SELECTED HEALTH DISPARITIES

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SELECTED HEALTH DISPARITIES

• City of Youngstown, 1994-1998

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SELECTED HEALTH DISPARITIESAverage annual
age-adjusted death rates, 1994-1998City of
Youngstown

• Respectively, age-adjusted death rates for blacks
  were 1.4 (all causes), 1.2 (coronary disease),
  1.4 (cancer), and 3 (infant mortality) times
  higher than that of whites. The infant mortality
  rate was equal to the number of deaths per 1,000
  live births.
• The age-adjusted death rate for uninsured persons
  (total 33,325) was 13.1. The rate for the
  27,406 uninsured adults was 14.1, and 9 for the
  5,490 uninsured children.

Source The Health of Ohio
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FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, NUMBERAND RATE
(PER 100,000), 1997 City of Youngstown

• In 1997, the total number of deaths resulting
  from heart disease was 383, compared to 388 in
  1998. Malignant neoplasm resulted in 282 deaths
  in 1997 and 1998. Cerebrovascular disease
  resulted in 73 deaths in 1997 and 92 deaths in
  1998. In both 1997 and 1998, 58 persons passed
  away due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
  disease. Diabetes resulted in 49 deaths in 1997,
  and Pneumonia Influenza resulted in 41 deaths in
  1998.

Source 1997-1998 Ohio Department of Health, U.S.
Census
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The distribution of lead poisoned children in
2002 was distributed fairly evenly across the
city, with the notable exception being the fourth
ward in the west side. Children residing in
homes constructed before 1978 are at the highest
risk of lead poisoning.