2022 New Castle County Community Health Needs Assessment

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APPENDIX B – SECONDARY DATA ASSESSMENT

Socioeconomic Indicators This section includes indicators for poverty, unemployment, health insurance status, crime, housing affordability, and “social vulnerability.” All have been associated with health status. Exhibit 11: Selected Socioeconomic Indicators, 2016-2020

Source: U.S. Census, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2020.

Description Exhibit 11 portrays the percent of the population (aged 25 years and above) without a high school diploma, with a disability, and linguistically isolated in New Castle, Kent and Sussex Counties, Delaware, and the United States. Linguistic isolation is defined as residents who speak a language other than English and who speak English less than “very well.” Observations •

In 2016-2020, the percentage of residents aged 25 and older without a high school diploma in New Castle County and Delaware was below the national average.

New Castle County had a lower percentage of population with a disability than both Delaware and the United States.

New Castle County had a lower population of residents who were linguistically isolated compared to national averages.

Percentages of those linguistically isolated was similar throughout Delaware and lower than that of the U.S. average.

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