Overview (First Page)

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Title: How CES 4.0 Score and Financial Disparity Influence Health in the East Bay

Subtitle: A deep dive into environmental exposures and financial disparities affect population health amongst residents living in the East Bay area of San Francisco.

Sources: CalEnviroScreen 4.0: California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) 2023 TIGER: U.S. Census Bureau

Background: Throughout California and the Bay Area, many experience health disparities and harmful environmental exposures that drive socioeconomic inequality. The Bay Area is home to one of the most economically affluent counties in Marin County, however, people living in Alameda and Contra Costa counties experience some of the country’s most financial disparities amongst the population. The East Bay experiences both ends of the spectrum among poverty, health and disease, and environmental exposures. This page was create to explore the environmental and financial disparities that influences health outcomes among Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Results: Based on the data and results, there does seem to be some correlation between East Bay ZIP codes that experience poverty, lack of education, and low CES 4.0 scores and the health affects on Cardiovascular disease and Asthma emergency department visits.

CalEnviroScreen 4.0 Score

CalEnviroScreen 4.0 Score examines the Population Score times the Pollution Score to compare results with a constant comparison metric. Poverty (%) examines the percent of individuals living below two times the federal poverty level. Education (%) examines the percent of individuals over the age of 25 with less than a high school education.

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Table of Average CES 4.0 Scores and Percentiles

This table examines the averages of CES 4.0 data for Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. The graphic shows that as demographic values exceed higher than average scores/percentiles, health disparities are also exceeding average values.

CalEnviroScreen 4.0 Score by Cardivascular Disease

This scatter plot examines the percent of cardiovascular disease among CES 4.0 Scores within the ZIP codes of Alameda and Contra Costa counties. This shows how increasing CES 4.0 scores have some correlation to the age-adjusted percent of ED visits for heart attacksper 10,000.

CES 4.0 Maps

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Poverty (%) by East Bay ZIP Code

This map examines the Percent of the population living two times below the federal poverty level within the zip codes of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

CalEnviroScreen 4.0 Score by East Bay ZIP Code

This map examines the CES 4.0 Score Percentile within the zip codes of Alameda and Contra Costa counties. CES 4.0 Score is a combination of Population Score and Pollution Score, which is a weighted value of demographic values and environmental exposures.

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Cardiovascular Disease by East Bay ZIP Code

This map examines the age-adjusted rate of emergency department visits for heart attacks per 10,000 amongst Alameda and Contra Costa counties. This

Asthma Percentile by East Bay ZIP Code

This map examines the Asthma Percentile amongst East Bay Counties, it does show that the light blue areas experience high age-adjusted rates of ED visits for asthma and the darker areas experiences less ED visits by percentile.