Edition: July 2022
The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.
Life expectancy of a white child born in the Oakland Hills: 85 [1]
Life expectancy of a Black child born in East Oakland: 70 [1]
Rate of hypertension related hospitalizations in Alameda County’s most affluent neighborhoods: 1.08%[1]
Rate in Alameda County’s poorest neighborhoods: 1.89% [1]
Rate among Black people in Alameda County regardless of neighborhood: 3.4% [1]
Honesty and ethical rating of nurses according to Americans polled by Gallup after the onset of the pandemic: 89% [2]
Change in nurse’s score since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: +4% [2]
Percentage of American adults who say they have a phobia of hospitals: 7% [3]
Of dentists: 11% [3]
Of spiders: 24% [3]
Number of deaths attributed to spider bites in Californian between 2018 and 2022: 0 [4]
Percentage of Californians who say they are not worried about getting COVID-19: 44% [5]
Number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 in California: 91,930 [6]
References:
- Microsoft PowerPoint – Health Equity in AC presentation_eb (acphd-web-media.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com)
- http://news.gallup.com/poll/328136/ethics-ratings-rise-medical-workers-teachers.aspx
- http://docs.cdn.yougov.com/fvk44bqqpt/toplines_Phobias_20220608.pdf
- http://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd-icd10-provisional.html
- http://www.ppic.org/blog/likely-voters-are-uneasy-as-california-shifts-from-pandemic-to-endemic/
- http://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailydeaths