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A Disparity Analysis Of Health Determinants And Outcomes In 500 Cities In The United States, Margaret Boateng
A Disparity Analysis Of Health Determinants And Outcomes In 500 Cities In The United States, Margaret Boateng
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Health disparity is an issue of global concern necessitating diverse studies. This study thus, investigated intra city and inter-city health disparity for the 500 largest cities in the United States using the health determinant and outcome data at census tract level from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Urban Health Index (UHI) approach for small area assessment was used to compute for the UHI and disparity ratios for all 500 cities. Data for socioeconomic status was obtained from 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-year estimate data. Urban sprawl data was collected from National Cancer Institute. Cities were ranked based …