Health and Poverty Health, United States from the CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) publishes the statistical annual Health, United
States.
This yearbook presents national trends in health statistics,
including a chartbook that assesses the nation’s health.
Each edition typically includes a special feature with in-depth
data on a specific topic such as emergency care or prescription
drugs.
A number of tables in this lengthy report present
data by poverty status for
topics including
Access and utilization of health care
Disability
Health insurance
Health status and risk factors,
Nutrition
Preventive care
Frequency and Timespan: Annual publication produced since 1975;
2010 edition includes trend data with some tables covering he
1980s to the present
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention produce data on
health and healthcare in the United States. Health, United
States includes a variety of tables with breakdowns by poverty
status.
In times of rising inequality and declining real wages, access to
health care is central to building the human capital necessary to
have a chance of escaping poverty. Poverty research and poverty
programs have long recognized poor health to be associated with
low income. Indeed, poor health may be a consequence of poverty,
a cause of poverty, or both.
