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Resources by Topic: Populations

American Indian and Alaska Native Areas
Chapter 5 of the U.S. Census Bureau's Geographic Areas Reference Manual details the classifications used for defining American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Breaks down the definitions of American Indian Reservations, Trust Lands, and Alaska Native Regional Corporations, among others. Highlights a state-level breakdown of type and number of AI/AN communities.
Date: 11/1994
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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If You Knew the Conditions: Health Care to Native Americans
Summarizes the history of administration of healthcare to Native American recipients by the United States government. Includes biographies of famous Native American physicians. Online version of a 1994 exhibit on Native American Health.
Date: 1994
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Rural Child Well-Being Dashboards
Dashboards providing data on the well-being of rural children and families compared with those in urban areas, covering topics including educational outcomes, family income, poverty, nutrition, household spending, disaster vulnerability, and more. Includes state and county data.
Sponsoring organization: Save the Children
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Michigan's Opioid Use Landscape
An interactive county-level map that provides information on opioid use in Michigan. Users can select indicators by county, overdose rates, fatalities, socioeconomic variables, opioid use hot spots, location of substance use disorder (SUD) care facilities, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan
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Rural Maternal Health County Data Repository
An interactive county-level maternal health data repository that provides information on hospital obstetric (OB) services availability, population characteristics, maternal health provider workforce supply, and maternal health and birth outcomes. Includes county, state, and national maternal health data comparisons as well as a county-level map showing if and when OB services have been lost.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Maternal Health Data Support and Analysis Program
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Illinois Infant Mortality Statistics
Provides a county-level map of infant mortality in Illinois through 2019. Includes some county-level statistics, such as age and sex.
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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Illinois Birth Statistics
Provides statistics on births in Illinois. Includes some county-level statistics, birth characteristics, teen births, and other breakdowns of demographic characteristics.
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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Pediatric Considerations in Disasters for Resource-Constrained and Rural Settings
A collection of 10 modules on topics affecting children in disasters, focusing on rural and other resource-constrained settings. Includes videos, case-based learning, exercises, and e-books.
Sponsoring organization: Pediatric Pandemic Network
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Serving Older Veterans: Dementia Caregiver Video Series
Features a series of videos informing rural caregivers on challenges and methods for supporting veterans with dementia. Highlights issues pertaining to medication management, pain management, financial mismanagement, and safety risks, among others, for dementia patients.
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Missouri Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Dashboard
An interactive dashboard that provides pregnancy-associated mortality data in Missouri according to demographics, cause and timing of death, region, and metro, micro, or rural location.
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
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