American Indian people in Humboldt County,on average, will die 12 years earlier than their White counterparts, according to the most recent summary of health trends by the county’s health department.
The study was issued by the Humboldt Department of Health and Human Services and is available online at http://goo.gl/G3vdQ4.
Humboldt County had a population in 2010 of almost 135,000 and the state had a population of just over 37 million. The Humboldt County population that year was 77 percent White compared to only 52 percent White statewide. The Indian population the same year was 5.7 percent in the county compared to only 1 percent in the state.
One map in the summary, divided by zip code but not by ethnicity, shows that the average age of death in 95546, Hoopa and Weitchpec for 2008-20012 was under 60 years, and the age for 95556, Orleans, was 60-69. The averages for most the Eureka, Arcata zip codes was 70-74 years with one zip code enclave where the average mortality was 75 years or greater.
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