Databyte Archives

05.16.2018 Graph comparing rural and urban contraception options

Contraception Options Limited in Rural and Suburban Areas

Geography can affect access to contraception. Women in rural and suburban areas have fewer contraception options than those in urban areas.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

05.15.2018 a graph of poverty

Particular Particulates

Landfills and industrial sites emit harmful air particulates that impact lung and heart health. These sites are more likely to be located near racially or ethnically marginalized and poor communities than majority white, affluent communities.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

05.10.2018 U.S. map showing variation in Medicaid mortality rates

Death Rates Vary among Medicare Beneficiaries

A recent Health Affairs article on areas in the U.S. with high numbers of deaths among Medicare beneficiaries reports that over fourteen million consider these 820 counties home.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

05.09.2018 a graph with numbers and a line

Health Insurance Disparities Persist after ACA

Although the percentage of those without insurance has decreased under the ACA, Black Americans are still more likely to be uninsured than White Americans.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

05.04.2018 Two graphs showing probability of arrest for people with and without disabilities

Disability, Race, and the Risk of Arrest

Individuals with disabilities have a higher probability of being arrested across all races, per a study in the American Journal of Public Health.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

05.03.2018 Graph showing likelihood of having written end-of-life documents by education, age and conversations about death growing up

Planning for End-of-Life

Age, education, and discussions about death are predictors of having a written plan or identifying someone to make decisions about end-of-life care.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

05.01.2018 a pie chart of health care services

Limited Health Funding for AIANs

American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AIANs) can receive free health care from facilities that receive money allocated by Congress to the Indian Health Service, but funding is unevenly distributed.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

04.24.2018 a graph with orange and blue lines

Making Strides Towards Zero

San Francisco has made steady progress towards fulfilling its goals of achieving zero HIV deaths, zero new infections, and zero stigma by 2020.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

04.17.2018 World map showing return period (years) in the 2080s for the 20th century 100-year flood

Global Flood Risk under Climate Change

Globally, flood frequency is predicted to increase across 42% of the earth’s land regions. Areas expected to be most affected are low-income countries in the lower latitudes.

Fellow Erin Polka

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