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This table lists the issues studied in the CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report – United States, 2013, and provides links to current data and information about the ongoing work on health disparities across the agency.

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Social Determinants of Health

Education and Income — United States, 2009 and 2011 Guide to Community Preventive Services. Promoting health equity: education programs and policies.
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/healthequity/education/index.html.
Access to Healthier Food Retailers — United States, 2011 Healthy Food Access Portal
http://healthyfoodaccess.org/get-started

Healthy Food Financing Initiative
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/resource/healthy-food-financing-initiative-0

Let’s Move!
http://www.letsmove.gov/

Unemployment — United States, 2006 and 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/bls/proghome.htm

Environmental Hazards

Nonfatal Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses — United States, 2010 First National Conference on Eliminating Health and Safety Disparities at Work, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC
http://www.aoecdata.org/conferences/healthdisparities/whitepapers.html
Fatal Work-Related Injuries — United States, 2005–2009 First National Conference on Eliminating Health and Safety Disparities at Work, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC
http://www.aoecdata.org/conferences/healthdisparities/whitepapers.html

Traumatic Occupational Injuries, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/injury/

Residential Proximity to Major Highways — United States, 2010 Particulate Matter, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/air/particulate_matter.html

Air Quality, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/air/default.htm

Health-Care Access and Preventive Services

Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Screening — United States, 2008 and 2010 Colorectal (colon) cancer, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal

Cancer Prevention and Control, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/index.htm

Health Insurance Coverage — United States, 2008 and 2010 Health Insurance Coverage FastStats, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hinsure.htm
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Coverage — United States, 2009–10 and 2010–11 Guide to Community Preventive Services. Increasing appropriate vaccination.
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/vaccines/index.html

Seasonal influenza (Flu), FluVaxView, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview/index.htm

Behavioral Risk Factors

Pregnancy and Childbirth Among Females Aged 10–19 Years — United States, 2007–2010 Births: Preliminary Data for 2012, National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 62, Number 3, September 2013
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr62/nvsr62_03.pdf

Declines in State Teen Birth Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin, National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief, No. 123, May 2013
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db123.pdf

Binge Drinking — United States, 2011 Alcohol and Public Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol
Cigarette Smoking — United States, 2006-2008 and 2009-2010 Smoking and Tobacco Use, Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco

Tips from Former Smokers, Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/tips

Health Outcomes: Morbidity

Expected Years of Life Free of Chronic Condition–Induced Activity Limitations — United States, 1999–2008 Analytical and Epidemiological Studies, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

No. 21. Healthy People 2010: Summary Measures of Population Health: Methods for Calculating Healthy Life Expectancy. 12 pp. (PHS) 2001-1237
[PDF – 521 KB].

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/hp_pubs.htm

Analytical and Epidemiological Studies, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

No. 34 . Life Expectancy Free of Chronic Condition-induced Activity Limitations Among White and Black Americans, 2000-2006. 28 pp. (PHS) 2011-1418.
[PDF – 403 KB]
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/series/series03.htm

Asthma Attacks Among Persons with Current Asthma — United States, 2001–2010 Air Quality, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/air/default.htm
Diabetes — United States, 2006 and 2010 Diabetes Public Health Resource, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes
Health-Related Quality of Life — United States, 2006 and 2010 Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL), Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/index.htm
HIV Infection — United States, 2008 and 2010 HIV/AIDS, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexual Transmitted Diseases and Tuberculosis Prevention, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv
Obesity — United States, 1999–2010 Adult Obesity Facts, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

Adult Obesity Causes and Consequences, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/causes/index.html

Childhood Overweight and Obesity, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/index.html

Childhood Obesity Strategies and Solutions, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/solutions.html

Periodontitis Among Adults Aged ≥30 Years — United States, 2009–2010 Periodontal Disease, Division of Oral Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/periodontal_disease/index.htm
Preterm Births — United States, 2006 and 2010 National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 62, Number 1, June 2013, CDC. Births:Final data for 2011
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr62/nvsr62_01.pdf

National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 62, Number 3, September 2013, CDC. Births: Preliminary Data for 2012
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr62/nvsr62_03.pdf

Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations — United States, 2001–2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/index.html
Prevalence of Hypertension and Controlled Hypertension — United States, 2007–2010 High Blood Pressure, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/

Million Hearts, HHS
http://millionhearts.hhs.gov/resources/teamuppressuredown.html

Tuberculosis — United States, 1993–2010 Tuberculosis (TB), Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/tb

Health Outcomes: Mortality

Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Deaths — United States, 2009 Heart Disease, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/

Stroke, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/stroke/index.htm

Drug-Induced Deaths — United States, 1999–2010 Saving Lives and Protecting People: Preventing Prescription Painkiller Overdoses, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC http://www.cdc.gov/injury/about/focus-rx.html

Drug Overdose, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/overdose/index.html

Homicides — United States, 2007 and 2009 Violence Prevention at CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/overview/index.html

Funded Programs and Initiatives, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/fundedprograms/index.html

Infant Deaths — United States, 2005–2008 National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 61, Number 8, January 2013, CDC. Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2009 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_08.pdf

NCHS Data Brief, No. 120, April 2013, CDC. Recent Declines in Infant Mortality in the United States, 2005-2011
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db120.pdf

Motor Vehicle–Related Deaths — United States, 2005 and 2009 Motor Vehicle Safety, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/index.html

Native American Road Safety, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/Motorvehiclesafety/native/index.html

Suicides — United States, 2005–2009 Suicide Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/suicide/index.html

Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS
http://www.sprc.org/

 

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