Contribution
of Alcohol to SF Burden of Disease by Zip
An analysis of alcohol-attributable premature mortality by Zip code
will be ready by Spring 2008. This page is a preliminary analysis based
only on the leading causes of premature mortality during 2001-2 that
was undertaken in 2005. It is a preliminary estimate...its primary value
is to show the need for a more complete analysis.
As a rough indicator of where alcohol problems are distributed in San
Francisco*, these alcohol attributable fractions were applied to the
top 10 causes of death for each zip code in San Francisco (as reported
in the Health Outcomes pages
of this website). These are conservative estimates (they are limited
to the top ten causes for each zip code), rounded to the nearest percentage
point, but they reveal great disparities in the way that the burden
of alcohol-related harm is distributed in San Francisco. As might be
expected, neighborhoods that are disproportionately affected by homicide,
drug overdose, and other alcohol-related causes are disporportionately
affected:
| Neighborhood |
Zip
Code |
Alcohol-attributable
mortality from the ten leading causes of death in that Zip |
| City
as a whole |
All
Zips |
4
%
|
| Hayes
Valley/Tenderloin/North of Market |
94102 |
16
%
|
| South
of Market |
94103 |
14
%
|
| Potrero
Hill |
94107 |
8
%
|
| Chinatown
|
94108 |
8
%
|
| Polk/Russian
Hill (Nob Hill) |
94109 |
4
%
|
| Inner
Mission/Bernal Heights |
94110 |
10
%
|
| Ingelside-Excelsior/Crocker-Amazon |
94112 |
6
%
|
| Castro/Noe
Valley |
94114 |
6
%
|
| Western
Addition/Japantown |
94115 |
7
%
|
| Parkside/Forest
Hill |
94116 |
3
%
|
| Haight-Ashbury |
94117 |
4
%
|
| Inner
Richmond |
94118 |
2
%
|
| Outer
Richmond |
94121 |
4
%
|
| Sunset |
94122 |
4
%
|
| Marina |
94123 |
less
than 1 %
|
| Bayview-Hunters
Point |
94124 |
11
%
|
| St.
Francis Wood/Miraloma/West Portal |
94127 |
5
%
|
| Twin
Peaks-Glen Park |
94131 |
2
%
|
| Lake
Merced |
94132 |
3
%
|
| North
Beach/Chinatown |
94133 |
3
%
|
| Visitacion
Valley/Sunnydale |
94134 |
8
%
|
*Note: This is
preliminary information...need to determine variability among zips in
how the YLL for the top ten causes contribute to the overall YLL for
each zip.
A zip code map of San Francisco can be found on the bottom of the Health
Outcomes page of this website. Note that the poorest neighborhoods
(e.g., Tenderloin, Bayview) bear the greatest burden of alcohol-related
problems. The neighborhood with the highest per capita income in the
City, 94123, has the lowest rate of alcohol attributable mortality.
Per capita income by zip is reported in Building a Healthier San Francisco:
2004 Community Health Assessment.
