The Health collection presents publicly available and original data on health matters within the Las Vegas area, the state of Nevada, the Mountain West region, the United States, and globally.
Federal Health Research Cuts in the Mountain West, 2025
Collection: Health
Author: Mia Tschan, Ivan Sun, Sydney Mitchell, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.
Abstract: This fact sheet presents data from the Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP) report, “Impact of Federal Health Research Cuts,” which predicts economic and job losses resulting from proposed National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding/grants cuts for…
Long-Term Care Services and Support in the Mountain West, 2023
Collection: Health
Author: Taylor Volk, University of Nevada, Ivan Sun, Miguel Soriano Ralston, Kristian Thymianos, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.
Abstract: This fact sheet presents data from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) report, “Long-Term Services and Supports 2023 State Scorecard Report,” comparing Long-Term Services and…
Limited Supermarket Access Areas in the Mountain West, 2010-2020
Collection: Health
Author: Taylor Volk, Ivan Sun, Mohit Pande, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.
Abstract: This fact sheet presents data on limited supermarket access areas in the Mountain West from 2010 to 2020. The “Limited Supermarket Access Analysis” report, published by the Reinvestment Fund, offers data for populations that reside in Limited Supermarket Access (LSA) areas in…
Collection: Health
Author: Ivan Sun, Isabelle G. Graham, Anirudh Polagani, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.
Abstract: This fact sheet presents 2022 data from Feeding America’s report, “Map the Meal Gap,” comparing different measures of food insecurity in the United States. Data are included for the food insecure population, food insecurity rates, estimated…
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in the Mountain West, 2022
Collection: Health
Author: Caitlin J. Saladino, Kristian Thymianos, William E. Brown Jr., Monserrat Cristando-Romo, Taylor Volk, Yashesvi Sharma
Abstract: This fact sheet examines data on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) clinics located in five Mountain West states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The Centers for Disease Control and…
National Cancer Centers and Cancer Rates in Nevada, 2017-2021
Collection: Health
Author: Yashesvi Sharma, Ivan Sun, Taylor Volk, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr., Fatma Nasoz
Abstract: This fact sheet presents data from the National Institutes of Health including the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) “State Cancer Profiles” report and includes age-adjusted cancer incidence rates by race/ethnicity in Nevada, between 2017 and 2021. The…
Collection: Health
Author: Annie Vong, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.
Abstract: This fact sheet highlights medical residency data for the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 graduating classes of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) School of Medicine. This fact sheet presents data on residency…
The Cost of Long-Term Care in the Mountain West, 2023
Collection: Health
Author: Madison Dwyer, Freddy Nie, Annie Vong, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.
Abstract: This fact sheet examines data on the cost of long-term care for the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah from the Genworth “Cost of Care Survey.” Data on long-term care includes home health care, adult day health care facilities, licensed…
The State of Mental Health in the Mountain West, 2023
Collection: Health
Author: Ayda Atici, Freddy Nie, Jesse Fager-Larsen, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.
Abstract: This fact sheet examines the state of mental health for both youth and adults and availability of mental health care in the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The data are retrieved from Mental Health America’s (MHA) 2023 report…
Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the Mountain West
Collection: Health
Author: Isabelle G. Graham, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.
Abstract: This fact sheet shows data on suicide death rates among adolescents aged 10 to 24 years in the Mountain West:Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. This fact sheet includes data from a report published by the Center for Disease Control in the National Vital Statistics Report which…
Collection: Health
Author: Annie Vong, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.
Abstract: This fact sheet presents nursing home data in the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Data from a September 2023 ProPublica publication titled, “Nursing Home Inspect” are presented including the total number of nursing homes, homes with serious deficiencies,…
Collection: Health
Author: Mohit Pande, Nicole Diaz Del Valle, Yashesvi Sharma, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.
Abstract: This fact sheet examines Graduate Medical Education (GME) metrics in the Mountain West (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah). The original report from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) includes data from all 50…