OpenAxis Data Journalist Intern | Graduate student at UCSD's School of Global Policy & Strategy
Results:
"All 23 apps collected personal health-related data. All apps allowed behavioral tracking, and 61% (14/23) of the apps allowed location tracking. Of the 23 apps, only 16 (70%) displayed a privacy policy, 12 (52%) requested consent from users, and 1 (4%) had a pseudoconsent. In addition, 13% (3/23) of the apps collected data before obtaining consent. Most apps (20/23, 87%) shared user data with third parties, and data sharing information could not be obtained for the 13% (3/23) remaining apps. Of the 23 apps, only 13 (57%) provided users with information on data security."
Source: JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2022
The majority of Americans are concerned about how their personal data is being used by both companies and the government.
Source: Pew Research Center
The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed countries. More info on the data can be found here. In addition, the U.S. is the only developed country that does not guarantee paid maternity leave for all parents.
Current U.S. Policies for parental leave include the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA): "employers with 50 or more workers provide 12 weeks of unpaid leave annually", The Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), and some State programs.
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) & the Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Figure shows the maternal mortality rates, by race and Hispanic origin in the United States, from 2018–2020.
Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality.
This data was collected from the CDC's Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System. Since the system has been put in place reported pregnancy related deaths have increased from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births in 1987 to 23.8 deaths per 100,000s live births in 2020. According to the CDC, "the reasons for the overall increase in pregnancy-related mortality are unclear." However, to improve the underreporting of maternal mortality it was recommended to add a "pregnancy related death box" to death certificates. This might explain some of the increase over time, however it does not explain all of it. *Note: Mortality rates are per 100,000 live births
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Related Information:
- Disparity between different race/ethnicity backgrounds
- U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate compared to other developed countries
Source: Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Updated graph with current Ukraine Refugee Counts as of May 5th.
The data represents a study reviewing the data privacy standards for 23 of the most popular women’s mobile health apps on the market.
Conclusions:
"Many of the most popular women’s mHealth apps on the market have poor data privacy, sharing, and security standards. Although regulations exist, such as the European Union General Data Protection Regulation, current practices do not follow them. The failure of the assessed women’s mHealth apps to meet basic data privacy, sharing, and security standards is not ethically or legally acceptable."
Citation:
Alfawzan N, Christen M, Spitale G, Biller-Andorno N
Privacy, Data Sharing, and Data Security Policies of Women’s mHealth Apps: Scoping Review and Content Analysis
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2022;10(5):e33735
doi: 10.2196/33735
This data is part of the Pew Research Center's "American Trends Panel Wave 49" survey fielded June 3 – June 17, 2019.
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This data was collected from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which tracks and reports on a wide range of health system measures across 37 high-income countries. The data for the U.S. was imputed from the CDC's report. Some data in recent years is not available for all countries. The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed countries.
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Data shows the number of live births, maternal deaths, and maternal mortality rates, by race and Hispanic origin and age in the United States from 2018–2020
NOTES:
- Maternal mortality rates are deaths per 100,000 live births.
- Total includes race and origin groups not shown separately, including women of multiple races and origin not stated.
- "Maternal deaths are those assigned to code numbers A34, O00–O95, and O98–O99 of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision. Maternal deaths occur while pregnant or within 42 days of being pregnant."
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This data was collected from the CDC's Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System. Since the system has been put in place reported pregnancy related deaths have increased from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births in 1987 to 23.8 deaths per 100,000s live births in 2020. According to the CDC, "the reasons for the overall increase in pregnancy-related mortality are unclear." However, to improve the underreporting of maternal mortality it was recommended to add a "pregnancy related death box" to death certificates.
*Note: Mortality rates are per 100,000 live births
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Top viral tweets spreading disinformation related to the environment on March 29, through April 04, 2022. Data was sourced from Climate Monitor via Triplecheck.
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Participants were asked their opinion on global warming:
- Scientific Consensus: Most scientists think global warming is happening
- Human-caused: Caused mostly by human activities
- Happening: Global warming is happening
References:
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) & George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C). (2020). Climate Change in the American Mind: National survey data on public opinion (2008-2018) [Data file and codebook]. doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/JW79P
Ballew, M. T., Leiserowitz, A., Roser-Renouf, C., Rosenthal, S. A., Kotcher, J. E., Marlon, J. R., Lyon, E., Goldberg, M. H., & Maibach, E. W. (2019). Climate Change in the American Mind: Data, tools, and trends. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 61(3), 4-18. doi: 10.1080/00139157.2019.1589300
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According to Center or Countering Digital Hate, ten publishers are responsible for 69% of climate change denial. content.
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