Food Insecurity Declines for Children in 2021.

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About 10 percent of U.S. households were food insecure in 2021, meaning they had difficulty providing enough food for all their members at times because of a lack of resources. Though this number was relatively unchanged from the previous year, food insecurity for households with children declined to 12.5 percent from 14.8 in 2020. Households with no children accounted for two-thirds of food-insecure households, with single adults at the greatest risk. For rural areas, the prevalence is slightly lower than in urban areas, 10.8 percent versus 12.2 percent. The data is provided every year by the Economic Research Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Gun violence and traffic crashes may seem like unpredictable events. But they are not random. They are systematic. Data reveal trends and patterns in gun violence and traffic crashes that can help us identify risk factors and protective factors. This is especially important for addressing violent child deaths. So what does the data show? Join …
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5 Essential Frameworks for Preventing Violent Child Death

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Salud America December 4, 2024

Many Latino Families Struggle with Child Care Cost, Access

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Salud America October 17, 2023

CDC Rural-Urban Publication Alert: Adult Asthma Prevalence and Trend Analysis by Urban–Rural Status Across Sociodemographic Characteristics—United States, 2012-2020

Although data on the prevalence of current asthma among adults and children are available at national, regional, and state levels, such data are limited at the substate level (eg, urban–rural classification and county). We examined the prevalence of current asthma in adults and children across 6 levels of urban–rural classification in each state. We estimated […]
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