Demographics & Health Outcomes Data
Demographics
In applying the HDMT, a number of important data should be initially gathered to understand the demographic composition of a community. The following list of indicators helps to describe such characteristics, most of which are available via the U.S. Census.
- D.1 Population density
- D.2 Neighborhood population by race and Hispanic origin
- D.3 Per capita and household median income
- D.4 Proportion living below the poverty level
- D.5 Average household size
- D.6 Unemployment rate
- D.7 Residential mobility
- D.8 High school graduation rate
- D.9 Proportion of non-English speaking population
- D.10 Proportion of foreign-born population
- D.11 Proportion of married and unmarried
- D.12 Proportion of youth and seniors
- D.13 Proportion of families with children under 18 years old
- D.14 San Francisco home sales
Health Outcomes
A number of population health indicators serve to assess the overall health of City residents and how health varies at the neighborhood level.
- HO.1 Asthma hospitalization rate per 1,000
- HO.2 Diabetes hospitalization rate per 1,000
- HO.3 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalization rate per 1,000
- HO.4 Heart failure hospitalization rate per 1,000
- HO.5 Hospitalization rate for alcohol abuse per 1,000
- HO.6 Leading causes of death by age-adjusted death rates per 100,000
- HO.7 Leading causes of death by years of life lost
- HO.8 Leading causes of death by years of life lost by neighborhood
- HO.9 Infant mortality rate
- HO.10 Low birth weight births
- HO.11 Percentage of mothers receiving prenatal care in first trimester
Where possible, data is disaggregated spatially to illustrate place based differences in health. Achieving Tool development targets through policy or implementation of land use design strategies will result in the advancement of community health objectives, improvement in associated health outcomes, and reduced social and economic costs.