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The term "Asian" refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent (for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam). Asian groups are not limited to nationalities, but include ethnic terms, as well. [1] The term "native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander" refers to people who are descended from any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. Pacific Islanders include diverse populations that differ in language and culture. They are of Polynesian, Micronesian, and Melanesian cultural backgrounds. [2] The 2005 American Community Survey estimates that the United States population was 288.4 million. Of the total, 13.9 million, or 4.8 percent, reported Asian. This number included 12.5 million people, or 4.3 percent, who reported only Asian. Of the total 288.4 million United States population on the 2005 American Community Survey, 764,255 or 0.3 percent, reported Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. This number included 397,030 people, or 0.1 percent, who reported only Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander. [3]
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Incidence and Prevalence of Diseases
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AIDS/HIV, number of 38,730 newly reported cases in 2004 [4] |
394 |
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Cardiovascular Disease [5] |
6.7% |
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Coronary Heart Disease5 |
4.2% |
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Cleft lip/palate [6] |
1.7 per 1,000 births |
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Diabetes Mellitus5 |
7.5% |
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Stroke5 |
2.4% |
Risk Factors
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Hypertension5 |
16.9% |
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Obesity (BMI 30+)5 |
6.0% |
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Total Cholesterol of 240 mg/dL+5 |
27.3% |
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According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, approximately 4.4% of students enrolled in elementary and secondary schools in the Fall of 2003 were Asian or Pacific Islander. [7] The US Census Bureau indicates that 69.4% of Asian/Pacific Islander children ages 5-17 speak a language other than English. [8]
Special Education Identification (Fall 2005) [9]
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% of Asian/Pacific Islander |
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Specific Learning Disabilities |
1.71 |
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Speech or Language Impairment |
1.29 |
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Mental Retardation |
0.40 |
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Emotional Disturbance |
0.20 |
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Multiple Disabilities |
0.13 |
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Hearing Impairment |
0.13 |
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Orthopedic Impairment |
0.09 |
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Other Health Impairment |
0.30 |
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Visual Impairment |
0.04 |
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Autism |
0.37 |
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Deaf-Blindness |
0.00 |
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Traumatic Brain Injury |
0.02 |
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Developmental Delay |
0.07 |
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[1] U.S. Census Bureau. (2002, February). "The Asian population: 2000." Retrieved May 21, 2004 from http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs.html.
[2] U.S. Census Bureau. (2001, December). "The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Population: 2000." Retrieved May 21, 2004 from http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs.html.
[3] U.S. Census Bureau. American community survey. Data generated by Andrea Moxley; using American FactFinder. Retrieved March 16, 2007 from http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html.
[4] Center for Disease Control and Population. (2006) "Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS among Asians and Pacific Islanders." Downloaded March 13, 2007 from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/PDF/API.pdf [PDF].
[5] Asian/Pacific Islanders and cardiovascular diseases—statistics. (2007). Retrieved March 20, 2007, from http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1136409032931AsianPac06.pdf [PDF].
[7] Digest of Education Statistics. (2005). "Percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary school, by race/ethnicity and state: Fall 1993 and Fall 2003". Downloaded March 13, 2007 from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d05/tables/dt05_038.asp.
[8] U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. Data generated by Andrea Moxley; using American Fact Finder: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html.
[9] http://www.ideadata.org/tables29th/ar_1-18.htm downloaded March 13, 2007.
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