DO29 INFORMATICS FOR TRANSFORMING NURSING CARE _Public Health Brief

Student Name

D029: Informatics for Transforming Nursing Care

Beverly Ballard

July 21, 2023

Population Health Data Brief

1. SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
2. Key Findings

• Butler County in Ohio has a score of 49 for access to healthcare.
• The population with no access to healthcare insurance in the County is 7.7%
• The smoking rate in Butler County is 21.8% which is above the national average of 20.0%.
• Life expectancy in Butler County, Ohio, is 76.7 years.
• The overall equity score in Butler County is 45.
• The racial disparity in accessing education is 0.11
• Butler County’s premature death disparity index score is 0.0035.
• The overall education score of the community in Butler County, Ohio, is 63
• The unemployment rate in Butler, Ohio, is 7.3%
• The poverty rate is 11.5%.
• The overall food and nutrition score of the County is 53.
• Regarding public safety, the County’s score is 47, with the violent crime rate being 270 within 100,000 persons.
• The homeownership rate in Butler County is 69.1%, which is below the national average of 73.2%.
• The overall infrastructure score of the County is 800, with 1000% of the population having broadband access.
• The environmental score, which asses the community’s natural surroundings by evaluating water and air quality and access to natural amenities and parks, is 51.

Figure 1. Map of Butler County, Ohio

Source. Butler County Auditor. (2023).

1. Introductory Paragraph

The 2020 census established Butler County, located in the Southwestern part of Ohio, has a population of 390 378 (United States Census Bureau QuickFacts, n.d.). The annual population change in the County between 2010 and 2020 was -0.5%. Persons under the age of 5 years out of the whole population are 5.7%, while those under 18 years are 23.1%. The elderly population makes up 16.2% of the total population in Butler County, with males and females almost being the same as women, who make up 50.5% of the whole population in Butler, Ohio. The population size also varies across races, with white non-Hispanics making up 81.8%, followed by African Americans, who account for 10.2% of the total population in the County. The Data USA (2023) indicates that Asian non-Hispanics are 3.42% of the population, while multiracial persons who are non-Hispanics make up 3.86% of the total population. According to the United States Census Bureau QuickFacts (n.d.), American Indians and Alaska Natives alone are 0.3%. Pacific islanders, including native Hawaiians, make up 0.2% of the population, while Hispanics are the third largest ethnic group in Butler County, accounting for 5.7% of the total population. Butler County also has veterans with the recent estimation, as per the United States Census Bureau QuickFacts. (n.d.), approximating them to be 20,165 of the total population. The changes within the population of the selected County are often influenced by the influx of foreign-born persons who make up 6.6% of the total population. Based on the current population in Butler, the population per square mile increased from 788.2 in 2010 to 836.7 in 2020.

1. Sociodemographic Profile Table

Sociodemographic characteristics
County
United States

Population estimates
390, 378
331,893,745

Percentage population change
-0.5%
0.1%

Percentage of persons aged 65 and older
16.2%
16.5%

Percentage of female persons
50.5%
50.8%

White population
81.8%
76.3%

Percentage of Black or African Americans
10.2%
13.4%

Percentage of American Indians and Alaska natives alone
0.3%
1.3%

Percentage of Asians alone
4.7%
5.9%

Percentage of Native Hawaiians and another pacific islander alone
0.2%
0.2%

Percentage of two or more races
2.8%
2.8%

Hispanic and Latina percentage
5.7%
18.5%

Percentage of white alone, not Latino or Hispanic
77.2%
60.1%

Percentage of 5 years or older speaking a language other than English
8.5%
21.5%

Percentage of houses with a computer
93.9%
91.9%

Percentage of High school graduates or high
91.5%
88.5%

Percentage of persons with disability aged under 65 years
8.4%
8.7%

Percentage of people without health insurance under 65 years
7.7%
10.2%

Percentage of persons in the Labor force aged 16 years and above
64.0%
63.0%

Percentage of females aged 16 years and above in the labor force
60.1%
58.4%

Total Healthcare and Social assistance Revenue
1,831,995
2,040,441,203

Total Retail sales per Capita
$22,001
$13,443

Per Capita income in the last year
$34,632
$35,384

Population per square mile
836.7
87.4

Percentage of persons in poverty
11.6%
11.4%

Percentage of persons under 18
23.1%
22.3%

Source. United States Census Bureau QuickFacts. (n.d.)

1. HEALTH TRENDS AND RANKING
2. Introductory Paragraph

The county health Rankings and Roadmaps website was the primary source for graphs on health outcomes within Butler County, Ohio. Therefore, the charts were not constructed independently but downloaded from the stated website. Currently, the leading health trends perceived as ideal for this evaluation are unemployment, premature deaths, sexually transmitted infections, children in poverty, the number of those uninsured, the number of primary care physicians, and deaths resulting from alcohol-impaired driving. The measures were selected based on their direct influence on community health outcomes and public health statistics. Primarily, the rationale for collecting this data is that it can be availed to the public through various State, County, and federal programs (Oldrey, 2018).