The health of mattapan
Published: 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 33
Subjects: Childbirth; Mattapan; Cancer; Death; Diseases; Public health; Hepatitis C; Income; Neighborhoods; Health Status; Obesity; Poverty; Smoking and Smokers; Violence; Labor (Obstetrics); Parturition
Description: ...health and demographic data for the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston; among the statistics presented are: population by race / ethnicity, median household income, percent below poverty level, births by race, prenatal care by neighborhood, infant mortality by neighborhood, hepatitis C incidence by neighborhood, HIV incidence by neighborhood, sexually transmitted disease incidence by neighborhood, asthma hospitalization rate by neighborhood, victims of gunshot and stabbing by neighborhood, victims of violence related injuries by race / ethnicity, mortality (death) rate by neigborhood, causes of death, cancer mortality by neighborhood, heart disease mortality by neighborhood, percentage with high blood pressure, who are obese or overweight, are smokers, have no insurance, have fair or poor health status - all by race / ethnicity...