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Hamilton Demographic Data Analysis

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Hamilton
The city is part of Butler County and part of the Cincinnati area. The following data will provide us an overview not only of the demographics but also of the health condition and problems that affects the city. All the data presented comes from a few reliable sources which provide a more accurate information for the presentation of the city statistic overview.
Hamilton Demographic Data:
The United States Census from 2014 American Community Survey provides an overview not only of the city but the Ohio State and U.S. National. The following data provide a better understanding of how the population of Hamilton stands in reference to others. The numbers are self-explanatory but it is interesting to mentioned that the average income earn …show more content…

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Community Health:
Mays reference to the concern and steps for improving the health of a community. The source of the data used comes from Butler County Data website. Unfortunately, information about Hamilton was not available and information about the county was used. The site mention factors that are recognized to affect the human health as well as the factors that are suspected to cause health problems but the relationship is still questionable.
Health behavior: 33 out of 88 (unable to find specific information for Hamilton)
Butler County Ohio Top U.S performers
Adult smoking: 23% 21% 14%
Adult obesity: 29% 30% 25%
Food environment index: 7.4% 7.1% 8.4%
Physical inactivity: 26% 26% 20%
Access to exercise Opportunities: 91% 83% 92%
Excessive drinking: 19% 18% 10%
Alcohol-impaired driving deaths: 41% 36% 14%
Sexually transmitted infections: 299 460 …show more content…

The impression about Hamilton after the windshield survey and interview of two of their citizens were in a way similar and different at the same time. Similar because I was informed already of the drug problems in the city which can easily be related to the actual high crime rate; however, it was interesting to observe that even when it is higher in relationship to the country that the number of crimes in Hamilton are decreasing according to previous census. It was interesting to find out that there is still a few manufactures located in the city which contribute jobs for the city residents. On the other hand, I was surprise of the fact that a great number of the population is under the age of 18, that school grades are low grades according to the AMO as well as the student progress on a city with a high number of young population. In reference to environmental health, I was amaze about the animal waste report as well as finding out about the companies contributing to pollution. Finally, I can say that the mix of both sources of information provide me with a better picture of the city which can help me at the time of understanding some of the problems of the community. For example, the high crime rate can easily be related to the drug problem, lower household income, low

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