Healthpolicy Case Study

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Healthpolicy.ucla.edu indicates that out of the 154,000 adults in Yolo county, 17.9% which is almost 20% of them is uninsured. 54.3% of the 154,000 is insured through job-based health insurance programs, 14.2% is insured through healthy families and/or Medi-cal, and 13.6% is insured through other methods of insurance be it private health insurance, medicaid, or any of the sort. Yolo’s adult population has a higher rate of smoking and inactivity than California as a whole. Their health behaviors indicate as follows: 34% of Yolo county indicated that they engaged in regular walking in the last week compared to California’s 32.4%, 8.6% to 11% had consumed one or more sodas per day, 10% to 13.1% are current smokers, and 35.3% to 31.3% indicated