
CDC
Unemployment’s Down, But More Unemployed Workers Lack Jobless Benefits
CBPP
A Profile of Older Americans: 2012 – Income
Census Bureau | AoA
Rise of Single Fathers
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Pew
The Safety Net: Lifting Millions Out of Poverty
CBPP
Many Say Economic Recovery Is Still a Long Way Off
Pew
The Global Divide on Homosexuality
Pew
A Profile of Older Americans: 2012 – Marital Status
Census Bureau | AoA
Recent court rulings
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Pew
Recipe for Food Safety: Listeria
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CDC
A Profile of Older Americans: 2012
Census Bureau | AoA
Figure 3: Homicide rate per 100 000 population, average per year, 2005-2007 and 2008-2010
Eurostat
Prescription Painkiller Overdoses
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CDC
The Growth of the Nonreligious
Pew
Child Maltreatment
Child Trends
Hepatitis C
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CDC
Only the richest 0.14 percent of estates pays any estate tax at all
Preventing Repeat Teen Births
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CDC
About 6 in 10 Recent Moms in Their Early 20s are Unmarried
From Bad to Worse: Child Poverty Rates in Canada
CCPA
The Los Angeles Homicide Report
LA Times
Latest Piece on Disability Insurance Doesn’t Tell the Full Story
Foster Care
Child Trends
“Moving to Work” Compromise Would Cut Risk from Expanding Demonstration
The Rise of Single Fathers
Pew
North Carolina’s Obscene Attack on Jobless Benefits
Only half of U.S. youth meet physical activity standards, NIH study shows
NIH
Abuse of Prescription (Rx) Drugs Affects Young Adults Most
Hospital services: mental health service users have around double the attendance rate of general population
HSCIC
Rate of Ambulatory-Care Visits* for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)† by Persons Aged ≤18 Years, by Sex — United States, 2001–2002 to 2009–2010
CDC
Statistics on women’s smoking status at time of delivery: England, Quarter 4, 2012/13
In England in 2012/13:
– The percentage of mothers smoking at delivery was 12.7%, lower than 2011/12 (13.2%), 2010/11 (13.5%) and 2009/10 (14.0%)
– Amongst all Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), this varied from 19.7% in the North East SHA to 5.7% in London SHA
– Amongst the 147 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) that passed validation, smoking prevalence at delivery ranged from 30.8% in Blackpool PCT to 2.3% in Westminster PCT
