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More than 180,000
P E O P L E L I V E I N
Brownsville, Texas
*
More than 90%
O F T H E P O P U L AT I O N
is Hispanic
*
Nearly 70%
O F T H E P O P U L AT I O N
is uninsured
28%
O F T H E P O P U L AT I O N
has Type 2 diabetes; 43% of these
individuals are unaware they
have diabetes
More than 50%
O F T H E A D U LT P O P U L AT I O N
is obese, and an additional
30% is overweight
More than 33%
O F T H E P O P U L AT I O N
has hypertension, of which about
40% goes untreated
T H E B R OW N S V I L L E P O P U L AT I O N
shows almost twice the rate of
liver cancer as the rest
of the country
*Source: United States Census Bureau
T E X A S
M E X I C O
G U L F O F
M E X I C O
Houston
Brownsville
