Some researchers are sounding the alarm over the official data sets that track crucial aspects of life in the United States, ...

Maternal mortality rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest levels in recent years, according to new data ...

The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity markedly increased among adults and children in the United States from the 1970s ...

The estimated life expectancy at birth for Philadelphia was 75 years in 2023, according to data released by the City Health Dashboard.

The estimated life expectancy at birth for Washington, D.C., was 77.4 years in 2023, according to data released by the City Health Dashboard.

Americans ages 45-54 spend $3,000-$6,000+ yearly on health care. Here's the breakdown of insurance premiums, out-of-pocket ...

Federal health data shows Black women are more than three times likely than white women to die around the time of childbirth ...

Asma Akhter, Deputy Director of the Demography and Health Wing of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), began her career at the BBS 13 years ago with an academic background in Sociology from ...

For many students, carrying a gun is seen as a necessary form of self-defense in a violent world. A 2022 study of high schoolers by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that youth who ...

U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two ...

Federal health data shows Black women are more than three times likely than white women to die around the time of childbirth ...

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