12 million suburbanites live in poverty
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As Americans flee the cities for the suburbs, many are failing to leave poverty behind.
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More than a quarter of all working families in the United States, including 20 million children, are considered low-income or poor, an independent report said yesterday.
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Children from deprived areas are much more likely to have signs of tooth decay, official figures show.
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Many of the poorest people in the United States are still struggling to recover from the effects of a recession that ended six years ago, making them very vulnerable as the country stands on the brink of a new downturn.
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Streeters are getting a little less than they did in the past.
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Nearly half of District residents, many with chronic diseases, live in areas with a critical shortage of doctors to provide basic care.
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A new study says residents of suburbs such as Westport with a high degree of sprawl are more likely to report chronic health problems such as high blood pressure, arthritis, headaches and breathing difficulties compared to residents in less sprawled-out
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For many suburbanites, life without garage door openers is unimaginable.
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About a third of all Americans live in counties that do not meet standards for particles of pollution that cause thousands of premature deaths a year, the E.P.A. said.
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National housing advocacy group Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now released a study showing the Boston metropolitan area had one foreclosure filing for every 177 households, ranking 75th out of 100 major US cities in 2006.
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SANTA MONICA - People who live in suburbia tend to have more chronic health problems than urbanites, according to a study issued today by a Santa Monica-based think tank.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 26, 2004 - The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of the uninsured swelled by 1.4 million, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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Children from poorer homes are up to a year behind their more privileged peers by the age of three.
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Excessive caseloads, haphazard medical records and lack of child care for working mothers contributed to the deaths of 12 children this year whose families had been red
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Drug-resistant staph infections have spread to the urban poor, rising almost seven-fold in recent years in some Chicago neighborhoods, a new study finds.
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WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans living in poverty and without health insurance is growing, according to new Census Bureau figures.
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