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Community Health Needs Assessment 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment 2019 Sherman Oaks Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment, 2019 CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................. 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................................................ 12 METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 Primary Data ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 Secondary Data ................................................................................................................................................... 13 HOSPITAL AREA DEFINITION .................................................................................................................................. 15 COMMUNITY PROFILE ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Demographic Data .............................................................................................................................................. 16 HEALTH STATUS IN SERVICE PLANNING AREA AND COMPARISON AREAS ............................................................. 22 Cancers ............................................................................................................................................................... 25 Depression (Medicare Population) ..................................................................................................................... 40 Diabetes .............................................................................................................................................................. 43 Depression – Medicare Population ..................................................................................................................... 47 Percentage of Medicare Population with Depression by Year, 2011 through 2017 ............................................ 48 Diabetes (Adult) .................................................................................................................................................. 49 Diabetes (Medicare Population) ......................................................................................................................... 52 Heart Disease (Adult) .......................................................................................................................................... 55 Heart Disease (Medicare Population) ................................................................................................................. 57 SHERMAN OAKS HOSPITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT 2019 2 High Blood Pressure (Adult) ................................................................................................................................ 59 High Blood Pressure (Medicare Population) ....................................................................................................... 60 High Cholesterol (Adult) ...................................................................................................................................... 63 High Cholesterol (Medicare Population) ............................................................................................................. 65 Infant Mortality .................................................................................................................................................. 68 Low Birth Weight ................................................................................................................................................ 70 Mortality - Cancer ............................................................................................................................................... 73 Mortality – Heart Disease ................................................................................................................................... 78 Mortality ‐ Drug Poisoning .................................................................................................................................. 81 Mortality – Coronary Heart Disease .................................................................................................................... 83 Mortality –Lung Disease ..................................................................................................................................... 87 Mortality – Stroke ............................................................................................................................................... 90 Mortality – Suicide .............................................................................................................................................. 94 Obesity ............................................................................................................................................................... 98 Overweight ....................................................................................................................................................... 101 Poor Dental Health ........................................................................................................................................... 103 Poor General Health ......................................................................................................................................... 105 STI - Chlamydia ................................................................................................................................................. 106 STI – Gonorrhea ................................................................................................................................................ 109 STI – HIV Prevalence ......................................................................................................................................... 112 SURVEY DATA SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 115 Survey Respondents’ Age.................................................................................................................................. 116 SHERMAN OAKS HOSPITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT 2019 3 Population by Race/Ethnicity ............................................................................................................................ 116 Tenure in Community ....................................................................................................................................... 117 Payment for Insurance ...................................................................................................................................... 117 Primary Health Problems .................................................................................................................................. 118 Greatest Risk Factors ........................................................................................................................................ 119 Perception of Sherman Oaks Community Hospital ........................................................................................... 120 Do you own or rent your residence? ................................................................................................................. 122 What is your age bracket? ................................................................................................................................ 122 Under 18 ........................................................................................................................................................... 122 Are you female or male? ................................................................................................................................... 123 Are you currently employed?............................................................................................................................ 123 What are your income and your total household income? ............................................................................... 124 Your income ...................................................................................................................................................... 124 Total household ................................................................................................................................................ 124 Do you currently have health insurance? .......................................................................................................... 125 Who pays for your health insurance? ............................................................................................................... 125 In the past 12 months, have you had a: ............................................................................................................ 126 General Health Exam ........................................................................................................................................ 126 Blood Pressure Check ......................................................................................................................................
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