Databyte Archives

01.12.2018 Graph showing people's limitations in activity according to retirement age

Working Longer in Worse Health

Americans are working longer to be eligible for Social Security benefits but a recent study in Health Affairs show delayed retirement is linked to worse health.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

01.11.2018 Graph showing alcohol deaths 1979-2014 per 100,000 people

Attention: Alcohol Deaths Still Rising

Alcohol death rates are at a 35-year high. Alcohol’s wide acceptance and stark increase in death rates requires national attention.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

12.13.2017 Graph showing firearm legislation and police shootings

Firearm Legislation Linked with Fewer Fatal Police Shootings

Laws that strengthen background checks, promote child and consumer safety, and reduce gun trafficking are linked to lower rates of fatal police shootings.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

12.08.2017 Map of the world showing deaths attributable to antimicrobial resistance by 2050

Global Disruption of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

The World Health Organization has sounded the global alarm calling attention to the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Given the ease of global travel, AMR bacteria can easily spread intercontinentally.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

12.07.2017 Graph showing percentage-point reductions in health-inclusive poverty rates by health insurance types

Health Equity
Policy

Health Insurance Reduces Poverty

A recent Health Affairs article pioneers a new way to gauge the impact of health insurance on poverty by taking health into account.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

12.05.2017 Graphic showing results of participants in CAPABLE Aging in Place study follow-up

Home-Based Upgrades for the Elderly

An innovative program, Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) helps the elderly overcome individual or environmental limitations so they can remain in their homes and communities.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

12.01.2017 Graph of reaching ART 90% coverage by 2020 under two assumptions about future HIV transmission

The End of AIDS is in the Details

The United Nations’ Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has a goal to eradicate AIDS by 2030. One of the most difficult facets of reaching the end of AIDS, they say, will be knowing when we’ve gotten there.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

11.30.2017 a graph of high school graduation rate

Barriers for Homeless Students at School

One aspect of the growing trend in homeless students at school: instability of residence often leads to school mobility which can have a negative impact on academic achievement.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

11.29.2017 Graph showing rate of mistreatment of children by ages 0-17

Neglected Babies

Children under one year of age experience maltreatment at more than twice the rate of any other age group, and that this trend is only getting worse.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

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