Los Angeles County 2010 census tracts with associated California Healthy Places Index (HPI) 3.0 data - specifically those that have the least healthy conditions. In other words, they are in the bottom quartile. This dataset EXCLUDES census tracts in the Long Beach and Pasadena Health Districts.

The California Healthy Places Index 3.0 data file was acquired on 04/25/22 from the Public Health Institute on behalf of the Public Health Alliance of Southern California.

According to the Public Health Institute, "The HPI tool evaluates the relationship between 23 identified key drivers of health and life expectancy at birth -- which can vary dramatically by neighborhood. Based on that analysis, it produces a score ranking from 1 to 99 that shows the relative impact of conditions in a selected area compared to all other such places in the state." The HPI score is divided across four quartiles. (The Enhanced HPI 3.0: Advancing Health Equity Through High-Quality Data)

Potential indicators assigned to eight policy action areas (domains):

1. Economics

2. Education

3. Healthcare access

4. Housing

5. Neighborhood Conditions

6. Clean Environment

7. Social Environment

8. Transportation

An HPI score, domains, and individual indicator values and their percentile rankings are presented in the table.

For more information, visit the California Healthy Places Index website at https://www.healthyplacesindex.org/

Process

Converted the XLSX file received from the Public Health Institute to a file geodatabase table. Filtered the statewide data to Los Angeles County only. Edited field alias names for readability. Joined table to CENSUS_TRACTS_2010 from the Los Angeles County eGIS Data Repository. Exported to new file geodatabase feature class.