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Health Profile for the SeaTac Airport Community Prepared by: Seattle'King County Department of Public Health Epidemiology, Planning & Evaluation Unit For questions about this report, please contact: David Solet, PhD Epidemiology, Planning & Evaluation Unit Seattle-King County Department of Public Health 999 Third Avenue, Suite 1200 Seattle, WA 981 04 Tel: (206) 296-6817 e Fax: (206) 205-5314E-mail: david.solet@metrokc.gov DATA SUMMARY Health Profile for the SeaTac Airport Community 8People of All Ages The percent of the population living in poverty and without a high school diploma is higher in the SeaTac Airport Community compared to King County as a whole. Although SeaTac is diverse, it is predominantly a blue.collar community: in 1990, seven of 10 SeaTac adults were in working-class occupations. Chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are the leading causes of death in SeaTac and King County. Cancer of the lung and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, two diseases closely linked with cigarette smoking, were elevated in the SeaTac Airport Community compared to the County as a whole. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in SeaTac, King County and the U.S. There is no adult smoking data specifically for the SeaTac community. However, the percent of adults in South County as a whole who were smokers is somewhat higher compared to King County (24% and 19%, respectively). AIDS death rates are lower in SeaTac than in the County, and have turned downward in recent years. Firearm-related deaths (suicide and homicide)…