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This data portal from the Annie E. Casey Foundation tracks data on the well-being of children in the United States at local, state, and national levels, with the goal of stimulating richer, evidence-based policy conversations. The Kids Count Data Center draws timely data from rigorous national resources and more than 50 Kids Count State organizations, across multiple topics: demographics, economic well-being, education, family and community, health, and safety and risky behaviors. The data portal accompanies…

This report from The Tsinghua-Lancet Commission on Healthy Cities in China, led by Tsinghua University in Beijing, examines the challenges and opportunities faced by China’s cities with regard to health risks, health promotion, environmental health, and health-care delivery. The report describes how rapid urbanization in China has brought unprecedented health benefits to urban residents—for example, city-dwellers live longer and have greater access to health services and improved sanitation. However, the changes associated with that urbanization—such…

This article from The Lancet estimates mortality, years of life lost (YLLs), years of life lived with disability (YLDs), and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories using the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019. The article examines risk factors from 1990 to 2019, as well as from 2010 to 2019. The authors found that the largest declines in risk exposure from 2010 to 2019 were…