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=Learning Group #3 - Marlene, Albert and LorAnne =



== Thoroughly discuss the health status of Riverside County, compare it to the state and give Riverside County a grade (like a report card grade). Riverside County Demographics:

**Based on the statistics gathered we are able to concluded that Riverside County has a lower health status compared to The State of California in the following:**
Riverside County VS. California Death Statistics
 * Deaths due to all causes-
 * Riverside- average deaths 13,919.7
 * California- 620.6 deaths per 100,000 population
 * Deaths due to all cancers
 * Riverside- 3,171
 * California- 144.2 deaths per 100,000
 * Deaths due to diabetes
 * Riverside- 395
 * California- 19.5 deaths per 100,000
 * Deaths due to Alzheimer's disease
 * Riverside- 561.3
 * California- 23.6 deaths per 100,000
 * Deaths due to Coronary Hearth Disease
 * Riverside- 3,050
 * California- 126.7 deaths per 100,000

Tuberculosis Reported incidence 2006-2008 Riverside County- 3.8 California- 7.2

**Based on the following statistics we concluded that Riverside County had a higher health status compared to The State of California in the following:**
Lower Respiratory Deaths 2006-2008 Riverside County- 935.7 California- 12,883.3

Chroic Liver Disease 2006-2008 Riverside County- 197.3 California-4,006.7 Riverside County Morbidity
 * Most frequently reported communicable disease is Chlamydia
 * Number two is Hepatitis C
 * AIDS rate is at 16.1 %
 * Tuberculosis 5.3 % cases reported Asian population had the highest rate
 * Hepatitis A highest rate is among children followed by adolescents
 * Hepatitis B increased 37 % from 1990, 7 times the rate of California
 * Hepatitis C most common bloodborne infection in Riverside and California estimated 18% incidence

Riverside County
 * Demographics
 * The percent of men and women are equal until the age of 55 when there are more women then men.
 * At the age of 85 or older there is twice as many women as there are men.
 * Immigration
 * The estimated number of illegal immigrants is approximately 83,600 but the population is unknown.

From 1993-1999 the percent of Riverside County high school graduations was equal with the State.


 * In the county more than 25% of adults did progress pass high school but 74% did receive their diplomas.


 * More than 25% of adults completed some college which is about equal with California, but is still behind California in receiving a bachelors or advanced degree.

Maternal and Infant Health in Riverside County
 * Decline birth rates from 1997-2006
 * 78 % of of mothers initiate prenatal care during first trimester
 * 5.7- 6.5 % for low birth weight babies under 5 pounds 8 ounces
 * African American and Asian teenagers are 114.3 and 13.2 as likely to have low birth wights babies
 * Whites 6.4 and Hispanics 5.1
 * 2007 -> 530 infant deaths
 * Riverside County rates higher than California
 * 48 % of all births in Riverside County are paid through Medi-Cal
 * In 2000
 * 38 % of mothers giving birth had graduated high school
 * less than 22 % of mothers had a college degree
 * Infant Mortality
 * In 2007 infant deaths were 530, which is higher than California

==Based on analysis we concluded that Riverside County had a higer rate of deaths, but a lower rate of systemic diseases compared to California. Therefore, we would give Riverside County a letter grade C.==