Featured Findings
Hispanic Voters Experience Difficulty Casting Votes
From this graph, we see that Hispanic voters were almost twice as likely as Non-Hispanic voters to experience trouble voting in the 2002 mid-term elections. The data for this analysis come from the Voter News Service General Election Exit Poll, 2002, which was conducted on November 5, 2002, in all 50 states. (more) Nearly 7 percent of Hispanics experienced "some other problem" when attempting to cast their votes as compared to about 3-1/2 percent of Non-Hispanic voters. Questions about electoral issues, issues surrounding the election, and demographic and economic questions were asked of voters as they left polling places. This is part of a series of surveys conducted by the National Election Pool.
Mean Sales and Appraisal Price of Slaves by Sex and State, 1775-1865
This graph illustrates the mean appraised or sales price of slaves during the colonial era in eight southern states. There is substantial variation in assessed price by state and by gender of the slave. Female slaves in the state of South Carolina were valued at nearly twice the dollar value as males. The data for this graph come from the Slave Sales and Appraisals, 1775-1865 data file. (more) The data were obtained from probate records on deposit in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Genealogical Society Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Variables document the sale locations and the appraised and sale values of the slaves, as well as the slaves' age, sex, occupational skills, and condition of health. This data also relates to the featured finding on Appraised Value of Slaves by State and Date of Appraisal, 1775-1865.
Hospital Admissions Vary by Race
How patients are admitted to the hospital varies considerably by race. The graph above illustrates this substantial variation in the source of hospital admissions, with Blacks and persons of other race or multiple races much more likely to come into the hospital through the emergency room and Native Americans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders more likely to be referred by a physician. The data for this analysis are from the 2004 National Hospital Discharge Survey, (more) which collects data annually from a sample of administrative patient discharge records from 501 hospitals eligible for participation. Information about hospital stay, procedures and surgeries, and methods of payment are also available.
Emergency Room Waiting Time Longest for Blacks
This graph illustrates racial and ethnic differences in the mean waiting times to see attending physicians in U.S. emergency rooms in 2004. Blacks wait on average 254 minutes or 4-1/4 hours to see a physician once they register at the admitting desk. This is longer than any other racial group listed by between 1/2 and 2-1/2 hours. The data for this graph come from the 2004 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), (more) which provides data from samples of patient records selected from emergency departments (EDs) and outpatient departments (OPDs) of a national sample of hospitals. For the 2004 survey, data were collected from 204 OPDs and 458 EDs. Among the variables included are age, race, and sex of the patient; reason for the visit; physician's diagnoses; cause of injury; surgical procedures; medication therapy; and expected source of payment.
Non-Hispanic Black Children Most Likely to be Diagnosed with Asthma
This graph shows the percent of children ever diagnosed with asthma by a doctor. The analysis is stratified by age, illustrating racial and ethnic differences for all childhood stages and is based on data from the sample child file of the 2004 National Health Interview Survey. Non-Hispanic Whites and Hispanics have roughly similar proportions across all age groups whereas non-Hispanic Black children are much more likely to have been diagnosed with asthma at all ages. (more) By age 1, over 5 percent of non-Hispanic Black children have been diagnosed with asthma. The purpose of the National Health Interview Survey is to obtain information about the amount and distribution of illness, its effects in terms of disability and chronic impairments, and the kinds of health services people receive. In the sample child file, there is information from an adult in the household on medical conditions (e.g., respiratory problems, seizures, allergies, and use of special equipment like hearing aids, braces, or wheelchairs) of one child in that household. Also included are variables regarding child behavior, the use of mental health services, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), as well as responses to the extended version of the Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire (SDQ-EX) on child mental health.
Primary Substance of Use by Hispanic Origin, 2004
The graph above illustrates ethnic differences in the primary substance used by persons admitted to certified substance abuse programs in 2004. While a large proportion of all admissions for all ethnic groups were for alcohol abuse, admissions for persons of Puerto Rican heritage are much more likely to be for heroin, while for persons of Cuban origin admissions occur more often for cocaine or crack use. Admissions for those of Mexican origin were most likely for the use of methamphetamine. The data for this analysis come from the 2004 version of the administrative database Treatment Episode Data Set, (more) which provides descriptive information about the national flow of admissions to providers of substance abuse treatment. The TEDS series is designed to provide annual data on the number and characteristics of persons admitted to public and private substance abuse treatment programs receiving public funding. The unit of analysis, therefore, is treatment admissions. Additional variables, such as calculated age and census region, are added to the state data. TEDS provides information on service setting, number of prior treatments, primary source of referral, employment status, whether methadone was prescribed in treatment, diagnosis codes, presence of psychiatric problems, living arrangements, source of income, health insurance, expected source of payment, substance(s) abused, route of administration, frequency of use, age at first use, pregnancy and veteran status, health insurance, and days waiting to enter treatment.
Reducing Terrorism: Detroit Arab-American Response
This graph illustrates the attitudes of Arab Americans in Detroit concerning the measures taken to combat terrorism by the federal government of the United States. The percent who agree that measures such as detention without evidence or domestic surveillance are appropriate when applied to all US citizens is much higher than those who agree that these measures should be applied to only Arab Americans. These data come from a larger supplement to the Detroit Area Study fielded in 2003. (more) The Detroit Arab American Study, using a representative sample drawn from the three-county Detroit metropolitan area that is supplemented with an oversample of Arab Americans (DAAS, n = 1000) from the same region, provides a unique dataset with which to study the impact of September 11, 2001, on Arab Americans living in the Detroit metropolitan area. The data contain respondent information concerning opinions on respondents' experiences since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, social trust, confidence in institutions, intercultural relationships, local social capital, attachment to transnational communities, respondent characteristics, and community needs. Examples of the issues addressed in the data include frequency of religious participation; level of political activism; level of interaction with people outside of their cultural, racial, and ethnic groups; and the quality of the social and political institutions in their area.
Crow and Chippewa Tribe Family Size Suffer Largest Decrease from 1885 to 1930
This graph illustrates changes in mean family size for American Indian tribes between 1885 and 1930. Family size decreased for all the tribes throughout the 45-year period; Crow and Chippewa families were particularly affected during the historical decline of the Native American Population. The data for this graph come from the Reports of the American Indian Family History Project, 1885-1930. (more) The Reports of the American Indian Family History Project was a study aimed at examining demographic trends among Native Americans families during the late 1800s and early 1900s utilizing census data, collected by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Census Bureau. Specifically, this study observed the behavior of Native American families from the Colville, Creek, Crow, Hopi, and White Earth Chippewa tribes at the time of the 1885, 1900, 1910, and 1930 censuses, although data were not available for all tribes in all years.
Appraised Value of Slaves by State and Date of Appraisal, 1775-1865
This graph illustrates the overall value of slaves over time by state. This shows that prices in slave importing states to the west are higher than prices in slave exporting states to the east. The data for this graph come from the Slave Sales and Appraisals, 1775-1865 data file. The data were obtained from probate records on deposit in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Genealogical Society Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Variables document the sale locations and the appraised and sale values of the slaves, as well as the slaves' age, sex, occupational skills, and condition of health. (more) This data also relates to the featured finding on Mean Sales and Appraisal Price of Slaves by Sex and State, 1775-1865.
