2003
Health of Older Californians: County Data Book
OCT 2003 | UCLA Center for Health Policy Research | COUNTY DATA BOOK
Data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey and 2000 U.S. Census
This data book provides important information about the health behaviors, health status, and the use of health services by Older Californians. The first section contains a narrative summary about the health of the older people in California. The second section has maps that show the distribution of the older population along several of the basic demographic characteristics used in this report, including race/ethnicity, low-income, and limited-English proficiency. The third section provides a series of two-page tables with the rates of selected health behaviors, the health status, and the use of health services of older Californians. Each geographic area has columns with information for elders of different races and ethnicities, older women, older people with low-incomes, older people with limited-English abilities, and for Medi-Cal recipients age 65 and over. This section ends with a summary table that makes comparisons between counties easier for the total county populations of older adults. The fourth section has demographic data for the state, substate regions, and each of the 58 counties. The fifth section contains technical appendices and acknowledgments.
