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May 31, 2022 Greenhouse Gases Total emissions and Total emissions per Capita RAND State Statistics recently expanded and updated its Greenhouse Gases database, containing Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for all U.S. states and territories from 1990 to the present. Data is available by gas and source or by IPCC sector; emissions are reported in million metric tons, and per capita emissions are reported in metric tons. Here are some of the highlights. Read More...
May 11, 2022 Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions RAND State Statistics recently updated its Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions database, reporting Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring by country and source. Global per capita emissions rates are based on population data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Here are some of the highlights. Read More...
Jan 24, 2022 U.S. Death Rates by Cause Rise Sharply From 2019-2020 RAND State Statistics recently updated its Death by Cause database, reporting the number of deaths, crude death rates, and age-adjusted death rates in the U.S., states, and all counties by International Classification of Disease, Version 10 (ICD-10) Chapters and Sub-chapters. The most common causes of death by ICD Chapter are diseases of the circulatory system (31% in the latest year); neoplasms, or cancers (24%); external causes of morbidity and mortality (8%), mental and behavioral disorders (6%), and diseases of the nervous system (6%). See ICD-10 for a complete descriptions of cause of death categories.  Read More...
Jan 07, 2022 U.S. Cancer Rates by Race RAND State Statistics recently updated its Cancer by Race database, providing cancer incidence data, crude rates, and age-adjusted rates by race for the United States and most states. It includes the leading cancers reported by the CDC. Crude rates indicate the number of cases reported each calendar year per 100,000 population. Age-adjusted rates are weighted averages of the age-specific (crude) rates, where the weights are the proportions of persons in the corresponding age groups of a standard million population. See CDC for more details. Read More...
Dec 30, 2021 U.S. Cancer Rates Fall Slightly Since 2014 RAND State Statistics recently updated its Cancer All Types database, providing comprehensive cancer incidence data, crude rates, and age-adjusted rates. Crude rates indicate the number of cases reported each calendar year per 100,000 population. Age-adjusted rates are weighted averages of the age-specific (crude) rates, where the weights are the proportions of persons in the corresponding age groups of a standard million population. It includes all cancers reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. See CDC for more details. Read More...
Dec 17, 2021 U.S. Health Insurance Coverage Increases Over Last Ten Years RAND State Statistics recently updated its Health Insurance database, containing health insurance coverage for the U.S., states, and roughly 900 counties. (Areas with less than 65,000 population are excluded). Coverage and non-coverage are broken down by age, gender, race/ethnicity, households, nativity/citizenship, disability, educational attainment, employment, work experience, household income, and poverty status. Data is collected through the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. Here are some of the highlights. Read More...
Dec 01, 2021 Youth (Grades 9-12) Nutrition, Obesity, & Physical Activity RAND State Statistics added a new database on November 26, 2021. The Youth (Grades 9-12) Nutrition, Obesity, & Physical Activity database reports youth (grades 9-12) nutrition, obesity, and physical activity by age, education, gender, income, race, and ethnicity. As indicated, data are reported every other year. This database provides state-level youth data on adolescent diets, physical activity, and weight status from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS). Read More...
Nov 11, 2021 Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions RAND State Statistics recently updated its Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions database, reporting Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring by country and source, expressed in thousands of metric tons of carbon or thousands or metric tons of CO2 as indicated. Read More...
Oct 07, 2020 Health Insurance in States and Counties Persons Without Health Insurance Concentrated in South According to recently-released data compiled by RAND State Statistics here, the percentage of persons without health insurance is the highest in several states in the South (Figure 1). Read More...
Aug 29, 2020 Medical Care Inflation Rates RAND State Statistics reports a number of inflation databases, including Consumer Prices and Medical Care Inflation. Read More...