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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Delayed Release of 2009 Annual Averages

http://www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm

IMPORTANT Inclement weather at the beginning of February delayed processing of annual average data for regions, divisions, and States. The news release and data update scheduled for Friday, February 26, will be issued on Wednesday, March 3. Revised historical data will be issued at the same time.

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States, 2009 Annual Averages [5 February 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt.htm

Six alternative measures of labor underutilization have long been available on a monthly basis from the Current Population Survey (CPS) for the United States as a whole. They are published in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly Employment Situation news release. (See table 15.) The official concept of unemployment (as measured in the CPS by U-3 in the U-1 to U-6 range of alternatives) includes all jobless persons who are available to take a job and have actively sought work in the past four weeks. This concept has been thoroughly reviewed and validated since the inception of the CPS in 1940. The other measures are provided to data users and analysts who want more narrowly (U-1 and U-2) or broadly (U-4 through U-6) defined measures.

BLS made these alternative measures for states available beginning with annual averages for 2008. Annual averages for 2005, 2006, and 2007 are available as well. BLS is committed to updating these data on a 4-quarter moving-average basis. The analysis that follows pertains to the averages from the first through fourth quarters of 2009. For the purpose of this analysis, the data will be referred to as "4-quarter averages," though it should be noted that, in this instance, the 4-quarter averages are equal to the annual averages for 2009. Data for the second quarter of 2008 through first quarter of 2009, third quarter of 2008 through second quarter of 2009, and fourth quarter of 2008 through third quarter of 2009 are also available.

The six state measures are based on the same definitions as those published for the U.S.:

    * U-1, persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force;

    * U-2, job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force;

    * U-3, total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (this is the definition used for the official unemployment rate);

    * U-4, total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers;

    * U-5, total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers; and

    * U-6, total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers.

Generally, all six measures move together over time, including across business cycles. Similarly, states that have high unemployment rates tend to have high values for the other five measures; the reverse is true for states with low unemployment rates. Note that, in the table and in the comparisons below, the unemployment rates (U-3) that are shown are derived directly from the CPS, because this is the only source of data for the various components. As a result, these U-3 measures may differ from the official state unemployment rates for the same period. The latter are estimates developed from statistical models that greatly improve the reliability of the top-side labor force and unemployment estimates. Those models, developed by the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, incorporate CPS estimates, as well as input data from other sources. The model-based estimates are accessible through the LAUS program homepage. The official model-based annual averages for 2009 will be released on February 26, 2010.

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

DATA.GOV

www.data.gov

Welcome to Data.gov

The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Although the initial launch of Data.gov provides a limited portion of the rich variety of Federal datasets presently available, we invite you to actively participate in shaping the future of Data.gov by suggesting additional datasets and site enhancements to provide seamless access and use of your Federal data. Visit today with us, but come back often. With your help, Data.gov will continue to grow and change in the weeks, months, and years ahead.

DATA.GOV for Labor Force, Employment, and Earning

"RAW DATA"

http://www.data.gov/catalog/raw/category/12/agency/0/filter//type//sort//page/1/count/25

[69 records as of 26 February 2010]

DATA.GOV for U.S. Department of Labor

http://www.data.gov/catalog/raw/category/0/agency/41/filter//type//sort//page/1/count/25

[41 records as of 26 February 2010]

Data.gov includes searchable catalogs that provide access to "raw" datasets and various tools. In the "raw" data catalog, you may access data in XML, Text/CSV, KML/KMZ, Feeds, XLS, or ESRI Shapefile formats. The catalog of tools links you to sites that include data mining and extraction tools and widgets. Datasets and tools available on Data.gov are searchable by category, agency, keyword, and/or data format. Once in the catalog, click on the "name" (i.e, the name of the dataset or tool of interest) and you will be taken to a page with more details and metadata on that specific dataset or tool. Please note that by accessing datasets or tools offered on Data.gov, you agree to the Data Policy, which you should read before accessing any data. If there are additional datasets that you would like to see included on this site, please suggest more datasets here. For more information on how to use Data.gov, view the tutorial. In addition, Data.gov has been integrated with additional federal geospatial datasets which can be accessed using the Data.gov geodata catalog.

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

International Labour Organization

Social Dialogue

Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)

Global Capital Strategies and Trade Union Responses: Collective Bargaining and Transnational Trade Union cooperation

http://www.ilo.org/actrav/what/pubs/lang--en/docName--WCMS_122375/index.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---actrav/documents/publication/wcms_122375.pdf

[full-text, 224 pages]

International Journal of Labour Research,2009 Vol. 1, Issue 2:The new issue of the International Journal of Labour Research presents a collection of papers that analyse in detail the character of global capital strategies and their impact on workers, as well as trade union responses to these strategies, in particular responses related to the development of transnational forms of collective bargaining.

Trade union strategies towards global production systems

http://www.ilo.org/actrav/what/pubs/lang--en/docName--WCMS_114951/index.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---actrav/documents/publication/wcms_114951.pdf

[full-text, 108 pages]

International Journal of Labour Research,2009 Vol. 1, Issue 1: The International Journal of Labour Research is published by the Bureau for Workers’ Activities. It provides an overview of recent research on labour and social policies from trade union researchers and academics around the world. The International Journal of Labour Research is multidisciplinary and will be of interest to trade union researchers, labour ministries and academics of all relevant disciplines - industrial relations, sociology, law, economics and political science. It is published twice a year in English, French and Spanish.

Additional publications from ACTRAV are found at

http://www.ilo.org/actrav/what/pubs/lang--en/index.htm

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
****************************************

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

AARP

African American Experiences in the Economy: Recession Effects More Strongly Felt [February 2010]

By: Rebecca Perron, AARP Knowledge Management |

http://www.aarp.org/research/surveys/money/econ/trends/articles/economyaa.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/economyaa.pdf

[full-text, 57 pages]

 Include numerous CHARTS & TABLES....

[excerpt]

While millions of Americans have experienced hard times during the economic recession, the environment for many African Americans age 45+ and their families has been particularly difficult.  This survey is part of AARP’s continued look at how Americans age 45 and older are faring in this economy.

African Americans age 45+ have been forced to make increasingly difficult decisions to cope with this economic downturn—decisions that could have serious long-term consequences.   A third (34%) stopped putting money into a 401(k), IRA or other retirement account, and a quarter (26%) prematurely withdrew funds from their retirement nest eggs to pay for living expenses, including mortgage or rent, health care, education expenses, and for other reasons.  More than three in ten (31%) have cut back on their medications, and 28% have carried a higher balance on their credit cards during the past 12 months.

This economic recession has had a devastating impact on the African American community. The survey, found that over the last 12 months, a third (33%) of African Americans 45+ had problems paying rent or mortgage, and 44% had problems paying for essential items, such as food and utilities.   Nearly twice as many African Americans 45+ lost a job than the general population (18% vs. 10%), and almost one in four (23%) lost their employer-sponsored health insurance.

Faced with the extraordinary impact of this economy, African Americans 45+ are more likely to turn to family or the community for assistance, and are more likely to help family members and friends cope with financial hardships. About one in five African Americans 45+ (22%) consulted friends or family members about finances. Eighteen percent had a child move in for financial reasons, and 44% helped a child pay bills or expenses.  Almost one in five (18%) helped a parent pay for basic necessities. African Americans age 45+ were more than twice as likely as all Americans 45+ to seek financial assistance from family, friends, charities and churches (28% vs. 13%).

AND MUCH MORE

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
****************************************

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Gross Domestic Product: Fourth Quarter 2009 (Second Estimate) [26 February 2010]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/gdp4q09_2nd.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/pdf/gdp4q09_2nd.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/xls/gdp4q09_2nd.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/pdf/gdp4q09_2nd_fax.pdf

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property

located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 5.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009

(that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter) according to the "second" estimate released by the

Bureau of Economic Analysis.  In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.2 percent.

            The GDP estimates released today are based on more complete source data than were available

for the "advance" estimate issued last month.  In the advance estimate, the increase in real GDP was 5.7

percent (see "Revisions" on page 3).

            The increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from

private inventory investment, exports, personal consumption expenditures (PCE), and nonresidential

fixed investment.  Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.

            The acceleration in real GDP in the fourth quarter primarily reflected an acceleration in private

inventory investment, an upturn in nonresidential fixed investment, a deceleration in imports, and an

acceleration in exports that were partly offset by decelerations in PCE and in federal government

spending.

            Motor vehicle output added 0.44 percentage point to the fourth-quarter change in real GDP after

adding 1.45 percentage points to the third-quarter change.  Final sales of computers subtracted 0.01

percentage point from the fourth-quarter change in real GDP after subtracting 0.08 percentage point

from the third-quarter change.

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FOOTNOTE.--Quarterly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise

specified.  Quarter-to-quarter dollar changes are differences between these published estimates.

Percent changes are calculated from unrounded data and are annualized.  “Real” estimates are in chained

(2005) dollars.  Price indexes are chain-type measures.

            This news release is available on  BEA’s Web site along with the Technical Note and Highlights

related to this release.

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AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

________________________________________________________________________

This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
****************************************

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)

A SHAMEFUL BUSINESS: The Case for Human Rights in the American Workplace [February 2010]

James A. Gross

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5584

$21.95s paper

Available in FEBRUARY, 264 pages, 6 x 9

ISBN: 978-0-8014-7644-0 

$59.95x cloth

Available in FEBRUARY, 264 pages, 6 x 9

ISBN: 978-0-8014-4844-7 

In a book that confronts the moral choices that U.S. corporations make every day in the treatment of their workers, James A. Gross issues a clarion call for the transformation of the American workplace based on genuine respect for human rights, rather than whatever the economic and regulatory landscape might allow. Gross questions the nation's underlying fabric of values as reflected in its laws and our assumptions about workers and the workplace. Arguing that our market philosophy is incompatible with core principles of human rights, he forces readers to realign the country's labor policies so that they conform with the highest international human rights standards. To make his case, Gross assesses various aspects of U.S. labor relations—freedom of association, racial discrimination, management rights, workplace safety, and human resources—through the lens of internationally accepted human rights principles as standards of judgment. His findings are chilling.

"Employers who maintain workplaces that require men and women and sometimes even children to risk their lives and endanger their health and eyes and limbs in order to earn a living are treating human life as cheap and are seeking their own gain through the desecration of human life," Gross argues, and such behavior should be considered as crimes against humanity rather than matters of efficiency, productivity, or morale. By revealing how truly unacceptable management's "best practices" can be when considered as human rights issues, A Shameful Business encourages a bold new vision for workers, whether organized or not, that would signify a radical rethinking of social values and the concept of workplace rights and justice in the courtroom, the boardroom, and on the shop floor.

Reviews

"If you're not convinced already that the rights of America's workers have been thoroughly trumped by corporate property rights—and that we are paying an unacceptably high price as a result—you will be after reading this powerful and deeply unsettling book."—Sheldon Friedman, Research Coordinator, AFL-CIO Voice@Work Campaign

"A Shameful Business offers a thoughtful and comprehensive critique of contemporary labor policy in America. By viewing labor rights as human rights, James A. Gross has provided a provocative, highly original, and thoroughly readable record of America's shocking failure to comply with international human rights norms. "—Robert Hebdon, McGill University

About the Author

James A. Gross is Professor of Labor Law at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. He is editor of Workers' Rights as Human Rights, also from Cornell, and coeditor most recently of Human Rights in Labor and Employment Relations: International and Domestic Perspectives, also available from Cornell.

________________________________________________________________________

This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
****************************************

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

Health, United States, 2009 [17 February 2010]

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm

or

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus09.pdf

[full-text, 574 pages]

See Press Release 17 February 2010

http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2010/r100217.htm

Contents

Preface..................................... iii

Acknowledgments............................. vi

List of Chartbook Figures........................ xiii

List of TrendTables............................ xv

Executive Summary and Highlights

ExecutiveSummary............................ 3

Highlights................................... 6

Population................................. 6

Fertility and Natality.......................... 6

LifeExpectancy and Mortality .................. 6

Health Risk Factors.......................... 7

Measures of Health and Disability............... 7

Health Care Utilization........................ 8

Health Care Resources....................... 10

Health Care Expenditures and Payors ........... 10

Special Feature:MedicalTechnology............. 11

Chartbook With Special Feature on Medical Technology Population................................... 14

Age...................................... 14

Race and Ethnicity.......................... 16

Living Veterans............................. 18

Poverty................................... 20

Health Risk Factors and Disease Prevention......... 24

TobaccoUse .............................. 24

OverweightandObesity....................... 26

Sleep .................................... 28

InfluenzaandPneumococcalVaccinationAmong Middle-ageandOlderAdults.................. 30

MorbidityandLimitationofActivity................. 32

PovertyandChronicConditions................. 32

OccupationalHealth ......................... 34

Depression................................ 36

LimitationofActivityCausedbyChronicConditions: Children ................................. 38

LimitationofActivityCausedbyChronicConditions: Working-ageandOlderAdults................. 40

Mortality .................................... 44

LifeExpectancy............................. 44

InfantMortality ............................. 46

LeadingCausesofDeathforAllAges............ 48

HealthInsuranceandExpenditures................ 50

HealthInsuranceattheTimeofInterview ......... 50

LengthofTimeWithoutHealthInsurance.......... 52

PersonalHealthCareExpenditures.............. 54

PersonalHealthCareExpendituresbySourceof Funds................................... 56

SpecialFeature:MedicalTechnology............... 59

IntroductionandTimeline...................... 59

FederallyRegulated(CLIA)Laboratories .......... 66

SelectedImagingTechnologies ................. 68

Mammography.............................. 72

JointReplacementProcedures.................. 76

AngioplastyandCoronaryStentingProcedures ..... 78

CholecystectomyProcedures................... 80

UpperEndoscopyandColonoscopy.............. 82

GeographicVariationinUseofIntensiveCareUnits intheLast6MonthsofLife................... 84

SolidOrganTransplantation.................... 88

AssistedReproductiveTechnology(ART).......... 92

PrescriptionDrugs........................... 94

HighlyActiveAntiretroviralTherapy(HAART)....... 98

CostsforHospitalizationsWithProcedures......... 102

TechnicalNotes............................... 105

DataSourcesandComparability................ 105

DataPresentation........................... 105

SurveyQuestionsandCoding.................. 105

DataTablesforFigures1–36..................... 109

Trend Tables

HealthStatusandDeterminants................... 147

Population................................. 147

FertilityandNatality.......................... 154

Mortality.................................. 176

DeterminantsandMeasuresofHealth............ 249

UtilizationofHealthResources ................... 308

AmbulatoryCare............................ 308

InpatientCare.............................. 353

HealthCareResources......................... 374

Personnel................................. 374

Facilities.................................. 384

HealthCareExpendituresandPayors.............. 392

NationalHealthExpenditures................... 392

HealthCareCoverageandMajorFederal Programs ................................ 416

StateHealthExpendituresandHealthInsurance .... 435

Appendixes

Contents.................................... 441

I. DataSources............................ 445

GovernmentSources.................... 446

PrivateandGlobalSources............... 490

II. DefinitionsandMethods.................... 496

III. AdditionalDataYearsAvailable.............. 550

Index

Index ...................................... 553

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
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