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The consumption of natural gas in the U.S. industrial sector declined from 25.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in January 2020 to 20.1 Bcf/d in June 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's Natural Gas Monthly. Industrial natural gas consumption in June 2020 was nearly 1.0 Bcf/d lower [...]

The age-adjusted prevalence of complete tooth loss among adults aged 65 years or older decreased from 29.3% during 1999–2000 to 12.6% during 2017–2018. For the same period, the prevalence decreased from 42.1% to 23.5% for adults living at less than 200% of the federal poverty level and from 17.7% to 8.5% [...]

U.S. nuclear capacity outages averaged 4.2 gigawatts (GW) during the summer of 2020 (June through August), nearly 35% higher than the 2.7 GW average in summer 2019. Summer nuclear outages were at their lowest level from late June to mid-July, averaging 2.3 GW. Outages significantly increased in the latter half [...]

Preliminary results from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) 2018 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) show that the consumption of energy by manufacturers in the United States has continued to increase since its 2010 low. Natural gas and hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGLs) led the increase, together accounting for more than [...]

According to 2018 data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) for newly constructed utility-scale electric generators in the United States, annual capacity-weighted average construction costs for solar photovoltaic systems and onshore wind turbines have continued to decrease. Natural gas generator costs also decreased slightly in 2018. [...]

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.4% in Aug 2020 News Release Historical Data Unemployment Rate: 8.4% in Aug 2020 News Release Historical Data Payroll Employment: +1,371,000(p) in Aug 2020 News Release Historical Data [...]

In 2017, the United States exported more natural gas than it imported on an annual basis for the first time in nearly 60 years, making it a net natural gas exporter. Since then, U.S. net natural gas exports have more than doubled every year: from 0.3 billion cubic feet per [...]

Corn and soybean production is up from 2019, according to the Crop Production report issued today by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Soybean production is up 21% from last year, forecast at 4.31 billion bushels; corn growers are expected to increase their production 9% from 2019, forecast at 14.9 [...]

In 2018, the age-adjusted lung cancer death rate in the United States was 34.8 per 100,000. Twenty-one states had a higher lung cancer death rate than the national rate, 15 states and DC had lower death rates, and 14 states had rates that were not statistically different from the national rate. Most [...]

Source: National Vital Statistics System https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr69/NVSR-69-11-508.pdf [...]

Questions for Gladys Martinez, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Trends and Patterns in Menarche in the United States: 1995 through 2013-2017.” Q: Can you explain what menarche is? GM: Menarche refers to the first menstrual period. Q: Why did you decide to do a report on this topic? GM: We decided to do [...]

Source: National Survey of Family Growth https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr146-508.pdf [...]

The survey collected data from public school teachers about their understanding of the types of devices and technologies that students use for educational purposes, the impact that students' access to technology outside of school has on teachers' homework assignments, and ways that schools and teachers address challenges that students with [...]

The prevalence of past or present infection with hepatitis B virus among adults aged 18 years or older declined from 5.7% in 1999–2002 to 4.3% in 2015–2018. A decline among non-Hispanic White (3.5% to 2.1%), non-Hispanic Black (15.6% to 10.8%), and Mexican American (3.5% to 1.8%) adults also occurred over the [...]

Antidepressant use – and abuse – has become a prominent medical and public health issue in the United States, as more and more data become available on the scope of mental illness among Americans. During the first half of 2019, nearly one in 20 adults in the United States [...]