Databyte Archives

03.22.2019 a graph of people with numbers and text

The Remaining Uninsured Americans

Disparities in health insurance coverage persist. Hispanic and Black adults are still more likely to be uninsured compared to their White counterparts.

Fellow Greg Kantor

03.20.2019 Graph showing income inequality between black and white males

Health Equity

Income Inequality Between Black and White Males

If uneven distribution of income is a key contributor of economic injustice, how do we replicate conditions to narrow gaps in income for Black men?

Fellow Jori Fortson

03.19.2019 a map of the united states

Mental & Behavioral Health

Un-Wellbeing

2017 marked the first time no state reported an improvement in wellbeing from the year before according to the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

03.06.2019 a graph of different colored lines

Transgender Individuals See Improvements in HIV Outcomes

Researchers assessed the CD4 counts of cisgender and transgender people living with HIV and showed a narrowing of the gap between two populations.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

02.14.2019

Health Equity

I Would If I Could: Bike Share

Better Bike Share Partnership increased access to bike share programs in low-income and underserved communities in six cities. This study assessed ongoing barriers to use in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn.

Fellow Erin Polka

02.07.2019 Graph comparing rural high/low poverty and urban high/low poverty trajectory over time

Health Equity

Rural Living and Dying

There is a widening gap in US rural and urban death rates. Researchers report that these changes are not sudden and have been happening since 1970.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

01.31.2019 Map of pre-Katrina and post-Katrina lead levels in New Orleans

The Unexpected: Less Lead in New Orleans

After Hurricane Katrina, researchers found that storm surge flooding did not increase heavy metal contaminants in soil. Instead, lead levels dropped.

Fellow Erin Polka

01.10.2019 Diagram showing policy based emission reductions

The 2 Degree Solution

What would it take for us to avoid a 2˚C increase in global temperature in the next 30 years? An energy policy firm tackles the question, modeling how current energy policies will impact future emissions.

Fellow Erin Polka

01.08.2019 Graph showing health insurance expenditures by nativity status, 2014

Immigrants and Private Insurance: Pay More, Use Less

New research in Health Affairs upends the belief that immigrants are a drain on the US health care system.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

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