Community Health Values Surveys
Baltimore, Md.
Compared to adults nationwide, adults in Baltimore are:
More likely to report that they almost always make their personal health a priority (50.0% in Baltimore vs. 43.3% nationwide);
Most likely to believe strongly that access to health care affects people’s health (75.2% in Baltimore vs. 60.8% nationwide);
Most likely to recognize the health care access difficulties faced by:
African-Americans (56.7% in Baltimore vs. 30.1% nationwide) as compared to White Americans;
Latino Americans (51.1% in Baltimore vs. 32.0% nationwide) as compared to White Americans;
Low-income Americans (77.2% in Baltimore vs. 65.2% nationwide) as compared to more affluent Americans;
More likely to say that health should be a top federal priority (43.7% in Baltimore vs. 32.0% nationwide) and to favor more government action in health generally (58.5% in Baltimore vs. 46.8% nationwide);
More likely to believe that making sure all U.S. communities are healthy places to live should be a top priority (30.4% in Baltimore vs. 20.7% nationwide) and that government should be involved in community health building (38.9% in Baltimore vs. 27.5% nationwide);
More likely to have a bachelor’s degree or higher (36.7% in Baltimore vs. 32.9% nationwide) and;
Less likely to have access to medical care and more likely to have insurance coverage from Medicaid or other types of government assistance programs than other insurance sources (18.7% in Baltimore vs. 12.4% nationwide).
Based on their unique health value and belief profiles, six groups of Baltimore adults emerged from the survey: