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Health statistics are increasingly important in measuring the nation’s overall well-being. The Census Bureau provides accurate, detailed, and up-to-date statistics—covering people and business—relating to health in America.

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Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)

Provides estimates on business spending for new and used structures and equipment.

Disability

The Census Bureau collects data on disability primarily through the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

Enhancing Health Data (EHealth) Program

Research program that identifies existing gaps in federal statistics which can be filled by enhancing health records with unique Census Bureau data assets.

Fertility

Information about the fertility of American women both for the nation as a whole as well as for individual states and lower level geography.

Health Care and Social Assistance

Collected data on health care industries using three surveys: the Economic Census, the Annual & Quarterly Services, and the County Business Patterns.

Health Insurance

The Bureau collects health insurance data using three national surveys: CPS ASEC, ACS, and SIPP.

HIV/AIDS

Information from scattered small-scale surveys on the AIDS pandemic and HIV seroprevalence (infection) in population groups in developing countries.

Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE)

The Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) program produces single-year estimates of health insurance coverage for every county in the U.S.

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National Doctors Day: March 30, 2023
March 30, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated 712,332 civilians 16 years and over were employed as “Other physicians.” Median earnings was $226,590.
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2021 Annual Capital Expenditures for Robotic Equipment
March 22, 2023
U.S. capital expenditures for robotic equipment totaled $11,536 million and accounted for 1.1% of total equipment expenditures in 2021.
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Certified Nurses Day: March 19, 2023
March 19, 2023
The 2019 American Community Survey estimated 2,523,490 registered nurses in the United States. Over 2.1 million were female and nearly 337,000 were male.

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Health Insurance Data
These data have information on types of health coverage by income, personal characteristics, and health expenditures.
Health Care Industries (NAICS 62)
Statistics on establishments that provide health care to individuals. Included are revenues and expenses by doctor’s offices, laboratories, hospitals, etc.

Health Stories

America Counts Story
Is There a Retail Health Clinic Near You?
March 28, 2023
There were 2000 clinics providing walk-in health services inside pharmacies and other retailers between 2018 and 2020, mostly in metro areas.
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Losing Our Parents
March 21, 2023
A new data visualization shows patterns in parent mortality by age, sex, race and ethnicity for 2019 and 2021.
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More Education Does Not Erase Racial Disparities in Health Coverage
March 08, 2023
Adults with a high school education or less have higher uninsured rates than those more educated. Racial/ethnic inequalities exist even among the more educated.

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Health Insurance Coverage by Race and Hispanic Origin: 2021
November 22, 2022
This brief uses the 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates to examine differences in health insurance coverage by race and Hispanic origin.
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Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type by Geography: 2019 and 2021
September 15, 2022
This brief uses the 2019 and 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates to examine state differences in health insurance coverage status and type.
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Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2021
September 13, 2022
This report presents data on health insurance coverage in the United States in 2021 based on information collected in the 2022 CPS ASEC.

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Are These Industry Sectors Back to Prepandemic Levels of Spending?
View 2021 expenditures and percent change in total capital expenditures from 2019 to 2021 for selected industries.
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Recent Statistics on Parent Mortality and Change During COVID-19
This dashboard provides comparisons between 2019 and 2021 data—the latter of which overlaps with the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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