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  2. 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.

  3. List of U.S. states and territories by poverty rate - Wikipedia

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    All people in poverty. Percent. 2021. US Department of Agriculture (USDA). [2] All people in poverty (2021) Children ages 0-17 in poverty (2021) 90% confidence interval of estimate 90% confidence interval of estimate States and D.C. Percent Lower Bound Upper Bound Percent Lower Bound Upper Bound National: 12.8 12.7 12.9 16.9 16.7 17.1 Alabama ...

  4. Poverty in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The highest poverty rates in the United States are in the U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands). [69] American Samoa has the lowest per capita income in the United States — it has a per capita income comparable to that of Botswana. [70]

  5. Map: These US states have the highest rates of long-term poverty

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    Between 1989 and 2019, 19.4 million people lived in areas of persistent poverty, according to a report by the US Census Bureau. Persistent poverty can be defined as an area that has consistently ...

  6. Healthcare in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [136] [137] Of each dollar spent on healthcare in the US, 31% goes to hospital care, 21% goes to physician/clinical services, 10% to pharmaceuticals, 4% to dental, 6% to nursing homes and 3% to home healthcare, 3% for other retail products, 3% for government public health activities, 7% to administrative costs, 7% to investment, and 6% to other ...

  7. Health insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The study estimated that in 2005 in the United States, there were 45,000 deaths associated with lack of health insurance. [18] A 2008 systematic review found consistent evidence that health insurance increased utilization of services and improved health. [19] Uninsured patients share their experience with the health care system in the United ...

  8. Poverty rate rises to 13.2 percent, and 46.3 million lack ...

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    The latest statistics on median income, poverty, and people without health insurance are in, and they make clear the severity of the recession in the U.S. Real U.S. median household income fell 3. ...

  9. Social determinants of health in poverty - Wikipedia

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    Studies in the United States suggest maternal education results in higher parity, greater use of prenatal care, and lower smoking rates, which positively affects child health. [10] An increase in child schooling in Taiwan during the educational reform of 1968 reduced the infant morality rate by 11%, saving 1 infant per 1000 births.