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Find the Story in the Numbers

The RWJF DataHub tracks state-level data and allows users to customize and visualize facts and figures on key health and health care topics. It's part of the Foundation’s commitment to providing timely, accessible information and evidence to inform policies and practices that help Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need. It establishes a system of priority measures for monitoring state-level progress toward improving the nation’s health and health care.

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Having access to reliable data is critical to any effort to improve this nation’s health and health care. Providing information in ways that makes it easy to use and visualize magnifies the power of good data. ”

David C. Colby, PhD, vice president of Research and Evaluation

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Mississippi Has the Highest Rate of Obesity

Considerable variation exists in obesity rates among states and by race and ethnicity.

America is struggling with an obesity epidemic with more than one in four people in this country considered to be obese. To see the full picture of the nation’s struggle with weight, it’s important to examine the variations in obesity rates among the states and by race and ethnicity.

Significant variations exist in both the rates of obesity and in the growth of obesity across the states. In Colorado, for example, 20 percent of the population is obese, compared to 35 percent in Mississippi, which has the highest rate of obesity in America.

State-level disparities increase when obesity rates are examined by race and ethnicity. Nationally, the rate of obesity among African-Americans is approximately 1.4 times the rate among whites, but it is even higher when the figures are broken down by state.

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The uninsured: What the numbers say

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Heath care for all?

When it comes to health insurance coverage, people in some states, and some ethnicities fare far worse than others. Will the Affordable Care Act help erase the inequalities in access to health care?

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Smoking: what the numbers say

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West Virginia tops nation in smokers

More than 1 in 4 adults smoke in West Virginia. Why are some states having such a hard time kicking the habit?

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