Inequality and Access to Resources
This was the third leading cause of death by 2019.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?
1 death every 4 minutes from COPD
1.6M diagnosed with COPD in California.
[Breathe SoCal]
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung disease that progresses slowly over time, making it difficult to breathe. In people who have COPD, the airways, or tubes that carry air from the nose and mouth into the lungs, are partially blocked – either because of thickening and mucus, or because the airways are floppy and collapse, or both. By 2019, COPD was the third leading cause of death in the United States, killing more than 120,000 Americans each year; that is one death every four minutes. More than 12 million Americans are currently diagnosed with COPD, including 1.6 million people in California , and it is thought that an additional 12 million people have the disease and are unaware of it . In the early stages of the disease the signs may be very subtle and many people might think they have gained weight, are out of shape, or are just getting older. Many people do not seek prompt medical attention for COPD because early symptoms are so subtle. COPD is also a leading cause of disability. When severe, it interferes with a person’s ability to do everyday things like take a shower or tie their shoes.
COPD refers to a classification of diseases that obstructs air ways, making it very difficult to breathe. COPD consists of two primary diseases: emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Often they occur together, but can occur separately as well. Chronic asthma is also considered part of the COPD classification, and often individuals with bronchitis and emphysema may have chronic asthma.
This is the number of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles county.
What is 75k?
LA: 75k people experiencing homelessness in LA county, with a 10.7% decrease in unsheltered PEH and a 17.7% increase in available shelters.
SD: 11k PEH, 3% increase with 6k unhoused
OC: 7k PEH, a 28% increase from 2022
[Tiny Homes]
Number of registered voters in the U.S.
What is 161.42m?
2024 U.S. Presidential Election - statistics & facts | Statista
The US population in 2022 was around 330M. Estimates of the Population of Voting Age for Each State and the District of Columbia in 2023 were around 260M.
Providing this to prisoners helps reduce the likelihood of recidivism by ~15%.
What is education and training?
Access to education and training helps to reduce the likelihood of recidivism by ~15%, helping provide employment benefits leading to a safer community.
[PLP, Californians for Safety & Justice]
This is the number of youths experiencing homelessness across the US.
What is 57k?
57k Youths experiencing homelessness across USA
[Covenant House: Covenant House provides shelter for 2.4k youths nightly]
The amount CA spends on the criminal justice system.
What is $50B?
$50B is the amount CA spends on the criminal justice system, with CA voters hoping to reduce costs by $1B through programs and support systems for potential offenders and re-offenders.
[Californians for Safety & Justice]
The difference between barriers to healthcare vs. social determinants of health.
Barriers to healthcare vs. Social Determinants of health?
Factors that prevent an individual, population, and/or community from acquiring access to healthcare (cost, time, language barriers, lack of knowledge about available resources, fear of what tests reveal)
Conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, worship, that lead to health inequity based on race, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
[USC Mobile Clinic]
The likelihood of people recently released from prison experiencing homelessness compared to others.
What is 11.5x?
People recently released from prison are 11.5x more likely to experience homelessness than others.
Provide resources such as housing and employment to help successfully reenter the community.
[Californians for Safety & Justice]
The CA proposition passed in 2024 which authorized bonds to build mental health treatment facilities for those with mental health and substance use challenges and provided housing for the homeless.
What is Proposition 1?
Authorizes $6.38 Billion in Bonds to build Mental Health Treatment Facilities for those with Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges; Provides Housing for the Homeless. Veterans are 72% more likely to commit suicide than those that have not served.
[VMPI]