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The National Health Interview Survey indicated that in 1998, 16% of rural adults reported poor health. [67] Poor rural residents have only 21% Medicaid coverage, while poor urban populations report 30% coverage. [67] Demographic and socioeconomic factors vary between rural and urban areas, which contributes to some health disparities. [67]
These areas with a high concentration of homeless individuals are dirty environments, with little resources for personal hygiene. A 2018 report to congress estimated that 35% of homeless people were in unsheltered locations not suitable for human habitation. [32] There is a bidirectional relationship between homelessness and poor health. [33]
The "healthspan-lifespan gap" was largest in the U.S., as Americans live in poor health for an average of 12.4 years, compared to 10.9 years in 2000.
There were also relatively few poor people in America at the time, since only those with at least some money could afford to come to America. [19] In 1860, the top 1 percent collected almost one-third of property incomes, as compared to 13.7% in 1774. There was a great deal of competition for land in the cities and non-frontier areas during ...
Six months into the pandemic, some laid-off workers find themselves waiting weeks or even months to receive their unemployment benefits. “I'm living with my mother now, out of necessity,” said ...
Poverty is one of the major social determinants of health. The World Health Report (2002) states that diseases of poverty account for 45% of the disease burden in the countries with high poverty rate which are preventable or treatable with existing interventions. [2] Diseases of poverty are often co-morbid and ubiquitous with malnutrition. [3]
The cost of low inflation would have been unemployment rates of 14% over the past two years, columnist Michael Hicks writes. Hicks: Everyone hates high inflation. High unemployment would be worse.
The hypothesis of such a gap in the US recently grew stronger, in part due to the poor results of the country at OECD adult skills survey. [44] However, there was limited evidence post-2008 crisis that the U.S. was really facing a skill gap. Unemployment remained higher for workers at all education levels.