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Running head: POPULATION HEALTH DATA

POPULATION HEALTH DATA

POPULATION HEALTH DATA

Britney Jackson

Western Governors University

11/8/2020

Introduction

A.SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE

1. Key Findings

· The percentage of Adult smoking has increases from 54% to 63% in the past 12 months

· 84% of people of 65 years + have diabetes and high blood pressure.

· 81% of person living with disability of age 65 years + have no health insurance

· The number of children with obesity between age (8-14) has increased from 42% to 47 % in the past 12 months.

· Sexually transmitted infections between persons of age (16-25) has increased 36% from 11.5to 14.0 per 1000.

2. Introductory Paragraph

The source of data is based on a ranking model of population health. From the finding, injury death in the county is very high as compared to the number in the whole country. The number of people living with disability 65 years and above is also that of the United States. There are many people living with disabilities in the county.

3. Social demographic Profile Table

Population Characteristics	Country	United States
Population Estimate	4,713,325	328,239,523
Population Percent Change	15.2	6.3
Percentage of persons under the age of 18	26.4	22.2
Percentage of persons 65 years and over	10.9	16.5
Percentage of women	Null	50.8
Percentage of white alone	69.6	76.3
Percentage Hispanic Alone	43.7	18.5
Percentage of foreign-Born persons	26.1	13.5
Percentage Other Than English Spoken at Home Percentage of Persons Age 5+	44.2	21.5
Percentage of house with a computer	89.9	88.8
Percentage with high school graduate or higher	80.9	87.7
Percentage with a disability under age 65 years	6.4	8.6
Percentage of civillian Labour forceAge16 Years+	67.7	62.9
Percentage of women labor force Age 16 years+	Null	58.2
Total Healthcare and social assistance revenue	Null	2,040,441,203
Total Retail Sales Per capital	61,669,356	$13443
Per capita income in the past 12 months	14,498	4,219,821,871
Percentage of persons in poverty	16.5	10.5
Population per square mile	2,402.4	87.4

B.COUNTY HEALTH TRENDS AND RANKINGS

1. Introductory Paragraph

He data was collected to find out and compare how heath trends in the county can be compared to the United States. The data was also collected to find trends of the health trends and the effects on the total population. These rankings were compiled using county level measurement and scientifically informed weights.

2. Discussion of Health Trends

The percentage of poor mental health in the county is high as compared to the U.S. The trend in improving since the percentage is dropping from 22% to 18%.The trend in adult obesity in the county is worsening as the percentage has increased from 30% to 32%.Sexually transmitted infections in the county is worsening, the number has risen from 256.6 to 534.6. Alcoholimpared driving death trend is improving and the percentage is decreasing

3. Health Trends (Visual Graphs)

4. Health rend Discussion

C.HEALTH FACTORS

1. Health Factor Table

Factors Influencing health	Country Data	Top U.S Performer	State Data
Percentage Adult Smoking	14	15	16
Percentage with access to exercise opportunity	81	91	81
Percentage excessive drinking	16	13	20
Percentage with high school graduate Primary care Physicians(Ratio of population to 1 Physician	2840:1	1030:1	1640:1
Percentage with some college	89	96	95
Percentage with unemployment	5.7	2.6	3.9
Percentage of children in single parent Households	36	20	33
Social Association(Number of associations per 1000)	5.1	18.4	7.6
Violent Crime(Number of violent crime per 1000)	477	63	420
Injury Deaths(Number of injury deaths per 1000)	98	58	57
Percentage of children Eligible for free or reduced-Price lunch	Null	Null	Null
Air pollution(Average Daily Density of Air Pollutants)	9.3	6.1	8.8
Percentage with Severe Housing Problems	14	9	18

2. Comparison of Data

The purpose of comparing the county data to top performer is to find the trends in the social demographic of the county.(Dammann, O., & Smart, B. 2018).  His will help to improve and monitor the health of the population. The data collected from a surveillance system of a behavior risk factor. The challenge for the county for comparing is that some heath trends in the county were higher than in the top performer. The success was that compared to the U.S top performer and the state data, the trend was low.

D.SUMMARY

1. Significant Findings

The located parmens use the findings to compare the different health trends and progress and come up with techniques to address the challenges. Alcohol impaired driving deaths can be reduced by campaigning against excessive drinking and prohibit drinking and driving. The alcohol addicts can be rehabilitated.

2. Action Plan(s)

The action plan is to reduce alcohol impaired driving deaths. This will be done by the state prohibiting drinking and driving and excessive drinking

A. Service or Program

Rehabilitation program and campaign against excessive drinking.

B. Raise Public Awareness

Professionals can launch online campaigns to educate the public of the health trends .The campaigns should be valuable to the affected and encouraging for the people to join. They should engage the target audience that is affected and find effective ways to solve their problems. They should also look for interested volunteers from the target audience to influence the people to join the movement. Joshi, Thorpe, L., & Waldron, L. 2017). 

C. Monitoring and Evaluating Action Plan

The action will be monitored by frequently visiting the rehabilitation centers and checking the progress of the patients.

References

Joshi, Thorpe, L., & Waldron, L. (2017). Population health informatics. Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Dammann, O., & Smart, B. (2018). Causation in population health informatics and data science. Springer.