The health of Charlestown
Published: 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Childbirth; Charlestown; Death; Statistics; Diseases; Public health; Neighborhoods; Health Status; Population; Labor (Obstetrics); Parturition
Description: ...health and demographic data for the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston; among other statistics, includes population by age, education, no. in poverty, and median family income, births by race, low birthweight data, enteric disease rate, hepatitis C incidence, HIV incidence, sexually transmitted disease rates, percent victims of violent gunshot or stabbing (by neighborhood), hospitalization rate (by neighborhood), causes of hospitalization, asthma rate (by neighborhood), death rate (Charlestown, Boston, and neighborhood), causes of death, cancer mortality (by neighborhood), heart disease deaths (by neighborhood), high blood pressure, diabetes, overweight / obese, smoking, and health insurance rates (by area of the City)...