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Health EquityWhat it looks like in Leadville and Lake County

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Median Income: 76% of the state average (Census)

Child poverty, 26.6% (state 18.1%) (Census)

Food costs 18% higher than national average (Lake County Food Assessment)

Health insurance costs 68%-72% higher than in Denver (ehealthinsurance.com)

Study of 30 low-income Lake County families showed families spending 20% of their income on fuel (fuel poverty is considered 10%) (C4)

Bedroom community for Eagle, Summit & Chaffee Counties; many residents spend a lot on commuting (anecdotal)

COMMUNITY CHALLENGES:

ECONOMIC

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35% of families in the LCSD speak Spanish in the home (CDE)

27% of Lake County community is uninsured (state=17%) (Robert Wood Johnson)

50% of schools in the Lake County School District are on the state “turnaround clock” (CDE)

COMMUNITY CHALLENGES: SOCIAL

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46% of our housing stock was built before 1960 (state=19%) (Colorado Health Indicators)

57% of homes tested for radon in Lake County are over the radon limit (Colorado Health Indicators)

COMMUNITY CHALLENGES:

ENVIRONMENTAL

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Education: K-12

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If Lake County were a state, its 2012 ACT scores would rank last in the nation, after Mississippi:

1. Massachusetts 24.1 18. Wisconsin 22.1 35. Oklahoma 20.7

2. Connecticut 23.8 19. Montana 22 36. Utah 20.7

3. New Hampshire 23.8 20. Nebraska 22 37. Colorado 20.6

4. Maine 23.4 21. Kansas 21.9 38. West Virginia 20.6

5. New Jersey 23.4 22. North Carolina 21.9 38. Alaska 20.3

6. New York 23.3 23. Ohio 21.8 39. Arkansas 20.3

7. Vermont 22.6 24. South Dakota 21.8 40. Louisiana 20.3

8. Rhode Island 22.9 25. Idaho 21.6 41.Wyoming 20.3

9. Washington 22.9 26. Missouri 21.6 42. South Carolina 20.2

10. Minnesota 22.8 27. Oregon 21.4 43. Michigan 20.1

11. Delaware 22.6 28. Hawaii 21.3 44. New Mexico 19.9

12. Pennsylvania 22.4 29. Nevada 21.3 45. Florida 19.8

13. Virginia 22.4 30. Alaska 21.2 46. Kentucky 19.8

14. Indiana 22.3 31. Illinois 20.9 47. Alabama 19.7

15. California 22.1 32. Texas 20.8 48. Washington DC 19.7

16. Iowa 22.1 33. Georgia 20.7 49. Tennessee 19.7

17. Maryland 22.1 34. North Dakota 20.7 50. Mississippi 18.7

51. Lake County 17.8

Education: K-12

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Health

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Almost 1/5 of us say we’re in poor or fair health (LC=19%, state=13%) (Robert Wood Johnson)

Lake County residents are 1/3 more likely to be hospitalized for heart disease in Lake County than in Colorado (Colorado Health Indicators)

We’re more likely to die by unintentional injury (Rate of death by unintentional injury is

95 (per 100,000) versus state rate of 66 (per 100,000) (Colorado Health Indicators)

Health

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Behavioral Health

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