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World of Pain
“Retail sales of five leading painkillers nearly doubled from 1997 to 2005, reflecting a surge in use by patients nationwide who are living in a world of pain, according to a new Associated Press analysis of federal drug prescription data. The analysis reveals that oxycodone usage is migrating out of Appalachia to areas such as Columbus, Ohio, and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and significant numbers of codeine users are living in many suburban neighborhoods around the country.â€
Tags: prescription drugs; oxycodone; federal prescription drug data; codeine; Drug Enforcement Administration; painkillers; prescription; drug abuse; narcotics; ARCOS; Census Bureau
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Privacy Offenders
"The U.S. Census Bureau's local facility left piles of confidential records unguarded, sitting in a large, unfinished and unlocked room- for months."
Tags: privacy; federal government; personal files; social security numbers; identity theft; hidden camera
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Leaving to Learn: DPS' Enrollment Gap
The reporters used data from Denver Public Schools, the US Census Bureau, and the Piton Foundation of Denver to determine where Denver's school age children were going to school. Their analysis found that nearly a quarter of Denver's children do not go to public schools, and that many students from certain areas of the city are attending suburban schools instead of city schools.
Tags: education; school; transportation; Census; demographics; data analysis
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Moving out of Reach
This investigative report follows the results of the 1986 Census Bureau survey conducted about housing conditions in Orange County. Using CAR, Campbell's analysis revealed that "nearly a quarter million residents of Orange County--one family in nine--spend at least half their income on housing," which significantly exceeds the federal governent-recommended limit. This investigation also looked at te increase in tax-exempt bonds for luxury apartmet, despite a shortage of low-cost rental properties in the county.
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The nine states of Oregon
This report explores how long-term economic forces in Oregon are redrawing the state map, resulting in political gridlock and conflicting views on how best to compete in the global economy. By analyzing a database they created using statistics from the Census, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the state Employment Data, the team from the Oregonian outlined nine distinctive regions in the state. Coupled with extensive interviews from people, the information showed how each of these regions exhibits its owns values, economic approach and political outlook.
Tags: demographics; civic journalism; Census tracts; CAR; computer-assisted reporting
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Pour Neighborhoods: Upscale Areas Have Fewer Liquor Stores
Shack compared income statistics from the Census Bureau and liquor licenses from the state to show that Maryland's poorest ZIP code had nine times as many liquor stores as the state's wealthiest ZIP code. Despite local vagaries in liquor laws, the trend held true across the state, although it was most pronounced in urban areas.
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Portrait of N.J. -Census 2000
The Star-Ledger reports New Jersey demographic statistics from the 2000 census. "It is more populous, less white, and more suburban than it was a decade ago . . . numbers will be used redraw legislative district lines." But as diversity in this small state increases, "the state's historical pattern of black-white housing segregation" has remained the same. In addition, the articles break down each town to examine ethnic concentrations around the state and also shows population increases in each legislative district.
Tags: population; census; diversity; Census Bureau; demographics; immigration; districting; politics; growth; suburbs; urban sprawl
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Without a Net
The welfare rolls have fallen by almost half since welfare reform abolished Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in 1994. The American Prospect analyzes the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) to determine whether single mothers are better or worse of than they were before welfare reform. They found that while most women were better off and many had found jobs, a large majority weren't. Also, many women who'd found jobs had a difficult time finding child care.
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No title (id: 12773)
The Oshkosh Northwestern uncovered major errors in U.S. Census data that experts said could have devastating ramifications for governments and businesses relying on the data. The story showed how the Census Bureau knew about flaws in compact disks from the 1990 census since 1993, but made no widespread effort to in from the public. The disks contained faulty software which meant incorrect data was given out on the nation's metropolitan statistical areas in 19 states. (Aug. 4, 1995)
Tags: Fitzhenry CAR Census Bureau data wrong Contest entry 10 pgs.
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No title (id: 10094)
U.S. News & World Report details how immigrants are changing life and culture within the United States; includes an analysis of census bureau computer records, Oct. 4, 1993.