Healthcare: Diabetes in King County, Washington

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The majority of the population of Washington State resides in King County. Census
result have shown that about 1.9 million resides with 789 thousand homes comprising of 461
families. Inhabitants include 912.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of King County
includes 6.2 percent of African American, 64.8 percent of Non-Hispanic group, 14.8 percent
of Asian’s, 0.8 percent of Pacific Islander, 3.9 percent of other races and 0.8 percent of
Native Americans. Hispanic and Latino comprise 8.9 percent of the population ("King
County, Washington - King County", 2020). Out of the total household, 45.3 percent of the
population is married, 29.3 percent of the population are minor living with parents, 9.1
percent are female (unmarried), 31 percent are living individually in the house, and 41.5
percent of the population are non-families. The size of the household was found to be 2.40,
and the average size of the family was 3.05. The median age of the total population in King
County is 31 years.
The median income was found to be $68,000 and for the family was found to be
$87,010. Females had an income rate of $45761 in comparison to males, with an income of
$62,373 (Tang et al., 2016). It was found that 10 percent of the population and 6.4 percent of
the families are below the poverty line. As per 2018, the native-born citizen has a median age
of 35 years, which is less than the foreign-born with a median age of 41 years (Laymon et al.,
2015).
US Census Bureau suggested that the total area for King County is 2307 out of which
2116 square miles is land, and 191 square miles includes water. The topmost point in the
county is Mount Daniel, which is of 7959 feet above the sea level.
Two major health problems are perceiving in King County are diabetes and asthma.
This paper is structured to discuss diabetes. Public Health Data Watch summarized the data