Summation of Recent Camden City Health Studies Joan M. Gray-UMDNJ Fieldwork Project Presentation to Camden City Healthy Futures Committee September 28, 2006

Preventing/Reducing Major Diseases Asthma Annual hospital admission rate due to asthma per 100,000 population Sources: NJDHSS, Center for Health Statistics. Healthy New Jersey 2010: Update 2005 Camden City data source-Camden Hospital and Emergency Room Health Data 2003, Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers, CAMConnect June 2006 Healthy Camden City 2010: Update 2005

Summary of Challenges Camden City High Utilization of Emergency Departments versus primary care Infant mortality, prenatal care, and teen pregnancies in Camden City Obesity Heart Disease, Asthma, Diabetes Cancer particularly breast, colorectal, invasive cervical, and lung mortality. Oral and prostate incidence levels.* Mental Health Infectious Disease * From Data to Strategy: Information for Planning a Smoking Cessation Program-2005 Camden County Cancer Coalition

Top Priorities Identified in Community Focus Groups Issues of poverty and the working poor, lack of housing, jobs, education Healthcare concerns (particularly men’s health, mental health, exercise, and affordability) Concerns regarding safety, drugs, domestic violence, and after school safety Concerns related to families and children, parenting skills

Waterfront South Air Pollutants Currently above Health Benchmarks Pollutants with risk ratios greater than one Currently above Health Benchmarks Arsenic, Cadmium, Dioxin, Nickel- cancer the health effect of concern Lead-irreversible neurological and behavioral deficits in children, cancer Hydrogen sulfide-adverse effects of nasal tract, headache and nausea Manganese-visual reaction, eye-hand coordination, hand steadiness Camden Waterfront South Air Toxics Pilot Project 2005 NJ Dept of Environmental Protection

Waterfront South Air Pollutants Currently above Health Benchmarks Fine Particulate Matter PM 25 risk ratio 1.5 Inhalable Particulate Matter PM 10 risk ratio 1.2 Diesel Particulate Matterrisk ratio 1.4 Camden Waterfront South Air Toxics Pilot Project 2005 NJ Dept of Environmental Protection