Designed for Disease: The Link between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes

Designed for Disease: The Link between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, PolicyLink, and California Center for Public Health Advocacy. April 2008.

The study created a "retail food environment index" by dividing the number of fast-food restaurants and convenience stores by the number of produce vendors and grocery stores.


Average RFEI, and Obesity and Diabetes Prevalence for CHIS Respondents in Most Populated Counties Statistics

Growing Disparities in LIfe Expectancy

Growing Disparities in LIfe Expectancy. Congressional Budget Office. April 17, 2008.

The report examines factors contributing to differences in life expectancy between socioeconomic groups and the potential implications of the disparity on Social Security and Medicare.

One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008

One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008. Pew Public Safety Performance Project. Feb 2008.
The report shows the number of people behind bars in the United States continued to climb in 2007, saddling cash strapped states with soaring costs they can ill afford and failing to have a clear impact either on recidivism or overall crime.

Health Coverage and Access to Care Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

Health Coverage and Access to Care Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Kaiser Family Foundation Fact Sheet. April 2008.

A new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum finds that certain subgroups of the nation’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations are doing much worse than other subgroups in terms of health insurance coverage and access to health care.

Dying for Coverage in California

Dying for Coverage in California. Families USA Foundation. April 2008

For the more than 47 million Americans who are uninsured, lack of health insurance can have dire consequences—medical debt, missed care, and even premature death. We've created the first-ever state-level estimates on the number of deaths due to lack of health insurance.

Shortchanging America’s Health 2008: A State-by State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars are Spent

Trust for America’s Health. Shortchanging America’s Health 2008: A State-by State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars are Spent. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. April 2008.

In this report, the authors examines how much the federal government spends to try to keep the country well. A state-by-state review reveals that federal funding (CDC) for public health varies, often significantly, with a per capita low of $13.61 in Kansas to a per capita high of $69.97 in Alaska.

Health Coverage and Access to Care Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

Health Coverage and Access to Care Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Race, Ethnicity & Health Care Fact Sheet. Henry K. Kaiser Family Foundation. April 2008.

New research indicates that Korean-Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are much more likely to be uninsured than other ethnic groups, including Japanese-Americans and Indian-Americans.