Table 1:
Characteristic | South LA SPA (#6) | LA County/All SPAs |
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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