China News Service, December 14th. According to the American Overseas Chinese News Network, the New York City Department of Health released a report on the 10th that specializes in researching and analyzing the health status of Asian-Pacific residents in New York City. In addition to a deeper insight into specific Asian-Pacific ethnic groups, the report In addition to the health status of the Asian community, the included map also shows that in Staten Island, where the Asian population has risen sharply, the Chinese are the largest group of Asians, and the Indians rank second.
On the 10th, the New York City Health Bureau released a report on the health status of Asian and Pacific Americans.
Staten Island, where more and more Asians have migrated in recent years, is broken down by Chinese, Indian, and other Asian-Pacific descent subsets in the report.
Census data shows that in the 10 years from 2010 to 2020, the number of residents identified as Asian in Staten Island has jumped from approximately 34,000 before to nearly 59,000 in 2020, a substantial increase of 74%.
However, the map included in the Health Status Report of Asian and Pacific Americans of the City Health Department shows the general situation of Asian-American populations throughout Staten Island.
The map shows that among the Asian population in History Island, the Chinese have the largest population, followed by Indians, and then Pakistanis.
A very noteworthy finding is that there are no Japanese, Vietnamese or Bangladeshi residents on Shidao.
In addition, the report also shows that in the administrative region, the Chinese population seems to be more concentrated in the northeast of Shidao, while the Indian population is mainly concentrated on the north and west banks of the island.
The report of the Municipal Health Bureau also shows that Asian groups of different ethnicities have different health conditions and face health inequalities.
For example, the prevalence of hypertension among Koreans is about 15%, and it can reach 31% among Indians.
In addition, among the Indian adults with the second highest proportion of Asians in History Island, compared with Chinese adults, a large proportion of them reported that they needed medical care but did not receive medical services.
In this regard, Dave Chokshi, who is the first Asian-American Health Department director in New York City, said that the health data in the report should reflect the breadth of ancestry in the city’s Asia-Pacific community, so that they can better understand and Address health inequalities.