Honoring Heroes: Access to VA Healthcare for Disabled Veterans in Atlanta
In observance of Veterans Day, we examine the spatial match between VA facilities and the locations of disabled veterans.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
As October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is an appropriate time to ask what level of progress we are making against this disease in Georgia.
Regional Snapshot: National Aging Trends and the Atlanta Region
For Older Americans Month, the latest data on trends in and planning for the national and Atlanta aging population
Regional Snapshot: Public Health-Inequities of Access
Unequal access to healthcare all too often seems to equate to inequitable outcome(s)
Metro Atlanta Speaks 2023: Previewing the Results
A very early look at 2023 results from the largest survey of perceptions and beliefs done in the Atlanta Region
Health Insurance Coverage Over Time, Episode II
Health Coverage Over Time: Age and Income Make a Difference
Health Insurance Coverage Over Time: Episode I
The Hads, the Still Haves and Have-Nots on Health Insurance?
Birth Rates: The Stork Stalls
Birth rate declines pose challenges for maintaining anything close to historic averages for population growth.
Disability Data: Happy Birthday to the Americans with Disabilities Act!
The ADA Act of 1990 made many fundamental changes happen in thousands of Atlanta workers' lives, and in hundreds of companies and commercial projects. But with success in access come challenges in addressing older buildings.
Mapping Life Expectancy
What to expect when looking at life expectancy? First, you'll see wide variation by area, sometimes eve when those areas are not that far apart. Next, anticipate tight correlations (in opposite directions) with lack of health insurance and high poverty rates.