The health of Roxbury
Published: 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 45
Subjects: Childbirth; Roxbury; Death; Diseases; Public health; Neighborhoods; Health Status; Obesity; Race / Ethnicity; Smoking and Smokers; Population; Labor (Obstetrics); Parturition
Description: ...health (and some demographic) data for the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston; includes population by race and ethnicity, age, percent with high school degree, percent below poverty, and median household income / births by race / prenatal care by neighborhood / infant mortality rate by neighborhood / Hepatitis C, HIV and AIDS, and sexually transmitted disease rates by neighborhood / hospitalization rate and causes of hospitalization / asthma hospitalizations by neighborhood / victims of violence by race / victims of gunshot and stabbing by neighborhood / deaths / deaths by sex and race / causes of deaths / cancer mortality / heart disease mortality by neighborhood / percent diagnosed with high blood pressure, diabetes, who are obese or overweight, who smoke, who are uninsured and percent in fair or poor health for the city...