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Thanks to decades of research, Americans are living longer. Yet Chronic diseases still affect large swaths of the population and are unevenly distributed creating health disparities. These chronic illness are common and costly, and many are preventable.
Americans' top public health concerns. When asked about the top threats to public health at the moment, the top three responses were opioids (26%), obesity (21%), and access to guns or firearms (17%). Other responses include cancer, COVID-19, and unsafe roads or driving.
Following are 10 emerging public health issues that have grown to new levels or have experts concerned. 1. Public Health Authority. According to a 2021 report by the Network for Public Health Law, 15 states have proposed or passed laws that would undermine public health authority.
A collection of national public health initiatives, strategies, and action plans covering topics like chronic disease, emergency preparedness, and health disparities. The material can guide the development of local plans and prioritizes public health efforts addressing the nation's health challenges.
Public health in the United States is in crisis. More than a million Americans are dead from COVID-19, up to 25 percent of whom might have survived had they been vaccinated.
The Health, United States, 2020-2021: Annual Perspective is a brief annual report that integrates selected analyses on health trends reported online by the Health, United States program. The focus of this issue is on health disparities by sex, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
The U.S. spends more on health care but has worse health outcomes than comparable countries around the globe. This holds true across age and income groups. Within the U.S., there are unacceptable disparities in health by race and ethnic group, county by county and state by state.
Health, United States provides a wide array of trends in health statistics to policymakers, public health professionals, and the public. It presents statistics in four overarching areas: health status and determinants, health care utilization, health care resources, and health expenditures and payers.
Looking back at the biggest public health headlines of the year, from gun violence and reproductive rights to humanitarian and environmental crises. Plus: What to expect in 2023.