Disability Statistics Center

Govt plans to increase tax on tobacco products to reduce consumption: health minister.
UNB - United News of Bangladesh; 12/22/2009; 1307 words; ...country to prevent premature deaths and disabilities as 57,000 people die owing to smoking...Sungkobol and associate director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta...collaboration with Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and the National Institute of...

RTI: 25% U.S. Health Care Spending Associated With Disability.(Healthcare Issues)
Basilandspice.com; 12/9/2009; 1165 words; ...International and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention...spending was associated with disability. Approximately 38 percent...spending was associated with disability, as well as 12 percent...The findings suggest that disability-associated health care...medical care for people with ...

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR ARTS PRESENTS LIVE WEBCAST OF ITS CULTURAL WORKFORCE FORUM ON FRIDAY, NOV. 20
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/8/2009; 919 words; ...collection and reporting of statistics about arts and cultural...director, Research Center for Arts and Culture...National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago...and Household Economic Statistics Division, United States...professor, Department of Disability and Human Development...

STATE OFFICIALS DISTRIBUTE BLOOD LEAD TESTING SUMMARY REPORTS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/5/2009; 764 words; ...CLPP program by laboratories. The N.C. State Center for Health Statistics then matched and analyzed children's records...impaired growth, behavioral problems and learning disabilities to seizures and death. Children under six years...

Daley says his wife is a 'fighter' bent on beating cancer
Chicago Sun-Times (IL); 12/4/2009; 693 words; ...is not a permanent disability."Chicago's first...defied many of the statistics, either because of...continues to defy all the statistics." Mayor Daley...is not a permanent disability." Being in a wheelchair...faced by those with disabilities. "She'll tell...University Medical Center ...