Databyte Archives

06.21.2019 a diagram of different colored lines

Pollute Less, Suffer More

Communities of color experience pollution inequities as Whites experience less exposure than Black and Hispanic people to the air pollution they create.

Fellow Jori Fortson

06.18.2019 a graph of a number of students

Do Test Scores Really Matter?

Test scores for students have increased in the past two decades in Massachusetts, yet the disparity between racial and socioeconomic groups still persists.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

06.12.2019 a graph of a number of people

Practice What We Preach

A 2019 study shows that public health schools’ maternity leave policies are too often not in keeping with their proclaimed values.

Fellow Jori Fortson

06.06.2019 a graph of abortions decline

Declining Abortion Rates in a Sexual Revolution

Abortion rates in the United States are falling. One explanation can be that high schoolers are having less sex than their predecessors did 40 years ago.

Fellow Greg Kantor

06.03.2019 a chart of jails

Health Equity
Incarceration

Who's in US Jails?

In the United States, a person can be held in jail awaiting trial for days, weeks, months, or years because they cannot afford to pay bail bond.

Fellow Jori Fortson

05.16.2019 a group of graphs with text

Police-Related Deaths and Neighborhood Polarization

Police violence was lowest in privileged neighborhoods and highest with largest concentrations of low-income residents and residents of color.

Fellow Jori Fortson

05.06.2019 a graph of a number of people

Low Rent, High Rent

With reducing numbers of affordable housing and increasing demand, people across major US cities are moving towards middle-market rentals.

Fellow Julia Garcia

05.03.2019 a graph of a man and woman

Measuring Meditative Movement

Practicing yoga, tai chi, and qigong has increased, but integrating mind-body therapies into primary care would ensure wider access to the benefits of YTQ.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

04.10.2019 a graph showing cancer patients

Cancer Survival Is (Mostly) Improving

Cancer is slowly releasing its grip, and the survival rates are increasing. Data presented show the five-year survival rates for common cancers.

Fellow Julia Garcia

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