Statistics: New Data on StateHealthFacts.org: New data on SCHIP, Cost of Living, Medicare Payments, Mortality Rates, Cancer Incidence, Syringe Exchange, and More

+ SCHIP Allotments and Projected Shortfalls (NEW)
New data are now available from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) on potential FY 2008 SCHIP funding shortfalls should Congress and the President not increase SCHIP funding above current levels. Data are available for all states and the nation and include states’ own projected FY 2008 federal spending, FY 2008 federal SCHIP allotments, available prior year allotments, and shortfall amounts for the 21 states projected to exhaust their available federal SCHIP funding during FY 2008 under current law.

+ Cost of Living Variation (NEW)
New 2007 information on the relative cost of living for a family of four at three times the national poverty level in selected urban areas is now available for all states. Using the Council for Community and Economic Research’s Cost of Living Index for the second quarter of 2007, data presented show the annual income in dollars and as a percent of poverty that a family of four would need to earn in each market to have purchasing power equal to 300% of the U.S. Federal Poverty Level (FPL) for a family of four – $61,950 in 2007. A list of urban areas included in this analysis is also included.

Employment Status
Updated household employment status data based on analysis of the Census BureauÂ’s 2007 Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the Urban Institute and the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and Uninsured (KCMU) are now available for all states and the nation.

Medicare Payments for Hospital Procedures
Updated hospital data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) including the range of Medicare payments between the 25th and 75th percentiles for the top five elective inpatient hospital procedures are now available for FY 2006 for all states and the nation.

Health Status
Deaths
Updated data on mortality rates by gender and race/ethnicity for 2005 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been added and are available by state. Also available are data on deaths caused by AlzheimerÂ’s Disease and cancer for 2004.

Child and Teen Deaths
Updated data on child and teen mortality rates for 2004 from the Annie E. Casey FoundationÂ’s analysis of CDC data have been added and are available for all states and the nation.

Cancer Incidence
Updated cancer data from the CDC including the overall cancer incidence rate and incidence by gender are available for 2003 for all states and the nation.

Oral Health
Updated oral health status data from the CDC including the percentage of adults who visited the dentist and the percentage of elderly adults who have had all of their natural teeth extracted are available for 2006 for all states and the nation.

HIV/AIDS
Sterile Syringe Exchange Programs
Information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on sterile syringe exchange programs has been updated and is now available for 2005 for all states and the nation.

Source: StateHealthFacts.org

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