WATERLOO — The Black Hawk County Public Well being Division is searching for individuals to finish a survey on their priorities for group well being enchancment.
The division launched on-line truth sheets at bhcpublichealth.org on priorities for group well being enchancment akin to psychological well being and trauma, wholesome consuming, well being fairness and different rising well being points. The well being division is encouraging group members to evaluation knowledge and then take the survey on-line.
U.S. Census Bureau knowledge from 2020 says the median family earnings of Black Hawk County is $56,100. White residents make $58,800 and Hispanic residents make $53,100. Black residents make $29,500 – just a bit over half of what white residents make. This fee is identical for 2019, as properly.
From 2015 to 2019, the common poverty fee for Black Hawk County was 15.8%, in accordance with the press launch. The Waterloo 50703 ZIP code had a median family earnings that was about two-thirds the median family earnings of the county. That very same ZIP code had the best proportion of households paying 30% or extra of their earnings for lease, at 58.4%. The share for Black Hawk County was 47%.
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As for training, Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Hudson colleges noticed a lower in commencement charges in 2021.The Iowa common additionally decreased. Dunkerton and Union colleges noticed a rise.
In 2020, Waterloo colleges had a median commencement fee of 85.8%, whereas all different Black Hawk County faculty districts have been above 90%.
Black Hawk County can be in a bunch of counties with probably the most antagonistic childhood experiences. Such experiences can improve dangers of damage, sexually transmitted infections, maternal and youngster well being issues, intercourse trafficking and persistent illnesses. The opposite counties within the group embrace Clayton, Dubuque, Delaware, Buchanan, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Clinton, Cedar, Johnson, Iowa and Scott.
Respondents to the Black Hawk County Behavioral Threat Issue Surveillance System mentioned the common variety of days their psychological well being was “not good” previously month elevated from 2.4 days in 2016 to 4.4 days in 2020. There was a 0.5% improve of inpatient admissions with primarily psychological well being diagnoses from 2016 to 2020, in comparison with 2013 to 2017. From 2016 to 2020, extra residents from the 50703 ZIP code have been identified with a substance use dysfunction than anticipated.
Weight problems charges have been rising in Black Hawk County, in addition to the whole nation. Iowa ranked seventh within the U.S. in self-reported weight problems prevalence in 2020, with 36.5% of individuals reporting they’re overweight.
The county’s total weight problems fee was larger at 38.1%. Even larger was the speed for Black residents, at 52.6%. The general fee for white residents was 37.5%.
Black Hawk residents are on par with the state common for folks consuming multiple fruit or vegetable a day, though the hole is widening. Meals insecurity charges for kids are larger in Black Hawk County than within the state of Iowa.
Meals insecurity is outlined as having diminished entry to wholesome meals. The quantity of kids experiencing meals insecurity within the county is at 15.4%, in comparison with the state of Iowa’s 13.1%. The common value of a meal in Black Hawk County was $2.95 in 2019, in comparison with the Iowa common of $2.88.
Rising well being points outlined by the Black Hawk County Well being Division embrace the growing fee of sexually transmitted infections, particularly gonorrhea. The speed in Black Hawk County nearly doubled from 2017 to 2020. Chlamydia and syphilis are additionally way more prevalent in Black Hawk County in comparison with the remainder of the state.
Different growing traits embrace bronchial asthma and melanoma. As well as, the report mentioned personal wells testing optimistic for nitrate elevated from 9.8% to twenty.3% from 2019 to 2020. The report additionally said youngster poverty and healthcare prices have elevated.
The outcomes of the survey shall be utilized by the Neighborhood Well being Enchancment Steering Committee to plan for the long run. In 2020, the Black Hawk County Board of Well being adopted its present priorities as psychological well being and trauma, wholesome consuming, and fairness.
Members of the group can name Black Hawk County Public Well being at (319) 291-2413 for paper copies of the survey.
