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Earl Gregg Swem Library

Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress: For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2012

Categories: Libraries,Statistics

http://www.loc.gov/about/reports/annualreports/fy2012.pdf

A record of the library’s accomplishments over the past year plus 14 pages of statistics on library operations.  From the Library of Congress

 

U.S. Broadband Availability: June 2010-June 2012: A Broadband Brief

Categories: Consumer Info/Protection,Statistics,Telecommunications/Internet

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/usbb_avail_report_05102013.pdf

Covers current availability speeds, changes in availability during the two year period, and disparities between rural and urban access.  Also identifies states with best access and percentage of counties with access to various speeds.  From the National Telecommunications and Information Administration

 

Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program: May 2013

Categories: Financial Crisis/Markets,Govt Finance,Statistics

http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/44256_TARP.pdf

Latest report on the financial position of the government with regard to the Troubled Asset Relief Program or TARP.  Finds that the current cost of TARP transactions is $3 billion less than last fall because of an increase in the market value of the government’s investment in General Motors and sales of a portion of those investments.  From the Congressional Budget Office

 

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension: United States, 2003-2010

Categories: African Americans,Health/Medical,Hispanics,Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6218a2.htm?s_cid=mm6218a2_x

Discovers that among those with stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension, treatment with medication was lower for Mexican Americans and African Americans.   From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Today’s Baccalaureate: The Fields and Courses That 2007-2008 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients Studied

Categories: Education-Higher,Mathematics,Science/Technology,Statistics

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2013/2013755.pdf

Provides information about broad fields studied and the courses most often taken by degree recipients and characteristics of students taking those courses. Also shows STEM courses most often taken by non-STEM majors and non-STEM courses most often taken by STEM majors.   From the National Center for Education Statistics.

 

The Condition of Education 2013

Categories: Education,Education-Higher,Statistics

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2013/2013037.pdf

The 2013 report presents 42 indicators of important trends and developments in public education.  The indicators focus on population characteristics, participation in education, elementary and secondary education, and postsecondary education.  From the National Center for Education Statistics

 

Declines in State Teen Birth Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin

Categories: Births/Deaths,Health/Medical,Statistics,Youth

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db123.pdf

Reports that teen birth rates fell sharply in the period 2007-2011.  Provides rates by state and demographic characteristics of teens.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

 

Texas Cities Lead Nation in Population Growth

Categories: Population/Census,Statistics,Urban Issues

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb13-94.html

Press release which reveals that eight of the fifteen fastest-growing large U.S. cities and towns are in Texas.  Offers links to tables with the 15 fastest growing large cities and the 15 cities with the largest numeric increase.  From the Census Bureau

 

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