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Appendix
Table 1.
The Breakdown: Municipality Cumulative AIDS cases vs. Total Population
|
Cities |
AIDS cases |
Total Pop. |
Rate per 100,000 |
x over U.S. Rate* |
|
Belleville |
183 |
35928 |
509 |
1.5 |
|
Bloomfield |
184 |
47683 |
386 |
1.1 |
|
Caldwell |
|
7584 |
|
|
|
Cedar Grove |
|
12300 |
|
|
|
City of Orange |
590 |
32868 |
1795 |
5.3 |
|
East Orange |
2144 |
69824 |
3071 |
9 |
|
Essex Fells |
|
2162 |
|
|
|
Fairfield |
|
7063 |
|
|
|
Glen Ridge |
|
7271 |
|
|
|
Irvington |
1250 |
60695 |
2059 |
6 |
|
Livingston |
|
27391 |
|
|
|
Maplewood |
97 |
23868 |
406 |
1.2 |
|
Millburn |
|
19765 |
|
|
|
Montclair |
327 |
38977 |
839 |
2.5 |
|
Newark |
9284 |
273546 |
3394 |
10 |
|
North Caldwell |
|
7375 |
|
|
|
Nutley |
58 |
27362 |
212 |
0.63 |
|
Roseland |
|
5298 |
|
|
|
South Orange |
61 |
16964 |
360 |
1.1 |
|
Verona |
|
13533 |
|
|
|
West Caldwell |
|
11233 |
|
|
|
West Orange |
145 |
44943 |
323 |
0.95 |
|
Essex County |
|
793633 |
|
|
*U.S. cumulative rate is 339 cases per 100,000 population. This rate includes states and possessions.
Table 2.
Essex County: HIV/AIDS Cases by Gender and Transmission
|
Transmission Category |
Males |
Percent |
Females |
Percent |
Total |
Percent |
|
Male-to-male sexual contact |
2436 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
2436 |
12 |
|
Injection drug use |
5600 |
44 |
3024 |
40 |
8624 |
42 |
|
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use |
596 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
596 |
3 |
|
Heterosexual contact |
2854 |
22 |
3835 |
50 |
6689 |
33 |
|
Risk not reported/other |
1286 |
10 |
755 |
10 |
2041 |
10 |
|
Total |
12772 |
100 |
7614 |
100 |
20386 |
100 |
Table 3.
NJ Department of Education: Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Standards
|
|
Standards as mandated by the New Jersey Department of Education |
Requirement Met? |
|
By the end of Grade 2: |
"Explain the difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases.” |
yes |
|
|
"Explain ways to prevent the spread of diseases such as hand washing, immunizations, covering coughs, |
yes |
|
|
and not sharing cups, hats, or combs." |
|
|
By the end of Grade 4: |
"Discuss the importance of the early detection of diseases and health conditions." |
no |
|
|
"Explain that some diseases and health conditions are preventable and some are not." |
yes |
|
|
"Investigate how the use of universal precautions, sanitation and waste disposal, proper food handling |
yes |
|
|
and storage, and environmental controls help to prevent diseases and health conditions." |
|
|
By the end of Grade 6: |
"Compare and contrast diseases and health conditions prevalent in adolescents, including…HIV/AIDS." |
no |
|
|
"Discuss the relationship between injected drug use and diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis." |
no |
|
By the end of Grade 8: |
"Investigate current and emerging methods to diagnose and treat diseases and health conditions." |
no |
|
|
"Classify diseases and health conditions as communicable, noncommunicable, acute, chronic, or inherited." |
yes |
|
|
"Compare and contrast diseases and health conditions, including hepatitis, STDs, HIV/AIDS, breast |
no |
|
|
cancer, and testicular cancer." |
|
|
|
"Analyze local and state public health efforts to prevent and control diseases and health conditions." |
no |
|
|
"Analyze how certain behaviors place one at greater risk for HIV/AIDS, STDs, and unintended pregnancy." |
yes |
|
By the end of Grade 12: |
"Critique behaviors that place one at greater risk for HIV/AIDS, STDs, and unintended pregnancy." |
yes |
|
|
"Analyze factors that influence the choice, use, and effectiveness of contraception, risk reduction, or risk |
yes |
|
|
elimination strategies." |
|
Table 4.
U.S. Census, 2000: Average Time and Distance Traveled to Work
|
County |
Average Travel to Work (minutes) |
Distance to New York City (miles) |
|
Essex |
30.3 |
13 |
|
Hudson |
31.2 |
7 |
|
Passaic |
25.5 |
17 |
Table 5.
U.S. Census, 2000: Racial Composition of Select Essex County Municipalities
|
Municipality |
Percent African American |
Percent White |
|
Newark |
52.7 |
21.9 |
|
East Orange |
not available |
not available |
|
Irvington |
85.3 |
7 |
|
Orange |
not available |
not available |
|
Montclair |
32.1 |
59.8 |
|
Bloomfield |
11.7 |
70.1 |
|
West Caldwell |
0.9 |
93.8 |
|
Livingston |
1.2 |
82.6 |
|
Essex Fells |
0.5 |
96.9 |
|
United States |
12.3 |
75.1 |
Table 6.
Essex County and National Percentages: HIV/AIDS cases by Race/Ethnicity
|
|
Males |
Females |
Totals |
||||||
|
Race/Ethnicity |
Cases |
Ntl % |
Percent |
Cases |
Ntl % |
Percent |
Cases |
Ntl % |
Percent |
|
Hispanic, All Races |
1719 |
18 |
13 |
725 |
15 |
10 |
2444 |
18 |
12 |
|
Not Hispanic, Black or African American |
9905 |
41 |
78 |
6469 |
64 |
85 |
16374 |
49 |
80 |
|
Not Hispanic, White |
1074 |
40 |
8 |
371 |
19 |
5 |
1445 |
31 |
7 |
|
Other/Unknown |
74 |
<2 |
1 |
49 |
<2 |
<1 |
123 |
<2 |
1 |
|
Total |
12772 |
|
100 |
7614 |
|
100 |
20386 |
|
100 |
