2018-2019 Community Health Needs Assessment - UChicago Medicine

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Social Determinants of Health3 Social determinants of health are social, economic, and physical conditions in which people are born, live, and work that affect health and well-being. For example, where you live limits access to healthy foods, these can in turn increase ones risk for obesity and other chronic conditions related to diet.

Economic Factors

$30,427 Chicago: $53,006

Population living in poverty5

3% Associates degree

45%

High school or equivalent

31% Less than high school

34% 19%

7% Bachelor’s degree or higher Chicago

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Unemployment

21%

41

%

8%

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A 3 31 7 14 + 45 Education6

Median household income

of households spend 30% or more of their annual income on housing costs

14%

Some college— no degree

1 in 2 children are living in poverty5

36% of households are receiving food stamps 60% of households are at risk for food insecurity7

Physical Factors

23

%

of housing units are vacant 2

56

%

of adults report that they feel safe in their neighborhood “most or all of the time”8

Violent crime incidents8 Per 100,000 Population

5,716 4,491

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