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  2. Living longer, not healthier: Study finds periods of poor ...

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    The "healthspan-lifespan gap" was largest in the U.S., as Americans live in poor health for an average of 12.4 years, compared to 10.9 years in 2000.

  3. Health in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a major public health challenge in the United States. CDC estimates that there are approximately 19 million new STIs yearly. The country experienced a reduction in reported STIs early in the COVID-19 pandemic, likely due to reduction in care devoted to them, but rates have rebounded in ensuing years. [18]

  4. Poverty and health in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Poverty and health are intertwined in the United States. [1] As of 2019, 10.5% of Americans were considered in poverty , according to the U.S. Government's official poverty measure. People who are beneath and at the poverty line have different health risks than citizens above it, as well as different health outcomes.

  5. The U.S. has the widest health span-lifespan gap - AOL

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    That inequality affects not only access to health care, but can also be seen in how little opportunity there is for Americans in many parts of the country to get physical activity or healthy meals ...

  6. Housing quality and health outcomes in the United States

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    Housing quality and health outcomes in the United States are inextricably linked. As a matter of U.S. public health, substandard housing is associated with outcomes such as injury, respiratory infections, heavy metal (e.g. lead) poisoning and asthma. [1] It may also be associated with mental disability and with obesity and its related morbidities.

  7. Why hasn’t the US been trying to fix its health insurance ...

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    Struggles with health insurance are not unique to the US. Perhaps the most notable government-run, single-payer system, the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, enjoyed a 70% ...

  8. National Center for Health Statistics - Wikipedia

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    The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is a U.S. government agency that provides statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the public health of the American people. It is a unit of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System .

  9. Healthcare in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Unlike most developed nations, the US health system does not provide healthcare to the country's entire population. [35] In 1977, the United States was said to be the only industrialized country not to have some form of national health insurance or direct healthcare provision to citizens through a nationalized healthcare system. [36]