After conducting research on the Queens Community district five, it has come as a surprise to me that obesity, smoking, and bad diet percentages are fairly high. In Ridgewood and Maspeth about 21% of adults suffer from obesity, which is equal to the percentage of adults suffering from obesity in Queens. On the other hand, Stuyvesant Town and Turtle Bay only had 8% of adults who suffered from obesity. As for the percentages of people who are current smokers, practice healthy and unhealthy diets, are very high in comparison to overall city percentages. The percentage of smokers in Ridgewood and Maspeth is 16% as for in a city level 15% are current smokers. In addition, 27% of residents in district five consume one or more 12oz sugary drink per day. On the other hand, 27% of NYC residents consume 1 or more 12oz sugary drink per day. Based on the collected data about 83% of residents reported being in good health in Ridgewood and Maspeth, which is difficult to believe considering the percentages of adult obesity.
Despite the 10% of adults that went without the necessary medical care, the percentage of adults in Ridgewood and Maspeth that suffer from diabetes is low in comparison to the city level. There are 7% of adults in the district who suffer from diabetes. On the other hand, NYC had 10% of adults who were diagnosed with diabetes. The community is also doing well in terms of the number of drug-related hospitalizations. There were 319 drug-related hospitalizations for every 100,000 adults which were significantly low in comparison to the city level which had 907 hospitalizations.
References:
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/data/data-publications/profiles.page
https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/opportunity360/measurefurmancenter.org/neighborhoods
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