Demographics & Health Outcomes Data
Demographics
In applying the HDMT, a number of important data should be initially gathered to understand the demographic composition of a community. The following list of indicators helps to describe such characteristics, most of which are available via the U.S. Census or American Community Survey.
- D.1 Population density
- D.2 Ethnicity
- D.3 Per capita and household income
- D.4 Low-income households
- D.5 Household size
- D.6 Employment rate
- D.7 Residential mobility
- D.8 Educational attainment
- D.9 Nativity
- D.10 Marital status
- D.11 Youth and seniors
- D.12 Households with children
- D.13 Home sales
- D.14 Non-English speaking population
- D.15 Cost of living
Health Outcomes
A number of population health indicators serve to assess the overall health of City residents and how health varies at the zip code level.
- HO.1 Asthma hospitalizations
- HO.2 Diabetes hospitalizations
- HO.3 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalizations
- HO.4 Heart failure hospitalizations
- HO.5 Alcohol abuse hospitalizations
- HO.6 Mental health hospitalizations
- HO.7 Leading causes of death by age-adjusted death rates
- HO.8 Leading causes of death by years of life lost
- HO.9 Leading causes of death by years of life lost by neighborhood
- HO.10 Infant mortality
- HO.11 Low birth weight births
- HO.12 Early prenatal care
Where possible, data is disaggregated spatially to illustrate place based differences in health. Achieving Tool development targets through policy or implementation of land use design strategies will result in the advancement of community health objectives, improvement in associated health outcomes, and reduced social and economic costs.