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Profile of Lawrence

• Nearly 74% of the city’s 76,377 residents are Latinos

• 27.3% live at or below federal poverty levels

• Lowest per capita income in Massachusetts ($15,913)- 35.2% of city residents never completed high school

• English fluency is reported by only 49% of the community

• 90% of Lawrence school children are minorities

• 74.9% of students speak a language other thanEnglish as their first language

• 24.2% of students have limited English proficiency

• Elevated rates of asthma, diabetes, tuberculosis, teenage pregnancy, lead paint poisoning, and substance abus

 

 

Achieving Healthy Outcomes

• Nearly 41% of Latino patients with diabetes have blood sugar controlled compared to only 15% five years ago

• Dramatic decline in infant mortality rate from high of 16.5 deaths/1,000 births in 1986 to 5.6 in 2007

• Decrease in low birth weight among Lawrence newborns

• 43 percent decline in teen pregnancies and 30 percent fewer dismissals at SBHCs

• No HIV+ babies born to Lawrence women in more than 14 years

• AIDS case rate is dropping faster than statewide

• STD rates dropped faster in Lawrence than statewide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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