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COMMUNITY DASHBOARD

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Commute Time

Hospital Admissions: Asthma Updated

Bike Lanes

Pediatric Asthma Updated

Liquor Store Density

The colored gauge gives a visual representation of how your community is doing in comparison to other communities. The three-colored dial represents the distribution of values from the reporting regions (e.g. counties in the state) ordered from those doing the best to those doing the worst (sometimes lower values are better and in other cases higher values are better). From that distribution, the green represents the top 50th percentile, the yellow represents the 25th to 50th percentile, and the red represents the "worst" quartile.

This gauge shows whether or not the San Francisco County value meets a specific target. The San Francisco County value is represented by the left bar and the target value by the right bar.

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Study: Bay Area's urban planning must address public health
For nearly four years, Cassandra Martin lived in West Oakland, a few blocks from two freeways and the city's port. This has made her an accidental expert on air pollution.

"I used to wonder what that black stuff was on the windowsill," said Martin, who was diagnosed with asthma in 2009. "I would constantly wipe the walls and windowsills, but it would get so caked with soot. That's a reason I was wondering about particulate matter."... Read the full story

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National News

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Community Vital Signs

Our best health resources for San Francisco's best health

Community Vital Signs is designed to provide a clear and dynamic path forward in promoting the health priorities of San Francisco. The Community Benefit Partnership has taken steps to:

Establish ten priority health goals
Identify over 30 data indicators to help assess health status
Build an agenda for community health improvement

The San Francisco Community Benefits Partnership Annual Report Fall 2010 through Fall 2011 highlights work done in Phase II: Moving the Needle.

View: All Vital Signs | Vital Signs Health Disparities

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