June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council Health Equity What it looks like in Leadville and Lake County

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council  Median Income: 76% of the state average (Census)  Child poverty, 26.6% (state 18.1%) (Census)  Food costs 18% higher than national average (Lake County Food Assessment)  Health insurance costs 68%-72% higher than in Denver (ehealthinsurance.com )  Study of 30 low-income Lake County families showed families spending 20% of their income on fuel (fuel poverty is considered 10%) (C4)  Bedroom community for Eagle, Summit & Chaffee Counties; many residents spend a lot on commuting (anecdotal) COMMUNITY CHALLENGES: ECONOMIC

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council  35% of families in the LCSD speak Spanish in the home (CDE)  27% of Lake County community is uninsured (state=17%) (Robert Wood Johnson)  50% of schools in the Lake County School District are on the state “turnaround clock” (CDE) COMMUNITY CHALLENGES: SOCIAL

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council  46% of our housing stock was built before 1960 (state=19%) (Colorado Health Indicators)  57% of homes tested for radon in Lake County are over the radon limit (Colorado Health Indicators) COMMUNITY CHALLENGES: ENVIRONMENTAL

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council Education: K-12

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council Education: K-12

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council Education: K-12

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council Health

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council Health

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council  Almost 1/5 of us say we’re in poor or fair health (LC=19%, state=13%) (Robert Wood Johnson)  Lake County residents are 1/3 more likely to be hospitalized for heart disease in Lake County than in Colorado (Colorado Health Indicators)  We’re more likely to die by unintentional injury (Rate of death by unintentional injury is 95 (per 100,000) versus state rate of 66 (per 100,000) (Colorado Health Indicators) Health

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council Behavioral Health

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council Behavioral Health

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council Behavioral Health

June 4, 2013 Presentation to the El Pomar High Country Council QUESTIONS?