Washington Heights & Inwood:

Demographics

By: Mary McCord, MD, MPH

Population – 1990Washington Heights/Inwood

• Total Population 198,192– Children 0 – 18 yrs 51,860

• <5 yrs 16,014• 5-9 yrs 14,992• 10-14 yrs 13,406• 15-17 yrs 7,448

• Children served in GPGP 16,000

• In 1990 7,131 housing units in Washington Heights/Inwood had at least 1.51 person living per room. This is a 210% increase in seriously overcrowded units since 1980.

• Including 3 Bronx communities & Manhattanville:– # of children under 18 is 220,000.

• WH/I Densely Populated:– 17,311 children <18 yrs/square mile.

Washington Heights-Inwood Population by Race & Ethnicity (Census 2000)

Total Population=217,054

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1. White = 28,419 (13.1%)2. Black/ African American = 23,412 (10.7%)3. American Indian = 546 4. Asian = 4,354 (2%)5. Pacific Islander = 53 6. Other = 735 7. Mixed = 2,827 (1%)8. Hispanic / Latino = 156,978 (72.3%)

General Pediatric Group PracticeVisits - 1999

• Rangel (135th & B’way) - 3,899• Morgan (158th near B’way) - 9,047• Audubon (166th & Audubon) - 23,569• 180th (180th & Audubon) - 11,760• Broadway (B’way near 200th) - 11,571

• TOTAL 59,846

Pediatric Visits - 1999

• Expected visits for WH/I 210,000• Expected visits for area 800,000

• GPGP 59,846• Peds ER 34,000

– Urgent/Emergent 40% (13,600)• Urgicare- Pediatric 2,946• TOTAL CPMC Peds 96,792

• Pediatric 2000– 3 sites 54,000