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Running Head: Nursing Community Research
NURSING COMMUNITY RESEARCH

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Part 1: Population Data
Population: Vital Statistics
Community County State
Live
Births
7,297 31,797 223,579
General
Deaths
3,819 20,575 203,353
Source of Evidence: Ballotpedia, (2018)
Population Mortality: 5 leading causes of death
Cause Community County
(death/100,000)
State
Heart Diseases 4,935 417.3 46,159
Cancer 4,781 392.3 44,862
Unintentional
injury and
accidents
1,382 221.4 12,812
Chronic Lower
respiratory
disease
757 28.7 12,619
Stroke 1,626 43.1 12,602
Source of Evidence: Florida health, (2019)
Population Morbidity: Top 5 causes of morbidity
Cause Community County State
Heart Diseases 4,935 417.3 46,159
Cancer 4,781 392.3 44,862
Chronic Lower 757 28.7 12,590

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respiratory
disease
Stroke 1,626 43.1 12,557
Alzheimer's
disease
401 185.7 6,956
Source of Evidence: Flhealthcharts, (2017)
Population Life Expectancy:
Cause Community County State
Male 73.8 81.0 76.3
Female 80.2 79.5 82.0
Overall 79.1 80.9 78.9
The health and wellbeing of person is referred by the Healthy life expectancy rates that
have been presented in the table below.
Population: Healthy Life Expectancy
Community County State
Male 49.8 49.2 53.1
Female 48.3 48.7 47.2
Overall 49 49.9 52
Source of Evidence: Miami-Dade, (2018)
Population: Physically and Mentally Unhealthy Days
Community County State
Male 3.3 3.0 3.2
Female 4.3 3.9 3.7
Overall 4.1 3.4 3.3
Source of Evidence: Carta, (2017)
Population: Race Distribution

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Community County State
White 3,46,252 15,667,909
Black/African
American
67,856 3,533,397
Hawaiian, Pacific
Islander
3,576 15,869
Asian 4,556 612,542
Native American 62 87,467
Other 5,326 918,136
Population Gender Distribution:
Community County State
Female 259,609 1,831,461 10,990,524
Male 237,933 1,701,936 10,495,714
Summary
The number of live births were reasonable and in accordance to the general trend noted
in the state of Florida. The community chosen was that of Miami in Miami Dade County.
The information was collected from Florida state survey and the census from Miami
Dade County. The number of live deaths in the community were 7,297 and the number
of deaths were 3,819. The leading cause of death was heart disease, cancer and
injuries caused due to accidents or in other situations. However, these do not include
self-inflicted injuries that can be considered as suicidal tendencies. The health condition
of people in Miami community of Miami Dade are comparatively better than the state
average. This is partly due to the health habits of the individuals along with the access
to quality health care. 78.3% of the people were recorded to have a personal doctor
while other resided on state funded health care service. The above data presents the
deaths caused within the geographical area due to health causes. Almost all the
diseases in the area were terminal and non-contagious. Heart, Chronic Lower
respiratory disease and Stroke are brought about by lifestyle conditions. Whereas
cancer and Alzheimer's disease are based on genetic makeup, triggered by exposure to
certain substances and other causes are still unknown. The number of deaths in the
community due to Alzheimer's disease in the community and in the county were