The target group for Nashville REACH 2010 is African Americans in North Nashville

The target group for Nashville REACH 2010 is African Americans in North Nashville.

African Americans represent a much larger percentage of the North Nashville population than they do of the United States, Tennessee, or Davidson County.

United States		Tennessee		Davidson County		North Nashville
Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
34,658,190	12.3%	932,809	16.4%	147,696	25.9%	39,081	88.0%

Information taken from the Census 2000

North Nashville's estimated 2000 population was 39,081, 88% of whom are African Americans. 26.4% of the African American residents of Nashville/Davidson County lived in North Nashville in 2000. This is a very large number because those living in North Nashville only make up 7.8% of the total population of Davidson County.

The North Nashville African American population was estimated to be 39,081 in 2000. According to the BRFSS, the diabetes prevalence rate for African Americans in 2003 was 15.7% . Assuming this percent is at least as high in North Nashville, there are an estimated 6,136 African Americans in North Nashville with diabetes. As for CVD, the Tennessee prevalence for hypertension among African Americans was 33.6% in 2003 according to the BRFSS survey. Assuming this percentage is at least this high in North Nashville, there are an estimated 13,131 African Americans in North Nashville with hypertension.

Problem

Diabetes & CVD

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Target Population

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