October 4, 2017 — KPCC

Life Expectancy in Los Angeles County

LAUNCHED OCTOBER 4, 2017 | MEDIA RELEASE

Highway to Health is a preview of the larger Portrait of Los Angeles County human development report, which will be released in late November. Explore the data here.

Published in collaboration with the Los Angeles (LA) County Department of Public Health, Highway to Health: Life Expectancy in Los Angeles County reveals up-to-date life expectancy calculations for cities and unincorporated areas within Los Angeles County, the first release of such data in more than a decade. The report examines 106 cities and unincorporated neighborhoods and includes recommendations for increasing life expectancy and reducing disparities.

A baby born in Los Angeles County in 2014 can expect to live 82.1 years, several years longer than the average American born that same year, 78.8 years. If LA County were a country, it would rank eleventh in the world in longevity. Los Angeles outperforms all nine states with populations of similar size (in the range of seven to thirteen million residents).

The average LA County resident born in 2000 could expect to live 78.7 years. By 2010, life expectancy had increased to 81.5 years – an improvement of almost three years. Within LA County, life expectancy rates vary by community as much as 14.7 years.

Top-Five Communities in LA County with the Longest Life Expectancies:

• Walnut Park (90.5 years); Malibu (89.8 years); Castaic (88.9 years); Rowland Heights (87.0 years); and Rancho Palos Verdes (86.7 years)

Bottom-Five Communities in LA County with the Shortest Life Expectancies:

• Lancaster (76.4 years); Westmont (76.3 years); Lake Los Angeles (76.2 years); East Rancho Dominguez (76.1 years); and Sun Village (75.8 years)

July 22, 2017 — Noozhawk

Interactive Tool to Map Human Need and Well-Being in Santa Barbara County

Access the tool here.

Cottage Data2Go is a free, interactive online mapping and data tool created by Cottage Health and Measure of America. Cottage Data2Go brings together federal, state, county, and community data on a broad range of social and health factors that reflect the well-being of Santa Barbara County residents. Data displayed within Cottage Data2Go helps users visualize the link between geographies and the specific needs of varying demographics, allowing users to see and interact with correlations across multiple variables. Nearly 200 indicators from diverse sources are included for the county’s 87 census tracts and 26 cities and census designated places.

Created to provide reliable, up-to-date information on community assets and challenges, Cottage Data2Go is designed as a resource to aid community members, leaders, businesses, government agencies, and community-based organizations in crafting effective solutions, developing policies and services, and advocating for change. In community work, data drives decision making, and Cottage Data2Go brings data together to help showcase successes and bring light to opportunities for promoting equity, especially among the most vulnerable in our community.

A snapshot of the CottageData2Go tool

For more information: contact@measureofamerica.org

September 28, 2016 — The Santa Rosa Press Democrat