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The 2005 American Community Survey estimates that the United States population was 288.4 million, and 41.9 million, or 14.5% percent, were Hispanic or Latino. The remaining 246.5 million people, or 85.5 percent, were not Hispanic or Latino. Nearly 98 percent of all respondents reported only one race. The largest group reported White alone, accounting for 74.7 percent of all people living in the United States. The Black or African American alone population represented 12.1 percent of the total. Just under 1 percent of all respondents indicated only American Indian and Alaska Native, and 4.3 percent indicated only Asian. The smallest race group was the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone population, representing 0.1 percent of the total population. The remainder of the "one race" respondents—6 percent of all respondents—indicated only some other race. The "two or more races category" represents all respondents who reported more than one race. Just under 2 percent (1.9) of the total population reported more than one race. [1]
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Incidence and Prevalence of Diseases
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AIDS/HIV, number of newly reported cases in 2005 [2] |
38,096 |
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Cleft lip/palate [3] |
1 per 1,000 births |
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Cleft palate3 |
1 per 2,000 births |
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome [4] |
0.4 per 1,000 live births |
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Female |
Male |
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Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)5 |
36.6% |
37.5% |
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Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)5 |
6.1% |
8.5% |
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Diabetes Mellitus5 |
6.9% |
7.4% |
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Stroke [5] |
2.8% |
2.6% |
Risk Factors
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Female |
Male |
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Hypertension5 |
39.0 M |
33.0 M |
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Obesity (BMI 30+)5 |
33.2% |
29.5% |
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Total cholesterol 240 mg/dL+5 |
17.1% |
16.2% |
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Percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by race/ethnicity in Fall 2003. [6]
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White, non-Hispanic |
Black, non-Hispanic |
Hispanic |
Asian or Pacific Islander |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
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58.7% |
17.2% |
18.5% |
4.4% |
1.2% |
The US Census Bureau indicates that 18.4% of children ages 5-17 speak a language other than English. [7]
Special Education Identification (Fall 2005) [8]
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All students served |
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Specific Learning Disabilities |
4.14 |
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Speech or Language Impairment |
1.74 |
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Mental Retardation |
0.81 |
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Emotional Disturbance |
0.72 |
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Multiple Disabilities |
0.20 |
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Hearing Impairment |
0.11 |
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Orthopedic Impairment |
0.10 |
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Other Health Impairment |
0.85 |
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Visual Impairment |
0.04 |
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Autism |
0.29 |
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Deaf-Blindness |
0.00 |
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Traumatic Brain Injury |
0.04 |
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Developmental Delay |
0.12 |
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[1] 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.
[2] Center for Disease Control and Population. (2005) "Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2005." Downloaded March 13, 2007 from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2005report/table1.htm.
[3] Quick reference and fact sheets: Cleft lip and cleft palate. (n.d.) Retrieved March 16, 2007, from http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/14332_1210.asp.
[4] Center for Disease Control. Healthy people 2010. Data generated by Andrea Moxley using CDC Wonder. Downloaded from http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010.
[5] American Heart Association. (2007). Heart disease and stroke statistics-2007 update. Dallas: American Heart Association.
[6] Digest of Education Statistics. (2002). "Percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary school, by race/ethnicity and state: Fall 1986 and Fall 2000." Downloaded May 21, 2004, from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d02/dt042.asp.
[7] U.S. Census Bureau. American community survey. Data generated by Andrea Moxley; using American FactFinder. Retrieved May 21, 2004 from: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html.
[8] https://www.ideadata.org/tables29th/ar_1-12.htm downloaded March 13, 2007.
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