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Fact Based List:
The Commonwealth Fund: 4 pressing health challenges in the U.S.
Submitted By Charlene Ice, Created 05/22/2018 - 16:37
- There has been a 50% increase in deaths from suicide, alcohol, and drug use since 2005.
- Two-thirds of states experienced an increase in rates of premature death from other preventable or treatable causes in 2014–15
- Even in states with the lowest rates, a quarter of adults are obese.
- 56% of adults with mental illness received no treatment in 2013-15, and 18% of children with mental health needs received no treatment in 2016.
Source: The Commonwealth Fund, May 2018
Source URL: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/interactives/2018/may/state-...
Notes: from "2018 Scorecard on State Health"