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THE HEALTH OF ARIZONA COMMUNITIES –RESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE
COMMUNITY HEALTH – TUCSON/PIMA COUNTY (N=161)
RATING HEALTHY COMMUNITY ELEMENTS TUCSON/PIMA COUNTY Rating Healthy Community Elements Tucson/Pima County (1=Very Unhealthy, 10=Very Healthy) (1=VERY UNHEALTHY, 10=VERY HEALTHY) H EALTHY CO MMUNITY - M E A N 6. 7
*S A F E TY* - 6. 8 F OOD - 6. 7 SOCIAL/CU LTU R E - 6. 7 COMMUNITY D E S IG N - 6. 6 *HEALTH C A R E * - 6. 5 TRANSPOR TA TION - 6. 2 *EDUC A TION * - 6. 2 *HOU S IN G * - 6. 2 *ECON OM IC * - 5. 9 SO CIAL J U S TIC E - 5. 7
29%
39%
PARKS AN D R E C - 7. 6 ENVIRO N M E N T - 7. 2
43%
40%
17%
28% 28% 23% 22% 22% 20% 19% 23% 14% 13% 14%
39% 31% 39% 39% 33% 34% 31% 29% 29% 31% 30%
9 TO 10 HEALTHY
7 TO 8
32% 33% 41% 39% 39% 44% 46% 50% 48% 57% 56% 57%
1 - 6 UNHEALTHY
Highest Ratings: Parks and Recreation, Environmentally Healthy Strengths (Higher Importance/Higher Ratings): Safe Community Lowest Ratings: Social Justice, Economic/Jobs Opportunities (Higher Importance/Lower Ratings): Economic/Jobs, Housing, Educational Opportunities Community Rating (Compared to other neighborhoods): Lower (6.7) • For perspective, those elements that were considered among the top five most important were marked by *asterisks.*
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