,,Dynamics of Race, Culture and Key Indicators of Health : in the Nation's 100 Largest Cities and Their Suburbs

Dynamics of Race, Culture and Key Indicators of Health : in the Nation's 100 Largest Cities and Their Suburbs


 

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Publisher: SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Author(s): D.P. Andrulis; L.M. Duchon; H.M. Reid

Research Area: Health

Type: Report

Abstract:

This report profiles the 2000 status of and changes since 1990 in rates of health and health-related measures for racially and culturally diverse populations living in the nation's 100 largest cities and their suburbs. Data were drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to identify patterns in race/ethnicity, foreign-born status, language use, poverty, income, low birth weight, teen births, prenatal care, and tuberculosis.