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0644000-06037206300 in Los Angeles has the most adult obesity (48.1%) among all 5,368 California neighborhoods. That 48.1% compares to an average of 24.9% and standard deviation of 6.0% across those 5,368 California neighborhoods.
Reaching the statewide average of 24.9% would imply a decrease of 1,749 obese adults over time, with an estimated saving of $161,346,688 based on a lifetime societal and public-health cost of $92,235 per obese adult (see References below).
0644000-06037206300 has these related standings among all 5,368 California neighborhoods:
Reaching the statewide average of 24.9% would imply a decrease of 1,749 obese adults over time, with an estimated saving of $161,346,688 based on a lifetime societal and public-health cost of $92,235 per obese adult (see References below).
0644000-06037206300 has these related standings among all 5,368 California neighborhoods:
- adult obesity = 48.1% (the most)
- arthritis among adults = 31.5% (52nd-most)
- high blood pressure among adults = 51.8% (14th-most)
- coronary heart disease among adults = 12.6% (27th-most)
- diagnosed diabetes among adults = 26.9% (the most)
- adults with mental health not good for at least 14 days = 20.7% (33rd-most, tied)
- stroke among adults = 9.7% (3rd-most)
exceeded 0665000-06071012300 in San Bernardino (46.3%), 0664000-06067005301 in Sacramento (46.3%), 0648354-06099002402 in Modesto (43.9%), and 0627000-06019001301 in Fresno (43.9%), and others, ending with 0606000-06001422600 in Berkeley (9.1%).
129 out of the other 5,367 California neighborhoods were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for adult obesity, e.g., 0636448-06065940400 in Indio.
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- adult obesity. Lower values are better. The estimate of $92,235 per person for the lifetime societal and public-health cost of obesity is reported in this article. All source data come from the 2018 release of 500 Cities: Local Data for Better Health which states: This dataset includes 2016, 2015 model-based small area estimates for 27 measures of chronic disease related to unhealthy behaviors (5), health outcomes (13), and use of preventive services (9). Data were provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Population Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. The project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in conjunction with the CDC Foundation [...] It includes estimates for the 500 largest US cities and approximately 28,000 census tracts within these cities.
0644000-06037206300 in Los Angeles is in Los Angeles, is worse than the behavior-relevant statewide averages in each of obesity, smoking, lack of exercise, and sleep deprivation, is better than the behavior-relevant statewide averages in binge drinking, is worse than the cholesterol-relevant statewide averages in each of cholesterol screening, coronary heart disease, and high cholesterol that persists after screening, is worse than the hypertension-relevant statewide averages in both stroke and high blood pressure, and is better than the hypertension-relevant statewide averages in blood pressure medication.
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Numeric values:
- pap smear use among adult women aged 21-65 (85.6%)
- mammography use among women aged 50-74 (81.3%)
- adults with high blood pressure who take medicine for its control (75.9%)
- cholesterol screening among adults (71.4%)
- adults who visit a doctor for routine checkup within the past year (68.7%)
- high blood pressure among adults (51.8%)
- adults who sleep less than 7 hours (48.5%)
- adult obesity (48.1%)
- high-cholesterol among adults who have been screened in the past 5 years (44.7%)
- fecal occult blood test sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy among adults aged 50-75 (42%)
- adults with no leisure-time physical activity (41.2%)
- adults 65 or older who lost all their teeth (35.2%)
- arthritis among adults (31.5%)
- current smoking among adults (29.9%)
- adults who visit a dentist or dental clinic (28.7%)
- adults with physical health not good for at least 14 days (28.4%)
- diagnosed diabetes among adults (26.9%)
- lack of current health insurance among adults aged 18-64 (24.1%)
- adults with mental health not good for at least 14 days (20.7%)
- women 65 or older who are up to date on a core set of clinical preventive services (18.9%)
- men 65 or older who are up to date on a core set of clinical preventive services (14.8%)
- adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (14.5%)
- coronary heart disease among adults (12.6%)
- current asthma among adults (11.2%)
- binge drinking among adults (10.7%)
- stroke among adults (9.7%)
- chronic kidney disease among adults (6.4%)
- cancer (excluding skin cancer) among adults (5%)
- population (7,540)
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