NewYorkCitysNeighborhoods: Rela7onshipbetweenMedianHousehold Incomeandthepublichealthissuesof Diabetes,ObesityandAsthma. Whatcanwelearnaboutpublic healthissuesfromdata?

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Borough

Neighborhood Kingsbridge-Riverdale Northeast Bronx Fordham-Bronx Park Pelham-Throgs Neck South Bronx

Median Income $ 48,493 $ 39,559 $ 25,989 $ 38,028 $ 18,487 $ 28,573 $ 21,358 $ 46,479 $ 27,002 $ 25,621 $ 29,274 $ 31,801

% Diabetes 5 14 15 11 14 8 18 5 11 15 10 6 11 6 10 11 16 13 6 5 6 6 5 10 8 6 6 10 10 12 9 8 8

New York Citys Neighborhoods: Relationship between Median Household Income and % of Residents with Diabetes
What stands out to you about this data? Do you notice any similarities or differences within the neighborhoods and/or boroughs?

BRONX

BROOKLYN

Greenpoint Williamsburg-Bushwick Downtown-Heights-Slope Bedford Stuyvesant-Crown Heights East New York Sunset Park Borough Park East Flatbush Bensonhurst-Bay Ridge Coney Island-Sheepshead Bay

$ 33,248 $ 41,072 $ 30,553 $ 27,851 $ 21,508 $ 18,564 $ 66,741 $ 68,942 $ 51,464 $ 41,696 $ 85,920 $ 37,733 $ 47,970 $ 58,047 $ 44,466 $ 44,403 $ 41,764 $ 56,310 $ 40,244 $ 44,453 $ 62,354

MANHATTAN

Washington Heights-Inwood Central Harlem-Morningside Heights East Harlem Upper West Side Upper East Side Chelsea-Clinton Union Square-Lower East Side Lower Manhattan

QUEENS

Long Island City-Astoria Flushing-Clearview Bayside-Little Neck Ridgewood-Forest Hills Southwest Queens Jamaica

Data from US Census Bureau, 2000, and New York City Dept. of Health
STATEN ISLAND

Southeast Queens Rockaway Northern Staten Island Southern Staten Island

New York Citys Neighborhoods: Relationship between Median Household Income and Diabetes Rates Percentage of Population with Diabetes

Median Household Income

Borough

Neighborhood Kingsbridge-Riverdale Northeast Bronx Fordham-Bronx Park Pelham-Throgs Neck South Bronx

Median Income $ 48,493 $ 39,559 $ 25,989 $ 38,028 $ 18,487 $ 28,573 $ 21,358 $ 46,479 $ 27,002 $ 25,621 $ 29,274 $ 31,801

Asthma hospitalizations per 1,000 children, age 0-14 5 4 9 9 10 2 10 5 10 9 3 1 8 6 2 5 13 18 4 2 8 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 7 5 8 4 2

New York Citys Neighborhoods: Relationship between Median Household Income and # of children (age 0-14) out of every 1000 children who have had to be hospitalized for Asthma

BRONX

BROOKLYN

Greenpoint Williamsburg-Bushwick Downtown-Heights-Slope Bedford Stuyvesant-Crown Heights East New York Sunset Park Borough Park

What stands out to you about this data? Do you notice any similarities or differences within the neighborhoods and/or boroughs? Is there any similarities between this data and the data on diabetes and obesity?

East Flatbush Bensonhurst-Bay Ridge Coney Island-Sheepshead Bay MANHATTAN Washington Heights-Inwood Central Harlem-Morningside Heights East Harlem Upper West Side Upper East Side Chelsea-Clinton Union Square-Lower East Side Lower Manhattan QUEENS Long Island City-Astoria Flushing-Clearview Bayside-Little Neck Ridgewood-Forest Hills Southwest Queens Jamaica

$ 33,248 $ 41,072 $ 30,553 $ 27,851 $ 21,508 $ 18,564 $ 66,741 $ 68,942 $ 51,464 $ 41,696 $ 85,920 $ 37,733 $ 47,970 $ 58,047 $ 44,466 $ 44,403 $ 41,764 $ 56,310 $ 40,244 $ 44,453 $ 62,354

Data from US Census Bureau, 2000, and New York City Dept. of Health
STATEN ISLAND

Southeast Queens Rockaway Northern Staten Island Southern Staten Island

New York Citys Neighborhoods: Relationship between Median Household Income and Diabetes Rates Percentage of Population with Diabetes

Median Household Income

Data from US Census Bureau, 2000, and New York City Dept. of Health

Data from US Census Bureau, 2000, and New York City Dept. of Health