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
Cobb and Douglas Counties had similar, more, or less rates of COVID-19 when compared to the state.
What is similar?
Cobb - 24,784 per 100,000 pop
Douglas - 25,480 per 100,000 pop
GA - 25,552 per 100,000 pop
US - 27,866 per 100,000 pop
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%
The omicron variant led to a surge of COVID-19 cases in this season.
What is Winter 2021 (Dec 2021 to March 2022)?
In this County, COVID-19 vaccination rates exceed the state.
What is Cobb County?
Cobb: 63%
Douglas: 52%
GA: 57%
US: 67%
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)
In Cobb County, when comparing by race, fatality rates were highest for these residents --- whose case fatality rate was twice that of the general population (2,083 per 100,000 cases versus 1,036).
What are American Indian/Alaska Natives residents?
Additionally, COVID-19 case fatality rates were 44% higher for males (1,247 per 100,000 cases) than females (867 per 100,000 cases). Case fatality rates were 46% higher for residents of White race than the general population (1,510 per 100,000 cases versus 1,036) and 93% higher for Non-Hispanic/Latino residents compared to Hispanic/Latino residents (1,345 per 100,000 cases versus 697).
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?
In Douglas County, 67% of COVID-19 cases are from this group of people?
What are unvaccinated people (as of 8/2022)?
67% unvaccinated, 5% partially vaccinated, 21% fully vaccinated, and 7% vaccinated and boosted.
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.
When did Douglas County get it first COVID-19 case?
What is mid-March 2020?
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.
In the health district, breakthrough COVID-19 cases peaked in this month of 2022.
What is April 2022?
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?