Census Tract 6

Alysa Hackett, Sarah Naves, Kit Henker

CT 0600

Core Data: Census Tract 6

Race alone or in
combination with
one or more
other races

Census Tract 6
percentages

Pima County

White

91.5%

81.7%

AfricanAmerican

3.4%

4.6%

American Indian

3.3%

4.2%

Asian

5.8%

3.8%

Ethnicity:
Hispanic or
Latino (of any
race)

11.2%

35.4%

Age groups (years)

Census
Tract 6

Pima County

< 5 years

3.1%

6.1%

5-19

12.9%

19.5%

20-44

51.1%

32.6%

45-64

21.7%

25.3%

65 and older

11.2%

16.6%

Physical Environment

Health and Social Services

Banner University Medical Center
Reeds Compounding Pharmacy
Emerge!

Economics
U.S. Census Data

2 bars
1 bank
1 convenience store
14 restaurants
Dry cleaner
Many law offices

Census Tract 6

Pima County

No health insurance
coverage (civilian
non-institutionalized)

10.5%

14.5%

Female
householder, no
husband present,
with own children <
18 (%)*

2.7%

7%

Median household
income ($)**:

51,667

46,233

% of all people living

in poverty**:

25.9%

19.0%

Safety and Transportation

Fire department located 2 blocks outside census tract
UAPD across the street
TPD Midtown (Alvernon and 22nd)
No evidence of crime

Politics and Government

District 10, 9, and some 3
US Congress Representitives:
Martha McSally & Raul Grijalva

Communication
WiFi at Starbucks
Bulletin board at Himmel
Park Library

Languages,
spoken at home,
5 years and over

Census Tract 6

Pima County

English Only

87.1%

71.4%

Spanish

7.6%

23.7%

Spanish,
speaking english
less

2.9%

6.8%

Education
Education

Census Tract
6

Pima County

Percent <9th
grade

2.6 %

5.2%

Percent HS
graduate or
higher

95.7%

87.5%

Bachelors
Degree or
higher

71.5%

30.1%

Recreation

Strengths of the Community

44% with graduate degree or higher
Neighborhood watch
Level 1 trauma center located across the street
Safe park located in the neighborhood with library
Active community

How was information collected?

Windshield survey
Interviewed- firefighter, Emerge! employee, two librarians, Reeds Compounding
Pharmacy employee, UAPD officer, Pastor at Catalina United Methodist
Church, Day School Director at Catalina United Methodist Church, public
health nurse
Map data from pimamaps.gov, census data from U.S. Census, crime statistics
from City of Tucson website

Priority Concerns

Community Nursing Diagnosis

Risk for pesticide-associated chronic conditions among residents of CT 0600
related to lack of organic food knowledge and resources as evidenced by
significant pesticide residue on conventional produce that has been linked to
chronic conditions, such as ADHD and gastrointestinal cancers.

Evidence
Organic: the way farmers grow and
process their agricultural products
Including fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy
products, and meats
Products certified by USDA with
95% or more organic ingredients
may display USDA seal

Residues on most products dont exceed government safety thresholds

-Referring to larger amount of pesticide residue found on conventional produce

 Organic farming grows crops and raises livestock without synthetic chemicals,
hormones, antibiotic agents, genetic engineering, and radiation
Organic foods expose consumers to fewer pesticides
Ingestion of these pesticides from food is associated with chronic conditions:
- Gastrointestinal cancer

- Methemoglobinemia in infants

- ADHD

Pesticide exposure can

cause several chronic
diseases:
* This study highlights occupational and
environmental exposure to pesticides

Dirty Dozen:

Clean Fifteen:

Highest amount of pesticide

residue

Lowest amount of pesticide

residue

(Consider buying organic)

(Consider buying conventional)

Community Teaching Project

References
Environmental Working Group (2016). Shoppers guide to pesticides in produce.
Retrieved from https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/mobile/
Forman J., Silverstein, J., Committee on Nutrition, & Council on
Environmental
Health (2012). Organic foods: Health and environmental advantages and
disadvantages. American Academy of Pediatrics, 130(5), 1406-1415. doi:
10.1542/peds.2012-2579
Mayo Clinic (2014). Organic foods: Are they safer? More nutritious? Retrieved
from http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthyeating/
in-depth/organic-food/art-20043880
Mostafalou, S., & Abdollahi, M. (2013). Pesticides and human chronic
diseases:
Evidences, mechanisms, and perspectives. Toxicology and Applied