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High and Extreme Poverty Census Tracts Within and Outside of High Poverty Counties, 2015–19
Map showing census tracts with poverty of 20% or higher in one measurement period and census tracts with poverty 40% or higher in one measurement period, within and outside of high poverty counties during 2015-2019.
Date: 11/2022
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Consecutive Decades of High Poverty Since 1960 in U.S. Counties
Map showing counties that have had high poverty in consecutive decades from 1960 through 2019.
Additional links: Data Visualization
Date: 11/2022
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Counties With High Veteran Poverty Rates Tend to Be Nonmetropolitan
Map identifying counties with high or extreme high poverty rates among military veterans, based on American Community Survey 2015-2019 data.
Date: 11/2022
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Spatial Analysis of Breast Cancer Mortality Rates in a Rural State
Examines breast cancer mortality rates in South Dakota women as related to sociodemographic and county-level factors. Includes county-level state maps of age-adjusted mortality rates and cancer incidence.
Author(s): Marisa Schulz, Emma Spors, Kari Bates, Semhar Michael
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 19
Date: 10/2022
Type: Document
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Nowhere to Go: Maternity Care Deserts Across the U.S. 2022
Explores maternal healthcare access and provides county-level U.S. maps that show maternity care deserts, hospitals and birth centers that offer obstetric (OB) care, distribution of OB providers, percentage of women without health insurance, percentage of births covered by Medicaid, and more. Includes rural versus urban characteristics of maternity care deserts as well as access and policy discussions specific to rural areas.
Date: 10/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: March of Dimes
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COVID Community-Engaged Testing in Alabama: Reaching Underserved Rural Populations Through Collaboration
Provides an overview of the National Institutes of Health's Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics–Underserved Populations initiative that fostered collaborations to increase COVID-19 testing in rural areas of Alabama. Discusses intervention, implementation, and evaluation of initiative and includes county-level data on tests administered.
Author(s): Christopher Greer McCollum, Thomas N. Creger, Aadia I. Rana, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 112(10), 1399-1403
Date: 10/2022
Type: Document
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Disparities in Breast and Cervical Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates for Females in Illinois, 1996 – 2019
Provides data on breast and cervical cancer disparities in Illinois women from 1996 to 2019, with breakdowns by race/ethnicity, age, stage at diagnosis, and rural, small urban, suburban, or urban county type. Includes incidence and mortality rates utilizing Illinois State Cancer Registry (ISCR) incidence data and National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) mortality data.
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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Indiana Rural Health Clinic Dashboard
A fact sheet that includes information about Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) in Indiana, such as their respective business model, ownership, National Health Service Corps (NHSC) site status, Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) score, rural status, RHC services provided, and number of RHCs by county.
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Rural Health Association
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2022 Maine Healthcare Occupations Report
Data and analysis of the Maine healthcare workforce. Includes demographics and workforce distribution by county. Features numbers of healthcare workers in various occupations as of 2020 and projected need by 2030.
Author(s): Andrew Dawson
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Workforce Research and Information, Maine Department of Labor
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Wisconsin's State Opioid Response 2 Grant Program and Client Overview
Analyzes data provided by clients who completed State Opioid Response (SOR-2) interviews from September 2020 through July 2022 and engaged with the grant's mission to expand treatment and improve access to opioid and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Reports on grant activities including implementation and expansion of opioid treatment, opiate treatment centers (OTC), opioid treatment services (OTS), emergency department (ED) induction/mobile unit, and unmet treatment needs, with county-level data provided.
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
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