One Gal's Musings: Thursday Thirteen #411

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Thursday Thirteen #411

Thirteen predictors. There are many factors that go into whether we will fall victim to a treatable chronic disease like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity and hypertension. According to the CDC,* here are thirteen of the top non-genetic characteristics that impact a citizen's risk.

1. Income

2. Employment status

3. Education

4. Insurance

5. Access to hospital services

6. Access to primary care services

7. Access to pharmacies

8. Access to a vehicle

9. Access to public transportation

10. Internet access

11. Home value

12. Age

13. Race/ethnicity

It would seem that in America, how healthy you are depends in large part on how much money you have and where you live. Have a nice day.

Please join us for THURSDAY THIRTEEN. Click here to play along, and to see other interesting compilations of 13 things.

*As of Feb., 2024. I don't know what the current CDC has to say about these things.

4 comments:

Kwizgiver6:59 AM
Access, in my instance, means location. There are very few specialists near where I live so I'm frequently several hours' drive away from care.
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Kim11:51 AM
I hate how accurate this is!
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Liz A.11:58 AM
Yes, that tracks. And notice what the regime is targeting when it comes to all the cuts they're making. Hmmm...
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CountryDew5:47 PM
We have more specialists than we used to, but still, we're not a metropolis and my guess is that the doctors who are here are the "C" or "D" doctors. The A-listers would be at John Hopkins or someplace like that.
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