Social Determinants of Health
On average, Cobb County residents spend this amount of minutes commuting to work (1 way)
What is 31.9 minutes?
Douglas-33.7 minutes
This partner offers programs that support youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. They also lead food distribution programs within low-income apartment complexes in Cobb County
What is the YMCA?
This county has 36.3 primary care providers per 100,000 people. In GA, the average is 65.6 per 100,000 people.
What is Douglas County?
This is a top cause of ER visits for Cobb County residents aged 0-14 and 55+.
What are falls?
1 in 3 people of this race/ethnicity are without health insurance.
What is the Hispanic population?
About _#_ in 4 eligible Cobb County voters voted in the Nov. 2020 national election.
What is 3 in 4 (77%)?
Douglas-69%
GA-68%
US-69%
This partner is a leader in public schools, has the superintendent of the year, and partners with CDPH each year to implement the Power in Truth Conference.
Douglas County School System?
This county is one of 4 Metro Atlanta counties with the highest prevelance rates for HIV.
What is Cobb?
88% of students in Cobb County reported stress due to the following reasons.
Infant mortality is almost 2x higher for this group of residents than White residents in Douglas County.
What are Black residents?
(Infant mortality rate in Douglas county is 6.2 per 1,000 live births. 4.8 per 1K live births for White residents and 8.3 per 1K live births for Black residents)
This is the top employer in Douglas County (industry).
What is educational services, health care and social assistance industry?
(same for Cobb)
This partner is building a graduate medical education program in Douglas which will increase access to care.
What is Wellstar?
In this county, raccoons and dogs were the leading vector of Rabies between 2016-2020.
What is Cobb County?
The CDC reports half of all new STDs reported each year are among young people between which age range.
What is 15-24 years of age?
Chlamydia rates are the highest among these 2 age ranges.
What is ages of 20-29 and 15-19?
The median household income in Douglas County is higher, lower, or the same as the state and nation.
What is higher at $67,651?
GA- $61,224
US- $64,994
There are large areas in the northern portion of the county where the median household income is under $50,001.
Located off of Roberta Drive, this organization offers affordable healthcare, including dental services.
What is Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb?
A stakeholder said the following about this county:
“Dental care is available, but often unaffordable. Primary health care services are available, but difficult to access for those that need affordable options through FQHC or local health charities.”
What is Cobb County?
The average life expectancy in Douglas.
What is 78 years? (80.7 in Cobb, 77.9 in GA, 77.0 in US)
These groups of residents are more impacted by hospitalizations, ER visits, and death related to drug use in Cobb County?
What are White, Multiracial and male residents?
Last school year, this percent of students were eligible for free or reduce lunch in Douglas County?
What is 55.1%?
Cobb-40.5%
GA-56.4%
US-53.2%
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offered all students free lunch in response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school year regardless of socioeconomic status. This provision is scheduled to end during 2022-2023 school year
This organization is one of Georgia's largest behavioral healthcare providers.
What is Highland Rivers?
A stakeholder said the following about this county:
"Growing community, but little access to walking paths allowing residents to reach stores safely on foot or bike."
What is Douglas County?
Top 5 leading causes of premature death in Cobb County.
1. accidental poisonings and exposure to noxious substances
2. suicide
3. ischemic heart and vascular disease
4. motor vehicle crashes
5. certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
In Cobb County, 60% of people living with HIV and 68% of new HIV diagnoses are from this race/ethnicity.
What are Black residents?