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National Press FoundationNational Press Foundation
Sources for Reporting on Aging Americans
Presenter: Patricia Edmonds
Greystone Global, LLC
What do you need?
To lend heft and context to stories on aging
and retirement, you need:-- National data for overview and context
-- Local data for comparison and detail
Goldmine sites
GOVERNMENT: Census Bureau
HHS Administration on Aging
CDC
Medicare
Veterans Administration
Bureau of Labor Statistics
AgingStats.gov
Goldmine sites (cont.)
PRIVATE/ADVOACY GROUPS: Alliance on Aging Research
Urban Institute
AARP
National Academy of Social Insurance
http://www.census.gov http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html
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http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48000.html http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/aging_population/index.html http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?
_program=DEC&_lang=en
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/statistics/statistics.asp
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http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/library/profiles.htmlhttp://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p23-209.pdf
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/age.html#elderly
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/faads.html http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cffr.html
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www.census.gov/acs/www/ www.cdc.gov
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/agingact.htm http://www.cdc.gov/aging/
http://www.medicare.gov/
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http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/coverage.asp
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareEnrpts/ http://www.huduser.org/about/pdrabout.html
http://www.huduser.org/datasets/ahs.html http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/pihcc/publications.cfm
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http://www.va.gov/vetdata/ http://www.bls.gov
http://www.bls.gov/data/home.htm http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=ln
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http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_cont.htm http://www.agingstats.gov/
http://www.agingstats.gov/links.html http://www.agingresearch.org/index.cfm
www.urbaninstitute.orgwww.urbaninstitute.org http://www.urbaninstitute.org/retirees/index.cfm
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http://www.aarp.org/research/ http://www.nasi.org
http://www.nasi.org/publications3901/publications.htm
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