Wgu Hat1 Community Health Task 1
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Community Health Nursing
Community Description and Interpretation of Data
America’s Finest City, San Diego, California is located in the southern most county in California, San Diego County. “San Diego is the second largest city in California”, (Wikipedia, 2013). Bordered by Orange and Riverside Counties to the north, Imperial County to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Baja California, Mexico to the south. San Diego is known for it’s mild but, diverse climate. “Average temperatures are 60-80 degrees Fahrenheit, with more than 200 days above 70 degrees Fahrenheit. With warm dry summers and low rainfall averages of 9-13 inches, San Diego’s climate is described as semi-arid”, (San Diego Wikipedia entry, 2013). “Air quality in San Diego is ranked as good to moderate depending on what part of the city you live in. Downtown and the coastal regions tend to have moderate air quality where the outer regions of the city fall in the good category”, County of San Diego Air Pollution Control Distric website, 2013). “According to an article on NBC News, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that San Diego is 9th of 10 cities with the worst drinking water in the nation. They report San Diego’s water system contained eight chemicals exceeding health guidelines”, (NBC News website, 2013). For this paper, I will mostly focus on the city of San Diego due to its high population.
“City-Data.com lists the 2011 population of San Diego as 1,113,516 people with 50.5% males and 49.5% females. There are approximately 4,044 people per square mile in the city of San Diego. The median age is 33.6 years old, which is under California’s median age of 45.6 years old. San Diego has a diverse population with 45.1% being white only, 28.8% Hispanic, 15.6% Asian only, and 6.3% black only. The remaining portion of the population is 2
Community Health Nursing
Community Description and Interpretation of Data
America’s Finest City, San Diego, California is located in the southern most county in California, San Diego County. “San Diego is the second largest city in California”, (Wikipedia, 2013). Bordered by Orange and Riverside Counties to the north, Imperial County to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Baja California, Mexico to the south. San Diego is known for it’s mild but, diverse climate. “Average temperatures are 60-80 degrees Fahrenheit, with more than 200 days above 70 degrees Fahrenheit. With warm dry summers and low rainfall averages of 9-13 inches, San Diego’s climate is described as semi-arid”, (San Diego Wikipedia entry, 2013). “Air quality in San Diego is ranked as good to moderate depending on what part of the city you live in. Downtown and the coastal regions tend to have moderate air quality where the outer regions of the city fall in the good category”, County of San Diego Air Pollution Control Distric website, 2013). “According to an article on NBC News, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that San Diego is 9th of 10 cities with the worst drinking water in the nation. They report San Diego’s water system contained eight chemicals exceeding health guidelines”, (NBC News website, 2013). For this paper, I will mostly focus on the city of San Diego due to its high population.
“City-Data.com lists the 2011 population of San Diego as 1,113,516 people with 50.5% males and 49.5% females. There are approximately 4,044 people per square mile in the city of San Diego. The median age is 33.6 years old, which is under California’s median age of 45.6 years old. San Diego has a diverse population with 45.1% being white only, 28.8% Hispanic, 15.6% Asian only, and 6.3% black only. The remaining portion of the population is 2
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