Collection: Health Author: Mia Tschan, Olivia K. Cheche, William E. Brown Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet presents data on diaper insecurity in the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. It also presents data on the diaper gaps faced by fifteen Nevada counties: Carson City, Churchill, Clark, Douglas, Elko, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral, Nye,…

Collection: Health Author: Taylor Volk, Anirudh Polagani, Olivia K. Cheche, Kristian Thymianos, Caitlin J. Saladino,William E. Brown Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet presents 2020 data on the annual costs of disease-associated malnutrition for adults aged 65 years and older across the five Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The data…

Collection: Health Author: Olivia K. Cheche, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet highlights medical residency data for the 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 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…

Collection: Health Author: Olivia K. Cheche, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet presents data on simulated recession impacts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the Mountain West. The Urban Institute’s “How Would a State Cost Share Affect SNAP in a Recession?” report provides recession projections based on the current SNAP policy –…

Collection: Health Author: Olivia K. Cheche, William E. Brown Jr., Caitlin J. Saladino Abstract: This fact sheet presents data on the healthcare workforce in Nevada. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Query System provides data on the amount of employment in all job sectors at the state and metropolitan statistical area (MSA) levels. This fact…

Collection: Health Author: Olivia K. Cheche, William E. Brown Jr., Caitlin J. Saladino Abstract: This fact sheet presents data on the share of workers in the mental health workforce in Nevada. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Query System provides data on the amount of employment in all job sectors at the state and metropolitan statistical…

Collection: Health Author: Taylor Volk, Kristian Thymianos, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet presents senior health care statistics for the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The “2024 Senior Report – State Summaries,” study from America’s Health Rankings, United Foundation provided the data for all fifty states and…

Collection: Health Author: Kian Parikh, Lara Karaalp, Otoniel Ramos, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet presents 2022 data on the prevalence of medical debt in the five Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. The Urban Institute report, “The Changing Medical Debt Landscape in the United States” includes data on medical debt…

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…

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…

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…