U.S. Racial Inequality May Be as Deadly as the Coronavirus
In estimating the magnitude of the pandemic, demographers have found that COVID-19 is likely to shorten the average U.S. lifespan in 2020 by about a year.
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Eliminating Smoking and Obesity Could Shrink U.S. Health Disparities, But Where People Live Matters Too
Smoking and obesity are the two leading causes of preventable death, disability, and chronic disease in the United States. New research shows that eliminating them could go a long way…
Read MoreOpioid Overdose Epidemic Hits Hardest for the Least Educated
The prescription opioid painkillers that helped fuel the surge in U.S. drug overdose deaths were first approved by the Federal Drug Administration in late 1995.
The before-and-after fatality rates tell a shocking story: In 1994, the age-adjusted drug overdose death rate was 4.8 deaths per 100,000 people; by 2015, the rate had more than tripled to 16.3 per 100,000.
Read MoreMixed-Race Marriages Reduce U.S. Housing Segregation
The persistent separation of racial groups across U.S. neighborhoods has lessened slightly due to mixed-race marriages, according to researchers at Pennylvania State University and the University of Washington. But residential…
Read MoreMothers’ Reading Skills Linked to Improved Child Survival and Student Achievement
In Nigeria, where 10 percent of the world’s deaths to children occur, literate mothers are much less likely to see their children die before their fifth birthday than their illiterate…
Read MoreU.S. Immigrant Children
There are more than 16 million children in immigrant families in the United States, and they are one of the most rapidly growing segments of the U.S. population. Most are…
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