By the numbers: The transgender health equity crisis

    The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, and wonder.  Number of hate crimes recorded against LGBTQIA+ people in 2023, the largest number to date: >2,800  Percent of straight, cisgender people who [...]

    2025-06-02T18:11:44+00:00June 2nd, 2025|Categories: AHS Index, AHS Newsletter, Featured, Latest Stories From AHS|

      Seniors are optimistic about the future, despite daunting economics

      The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, and wonder.  Estimated number of Americans who are 100 years old and older: 101,000  Number of Americans who were over 100 in 1950: 2,300  Increase [...]

      2025-05-14T17:35:24+00:00May 5th, 2025|Categories: AHS Index, AHS Newsletter, Featured, Latest Stories From AHS|

        Data indicates racism is the most likely cause of the Black maternal health crisis

        The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, and wonder.  Percent of pregnancy-related deaths in 2020 in which discrimination was determined to be a contributing cause, or probable contributing cause, according to [...]

        2025-05-07T22:13:24+00:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: AHS Index, AHS Newsletter, Featured, Latest Stories From AHS|

          Data indicates racism is the most likely cause of the Black maternal health crisis

          The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, and wonder.  Percent of pregnancy-related deaths in 2020 in which discrimination was determined to be a contributing cause, or probable contributing cause, according to [...]

            Mistaken for a secretary, uncredited for a Nobel Prize, and other historic inequities women in medicine have faced

            The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.  Number of medical schools that rejected Elizabeth Blackwell, who would go on to become the first woman to obtain a medical degree, [...]

              Among the vanished CDC webpages: The disappearance of health equity data

              The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.  Number of years that have passed since Martin Luther King Jr. gave an impassioned speech at the Medical Committee for Human [...]

                New year, new boo: This is the most popular dating month

                The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.     Increase in time Americans spent at home in 2022, compared to 2003, signaling a trend toward staying in: 1 hour, 39 [...]

                  Thank you, AHS. This is what you accomplished this year

                  The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.     Number of emergency room visits provided across Alameda Health System’s (AHS’) hospitals, including at John George Psychiatric Hospital, in fiscal year [...]

                    Native American health is woefully underfunded. This is how much experts say is really needed 

                    The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.    Number of square miles traversed by Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American to receive a medical degree, in [...]

                      More young people are being diagnosed with breast cancer

                      The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.   Yearly increase in breast cancer rates over the last decade among young women in their 20s, a surprising uptick for a [...]