Lack of Park Access
Definition The percentage of the population living outside ½-mile of a park. Context/Impact on Health Having access, via walking or biking, to parks is important for overall health. Using parks and recreation services is associated with positive health impacts, including the physical, social, and mental aspects of health. The distance from a person’s home to […]
Total Number of Households
Definition Estimate for total number of households in a predefined region. PRECEDE allows to view the number of households at various levels of granularity, including the number of households within a census tract, within a county, or state-wide. Context/Impact on Health The household is a fundamental unit of society, where a group of people share […]
Population
Definition A count of the number of individuals who inhabit a predefined region. PRECEDE allows you to view the population count at various levels of granularity, including the census tract population, county population, and state population. Context/Impact on Health Most public health measures, such as the prevalence and incidence of a disease, are calculated using […]
Social Vulnerability
Definition The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines social vulnerability as a group of characteristics that augments the negative health and well-being impacts a community faces following exposure to an external stressor. These stressors could include infectious disease outbreaks and natural or human-caused disasters. Context/Impact on Health The social vulnerability index is directly […]
Rent Burden
Definition Rent burden is a form of housing instability that is defined as a household spending more than 30% of their income on rent. Households are categorized as severely cost burdened if they spend more than 50 percent of their income on rent. Context/Impact on Health Estimates show that nearly 80% of low-income households with […]
Owns a Computer
Definition The number of households within a predetermined area that own at least one type of computing device. Context/Impact on Health Digital technology has become ingrained in everyday life. The 2018 American Community Survey (ACS) report on national computer and internet use showed that among all households surveyed, 92% percent had at least one type […]
Population Over 65 Years Old
Definition The demographic group over 64 years of age is often categorized as “senior citizens”. This group is currently an increasing portion of the total population. PRECEDE allows us to view the percentage of the population over 64 years old at various levels of granularity, including within a census tract, within a county, or state-wide. […]
Population Under 5 Years Old
Definition An estimate of the percentage of the population in a predetermined region that is aged under 5 years old, including infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. PRECEDE allows us to view the percentage of the population under 5 years old at various levels of granularity, including within a census tract, within a county, or state-wide. Context/Impact […]
Unemployed Population
Definition The unemployed population is the number of people in the total labor force who do not have a job but are actively seeking employment and willing to work. The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force, and is restricted to people 16 years or older, who currently […]
Income Gini-Index
Definition The Gini-Index is a summary measure of income inequality in a country. The Gini coefficient summarizes the dispersion of income across the entire income distribution. The coefficient ranges from 0, meaning perfect equality (everyone has the same income), to 1, meaning perfect inequality (one recipient receives all the income). Context/Impact on Health The Gini-Index […]