Area Health Office
11833 S. Wilmington Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90059
(323) 568-8100
Email: spa6@ph.lacounty.gov

Area Health Officer
Jan King, MD, MPH

OBESITY:
• 28.9% of children in grades 5, 7 & 9
  are obese.
• 35.4% of adults are obese.

DIABETES:
• 4.8% of adults were diagnosed with
   diabetes.

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:
 • 29.0% of adults were diagnosed with
   hypertension.
 • 25.5% of adults were diagnosed with
   high cholesterol.
 • 7.6% of adults were diagnosed with a
   heart problem.