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    This document provides health statistics for residents in Brooklyn Senate District 17, noting that 26% rate their health as fair or poor, 23% are obese, and 15.3% lack health insurance. It highlights the high rates of public insurance usage and numbers of uninsured residents in the area, and it indicates that lack of adequate insurance prevents many from affording needed medical care and prescriptions.

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    HEALTH CARE IN BROOKLYN

    Facts and Information for Residents of


    New York Senate District 17
    HEALTHCARE IN BROOKLYN
    HEALTHCARE IN BROOKLYN

    26%
    of Borough Park residents rate their
    health as “fair” or “poor”

    NYC Health Department


    HEALTHCARE IN BROOKLYN

    23%
    of Borough Park residents are obese

    NYC Health Department


    HEALTHCARE IN BROOKLYN

    9%
    of Borough Park residents have
    diabetes

    NYC Health Department


    HEALTHCARE IN BROOKLYN

    47.5%
    of Community District 12 & 14
    residents rely on public health
    insurance

    2008-2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates


    HEALTHCARE IN BROOKLYN

    15.3%
    of Borough Park residents have no
    health insurance, as of 2014

    NYC Health Department


    HEALTHCARE IN BROOKLYN

    31,468
    Uninsured residents of New York
    Senate District 17

    2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates


    HEALTHCARE IN BROOKLYN

    10%
    of Borough Park residents went without
    needed medical care in 2015, due to lack
    of adequate health insurance

    NYC Health Department


    HEALTHCARE IN BROOKLYN

    1 out of 3
    Patients with insurance go without
    prescribed medicines or fail to get
    needed medical attention due to high
    deductibles or co-pays
    New York Health Campaign
    HEALTHCARE IN BROOKLYN

    20,000
    New Yorkers have died unnecessarily
    due to a lack of health insurance in
    the past ten years

    New York Health Campaign

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