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ITO World Maps All U.S. Road Accident Casualties

369,629 people died on America’s roads between 2001 and 2009.  ITO World used the official data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to produce this powerful map using OpenStreetMap.  Access the interactive map here.

Notable Data Publications

Each week, the APDU Data Update identifies recent statistical data releases of interest to APDU members.

• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – 2009 Emergency Room Visits File (Final)
• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – 2009 Full Year Consolidated Data File
• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – 2009 Hospital Inpatient Stays File (Final)
• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – 2009 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits File (Final)
• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – 2009 Outpatient Visits File (Final)
• Annie E. Casey Foundation – The Changing Child Population of the United States: Analysis of Data from the 2010 Census
• Bureau of Justice Statistics – Arrest-Related Deaths, 2003-2009 – Statistical Tables
• Bureau of Justice Statistics – Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008
• Bureau of Justice Statistics – Identity Theft Reported by Households, 2005-2010
• Bureau of Justice Statistics – Probation and Parole in the United States, 2010
• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Extended Mass Layoffs in 2010
• Census Bureau – Child Poverty in the United States 2009 and 2010: Selected Race Groups and Hispanic Origin
• Census Bureau – Education and Synthetic Work-Life Earnings Estimates
• Census Bureau – Food Stamp/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Receipt in the Past 12 Months for Households by State: 2009 & 2010
• Census Bureau – The Foreign Born With Science and Engineering Degrees: 2010
• Census Bureau – The Newly Arrived Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 2010
• Census Bureau – The Older Population: 2010
• Census Bureau – School-Aged Children With Disabilities in U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas: 2010
• Census Bureau – Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for School Districts, Counties, & States
• Center for Economic Policy Research – Changes in Unionization Rates in Rich Countries, 1960-2010
• Citizens for Tax Justice – Corporate Taxpayers & Corporate Tax Dodgers, 2008-2010
• National Center for Education Statistics – Community College Student Outcomes: 1994-2009
• National Center for Education Statistics – Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students: 2009–10
• National Center for Education Statistics – Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2010, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Staff, 2010-11
• National Center for Education Statistics – Trends in Attainment Among Student Populations at Increased Risk of Noncompletion: Selected Years, 1989-90 to 2008-09
• National Center for Health Statistics – Births: Preliminary Data for 2010
• National Center for Health Statistics – Physician Assistant and Advance Practice Nurse Care in Hospital Outpatient Departments: United States, 2008-2009
• United Nations – World Fertility Report 2009

Calls for Comment

APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections (http://www.apdu.org/advocacy.asp).  We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment.  Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

• APHIS Animal Health Surveillance and Monitoring System (December 28, 2011)
• Swine 2012 Study (December 19, 2011)

Bureau of Economic Analysis

• Direct Investment Surveys: BE-605, Quarterly Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States–Transactions of U.S. Affiliate With Foreign Parent (January 20, 2012)

Census Bureau

• 2012 Company Organization Survey (January 17, 2012)

Employment and Training Administration

• O*NET Data Collection Program (January 30, 2012)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Number of Full-time Law Enforcement Employees as of October 31 (January 27, 2012)

Federal Trade Commission

• FTC Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Data Collection (December 27, 2011)

Health Resources and Services Administration

• HIV Clinician Workforce Study (December 29, 2011)
• National Sample Survey of Nurse Practitioners (December 23, 2011)

Institute of Education Sciences

• Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) Teacher Status Update 2012 for Teacher Follow-up Survey (January 23, 2012)

National Science Foundation

• Evaluating the Data System for Scientists and Engineers (January 20, 2012)

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

• Measured Building Energy Performance Data Taxonomy (December 30, 2011)

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December 1, 2011

Webinar:
Data on Housing Topics

December 15, 2011
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST

Register

Do you work with data on housing?  This webinar will present an overview of the housing statistics produced by the Census Bureau and general guidance regarding data user challenges in collecting, tabulating, and disseminating housing data.

About the Data:
In preparation for the webinar, participants may want to acquaint themselves with the housing resources of the Census Bureau by visiting their web page.

Presenter:
Richard Levy, Statistician, Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division / Financial and Market Characteristics Branch, U.S. Census Bureau
 

Forum:
Poverty by the Numbers: What New Measures Say About At-Risk Groups and the Social Safety Net

December 6, 2011
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

Washington, DC

To attend in person, register here (required).

To watch the video webcast or a recording, go here (no registration is necessary).

This forum will discuss what the new poverty numbers mean for children and the elderly, whether poverty thresholds should vary across the country, and how a new definition of poverty might change federal and state safety net policies.

Panelists:
Enid Borden, President and CEO, Meals On Wheels Association of America

Constance Citro, Director, Committee on National Statistics, The National Academies

Jason DeParle, Correspondent, New York Times (moderator)

Linda Giannarelli, Senior Fellow, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute

Kristin Moore, Senior Scholar, Child Trends
 

Meeting:
Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee

Washington, DC

Register

The Committee will advise the Directors of the Economics and Statistics Administration’s (ESA) two statistical agencies, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the Census Bureau, and the Commissioner of the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on statistical methodology and other technical matters related to the collection, tabulation, and analysis of federal economic statistics.

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