Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Up to the 1990s, there was very little research into Asian American health. [citation needed] Until 2003, the 23 federal health surveys available aggregated data under the label Asian or Pacific Islander, making data essentially useless. Between 1986 and 2000, only 0.2% of federal grants were directed towards Asian American health and research.
According to the NGO Mental Health in America, 5.4% of Americans identify as Asian American, and 13% of this population reported having a diagnosable mental illness in the past year. [193] This proportion of Asian Americans experiencing depression is lower than that of non-Hispanic white Americans.
In 2006, Asian American households were slightly larger than other households, with fewer households with no earners. [76] In 2008, Asian American households had the highest median income in the US, at $65,637; however, 11.8 percent of Asians were in poverty in 2004, higher than the 8.6 percent rate for non-Hispanic whites. [77]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
In turn, Asian American health has been disproportionately challenged by the virus, as a study by Chan et al. from Cambridge University found, “that while Asian Americans make up a small proportion of COVID-19 deaths in the USA, they experience significantly higher excess all-cause mortality (3.1 times higher), case fatality rate (as high as ...
The CDC issues a new warning about the Asian longhorned tick as the population surges across the United States. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
Statistics from a 2016–2017 page on the CDC's official website that 13.9% of toddlers and children age 2–5, 18.4% of children 6–11, and 20.6% of adolescents 12–19 are obese. [70] The prevalence of child obesity in today's society concerns health professionals because a number of these children develop health issues that weren't usually ...
A second CDC report released Thursday found that drug overdose deaths decreased last year for the first time since 2018. In 2023, the rate of overdose deaths was around 31.3 out of every 100,000 ...