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Community Assessment Key Findings <br />✚Multiple health disparities among people who reside in the City of Santa Ana <br />✚Historically, people of color experience greater obstacles in acquiring and maintaining <br />health, wealth, and opportunity. City of Santa is minority majority locale, with <br />predominantly Hispanic residents, and has the second largest population of foreign-born <br />residents in the county. <br />✚Santa Ana residents have,on average, less education and lower income than the Orange <br />County population in general.These differences are significant in comparison to other <br />Orange County cities. <br />✚Santa Ana residents fare far worse than comparison cities in several health outcomes <br />including rates of Type -2 Diabetes,Childhood Obesity and Maternal Health indicators such <br />as pre-term birth rates and pregnancies among adolescents. <br />✚COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and highlighted these disparities. <br />6