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Health, United States 2020-2021 Infographics

Image of a shaded blue U.S. map overlayed with a white tooth and medical cross symbol. Unequal distribution creates shortages in some states: Image of a dentist wearing a face mask and a U.S. map showing states with high and low rates of dentists. Income affects receipt of needed dental care: Image of a scale showing higher out-of-pocket costs for dental care than clinical care in 2019. Image of a bar graph showing adults with lower incomes received less dental care in 2019.

Image of a shaded blue U.S. map overlayed by a hospital and red medical cross symbol. People with Medicaid are more likely to: Image of an ambulance exiting an emergency department. Image of a bar chart showing that adults aged 18-64 with Medicaid were more likely to visit the emergency department in 2019. Image of a nurse next to a patient in a hospital bed. Image of a bar chart showing that people aged 18-64 with Medicaid were more likely to have a hospital stay in 2019. Private insurance pays the largest portion of hospital expenditures: Picture of a hand with a dollar bill and a pie chart showing that private insurance pays the largest portion of hospital outlays.

Image of a shaded blue U.S. map. Males are more likely to die from: Images of a heart and blue cancer ribbons. Text says males were more likely than women to die of heart disease and cancer. Substance use is more common in males: Pictures of beer, a cigarette, and pills. Text says more males than females use heavy alcohol and illicit drugs and smoke. Males use less health care: Image of a doctor. Text says the doctor visit rate was 27 percent lower for males than females in 2018. Image of a bar chart showing that the emergency department visit rate was lower for men that women in 2018.

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Health, United States, 2020–2021

Pictures of beer, a cigarette, and pills. Text says more males than females use heavy alcohol and illicit drugs and smoke.

Substance use is more common in males

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Health, United States, 2019

Childhood asthma

In 2018, non-Hispanic black children were more likely to have asthma than Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, and non-Hispanic Asian children under 18 years.

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Spotlight Infographics

The Health, United States Spotlight is an infographic series that explores topics of public health importance using data from the Health, United States annual report. Spotlights are published throughout the year and feature the most current data available at the time of publication. Consistent with the annual report, the Spotlight focuses on trends over time and features data from both NCHS and non-NCHS (government or private) sources. Health, United States data cover four subject areas: health status and determinants, utilization of health resources, health care resources, and health care expenditures and payers.

Heart Disease

Health US - Spotlight - April 2019 - page 1

Includes data on heart disease deaths, respondent-reported heart disease prevalence, and four heart disease risk factors: hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and high total cholesterol

Adolescent Health

Health US - Spotlight - December 2017 - page 1

Includes data on teen births, tobacco use, suicides, and obesity

Health Care Utilization and Resources

Includes data on access to needed care, supply of dentists, and flu vaccination coverage

Health Care Expenditures and Payers

Includes data on Medicaid coverage, Medicare managed care, and prescription drug spending

Health Status & Determinants

Includes data on causes of death, diabetes, substance use, and asthma & allergies

Selected Health Indicators

Includes data on cigarette smoking, nursing homes, emergency department visits, and health insurance coverage

Methodology

Where possible, changes over time and differences across groups are tested for statistical significance. Differences were assessed for statistical significance using statistical testing methods recommended by the individual data systems. Statistical significance is assessed at the 0.05 level without correction for multiple comparisons.

To describe differences across groups, terms such as “similar” and “no difference” are used to indicate that the estimates being compared were not found to be significantly different, while terms such as “higher” or “lower” indicate that a significant difference was detected. Lack of comment regarding the difference between estimates does not necessarily mean that differences were tested and found not to be significant.

To describe trends, terms such as “stable” and “no clear trend” are used to indicate that the slope of the segment was not statistically different from 0, while terms such as “increased” and “decreased” indicate that a significant slope was detected. Since the 2018 publication of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Guidelines for Analysis of Trends, the Health, United States infographics have adhered to these guidelines in order to analyze trends from NCHS complex sample surveys and the National Vital Statistics System.