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| II. HEALTH SERVICES |
SAN MATEO COUNTY
TYPES OF SERVICES CATEGORIES |
6. PHYSICAL HEALTH
TREATMENT & PREVENTION SERVICES
(See HIV Infected, Physically Disabled &
Mentally Disabled Population Categories) |
| POSSIBLE INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS ASSESSMENT |
1993 UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS
STATEMENTS-DATA |
| Infant Mortality Rates
(IMR)
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3 year avg 1987- 1989 |
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- The area of physical health is vast and complex. At a very basic
level there are diseases and injuries and those who suffer from them. Access to
health care is limited by hate classic barriers of poverty, homelessness, unemployment,
language, and culture. Minorities, immigrants, and refugees, women and the elderly
are a few of the populations who are the most vulnerable to illness. Lack of
nutrition, underemployment, family history can all contribute to certain populations'
medical frailty. In addition, it is frequently those who are most vulnerable to
injury and illness who have the least access to medical care. Over one in five
Americans are without health insurance and 80 percent of those are the working poor.
- Inadequate financial resources, lack of health insurance, poor access to
health care, and language barriers bar many Latinos in the country from good health care.
- Diabetes, as well as symptoms and risk factors for diabetes, constitute a
serious and increasingly recognized health threat among Latinos.
CALIFORNIA:
- 23% of population lack health insurance. Of these 5 million, 3
million are employed. One of five children in the state has no health insurance and
the percentages increase dramatically for low-income children.
- The leading cause of death in California are heart disease and cancer.
Younger residents die most frequently from accidents, homicide, and AIDS.
AIDS causes 25% of the deaths in the 35 to 44 age groups.
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| • Births
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10,434 |
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• Deaths
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62 |
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• Rates Per 1,000 Births
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5.9 |
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| IMR by Race
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1987 - 1989
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| • General
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| • Population
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| • Whites
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| • Blacks
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16.9 rate per 1,000 births
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| • Hispanics
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4.5 rate per 1,000 births
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| • Asians
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6.7 rate per 1,000 births
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| Trends In IMR |
| 1984 |
1985 |
1986
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| 9.6 |
8.1 |
5.4 |
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| Low Birth Weight Infants |
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3 year avg 1989 - 1991
10,603
births 573 low
birthweight 5.4% (5.9% state
average) |
| Estimates of Persons Having No Medical/Health Insurance |
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| Percent of Un-Insured Residents |
| Percent of Under-Insured Residents |
Life Expectancy
- General
- Population
- Whites
- Blacks
- Hispanics
- Asians
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| Communicable Disease Index |
| Cancer Mortality Rates |
| Heart Disease Mortality Rates |
| Source: United Way 1990
Needs Assessment Summary Report
Year 1993, County Health Status Profiles
Nuestro Canto De Salud Health Project, May 1993 |
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