Tobacco Retail Exposure, Smoking Rates and Poverty in Modesto, CA

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These maps illustrate the overlapping burden in Modesto, California between communities of poverty, high tobacco retail density and high smoking rates. The southernmost part of the city faces the highest rates of all three issues, and the maps particularly demonstrate the need to address high numbers of tobacco retail in communities experiencing poverty throughout the city.

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Tobacco Retail Exposure, Smoking Rates and Poverty in Modesto, CA. This map examines the relationship between tobacco retail exposure, adult smoking prevalence, and poverty in Modesto, California.
Tobacco retail exposure, smoking rates, and poverty in Modesto, California

Data sources

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CA Department of Tax & Fee Administration 2018; US Census Bureau ACS 2010-2014; CA Department of Public Health Nutrition Education & Obesity Prevention Branch 2016; CDC BRFSS 2014

Three maps were created to assess smoking prevalence in relation to tobacco retail density and poverty level. Data from the California Department of Tax & Fee Administration, CDC BRFSS, and US Census Bureau were utilized to map out tobacco retailers, smoking prevalence, and poverty level. CA Department of Public Health Nutrition Education Obesity Prevention data was used to lay out census tracts within Modesto. Retailer density was calculated using the total population and the total number of tobacco retailers within census designated tracts.

Setar Testo, Program Coordinator, Stanislaus County Health Service Agency
209-525-4810
stesto@schsa.org

Oyeladun, Titus, Stanislaus County Health Service Agency; Fliflet, Kyle, Stanislaus County Health Service Agency; Testo, Setar, Stanislaus County Health Service Agency. Accessed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Chronic Disease Map Gallery.

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