This Bernan Press title fills the gap created when the National Center for Health Statistics ceased publication of its Vital Statistics compendia in 1992. This volume includes both current and historical statistics and, when appropriate, details by state and metropolitan area and comparisons to foreign countries. Equal emphasis is given to data on natality and mortality. Mortality data is supplemented by selected background statistics on high-risk persons, such as smokers, patients with HIV, diabetics, and persons with heart disease. New to the third edition are expanded subsections on health expenditures and health insurance.
The Handbook of Labor Statistics is recognized as an authoritative resource on the U.S. labor force. It continues and enhances the Bureau of Labor Statistics's (BLS) discontinued publication, Labor Statistics. Compiled in the midst of a dramatic economic downturn, the 14th Edition allows the user to understand recent developments as well as to compare today's economy with past history. The Handbook is a comprehensive reference providing an abundance of data on a variety of topics including: employment and unemployment earnings prices productivity consumer expenditures occupational safety and health union membership international labor comparisons and much more! Features of the publication In addition to over 200 tables that present practical data, the Handbook provides: introductory material for each chapter that contains highlights of salient data and figures that call attention to noteworthy trends in the data notes and definitions, which contain concise descriptions of the data sources, concepts, definitions, and methodology from which the data are derived references to more comprehensive reports which provide additional data and more extensive descriptions of estimation methods, sampling, and reliability measures New in the 14th Edition: in Chapter 1, a new section has been added on persons with a disability in the labor force Chapter 6 has been expanded to include new tables on employee compensation tables in Chapter 2 now include hours of work, earnings per hour, and earnings per week for all employees as well as for production and nonsupervisory workers Some Interesting Facts in the 14th edition: in 2009, the unemployment rate increased sharply to 9.3 percent—the highest the unemployment rate has been since 1983 Michigan had the highest unemployment rate in 2009 at 13.6 percent followed by Nevada at 11.8 percent and South Carolina at 11.7 percent. North Dakota had the lowest unemployment rate at 4.3 percent from January 2010 to October 2010, the number of initial claimants for unemployment insurance dropped from 182,261 to 148,059 although the number of mass layoffs increased 7.9 percent to 1,651 from September 2010 to October 2010, it was still much lower than the high of 2,489 in November 2008 while the civilian labor force is only projected to grow 8.2 percent from 2008-2018, the number of persons 75 years and over in the labor force is projected to grow by 61.9 percent twenty-four percent of people did some or all of their job at home on days that they worked on an average weekday, 83 percent of employed persons worked, while on an average weekend day, only 35 percent of employed persons worked from September 2005 to September 2010, the Employment Cost Index increased 12.8 percent for private industry workers total non-farm employment declined in 2009 by 4.3 percent after declining by 0.6 percent in 2008 the mean annual wages of those in education, training, and library occupations ranged from $24,280 for teachers assistants to $109,150 for postsecondary law teachers in 2009 there were only 5 major work stoppages in 2009 involving 1,000 workers or more, which is the lowest number since the work stoppage began in 1947
The Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data continues and enhances the Bureau of Labor Statistics's (BLS) discontinued publication, Labor Statistics. It brings authoritative data from the BLS and other government and private agencies together into a convenient, single-volume source of labor data. The Handbook is the most comprehensive source of labor data available. It provides data on variety of topics including employment, earnings, prices, productivity, consumer expenditures, and related topics. This popular resource also includes data on foreign labor force statistics, union affiliation, and occupational safety and health.
Employment, Hours and Earnings" is a special edition of the "Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics," presenting employment, hours, and earnings estimates as well as unemployment rates that are useful for private and public sector analysis of state and local labor market conditions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia as well as the largest metropolitan areas. The features of this volume include over 250 tables presenting historical data on employment, hours, and earnings by state and local areas under the new North American Industry Classification System; detailed industry data presented on a monthly and annual basis giving the user a variety of tools for analysis; an introductory page for each state summarizing salient data and noteworthy trends; a concise users technical guide which explains the sources, changes, and other pertinent facts about the data contained in the volume together with a list of references for further guidance, which is particularly
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