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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2018 Aug 17;6(2):254–264. doi: 10.1007/s40615-018-0520-z

Table 1:

Demographic Health Disparity Information for Service Planning Area (SPA) 6 iSouth LA)

Characteristic South LA SPA (#6) LA County/All SPAs
POPULATION

Race/Ethnicity
 Latino (%) 68.2 48.4
 African American (%) 27.4 8.5
 White (%) 2.4 28.3
 Asian/Pacific Islander (%) 1.9 14.6
 American Indian/Alaskan Native (%) 0.1 0.2
Percent of adults who were not bom in the US 51.9 16.3
Percent of adults that speak mostly Spanish at home 48.8 12.5
Education
 Less than high school graduate 41.6 22.4
 High school graduate 25.7 21.5
 > High school 32.6 56.1
Unemployed 13.6 10.2
Percent of population with household incomes <100% FPL 33.6 18.4

HEALTH INFORMATION

Percent of adults who are obese (BMI ≥ 30.0) 34.1% 23.5%
Incidence of HIV (ages 13+) – annual new cases per 100,000 35.1 24.3
All-cause mortality (age-adjusted per 100,000 population) 726.6 593.5
Percent of adults who reported difficulty access medical care 32.5% 23.6%

Source: LA County Key Indicators of Health 2017