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“They are at the bottom of most of the health and economic lists.” Of the estimated 1 million people in the Rio Grande, many are Mexican immigrants living below the federal poverty level. About one-third of residents over 25 do not have a ninth-grade education, according to the study. The national average is 5 percent.
Aug 25, 2004 · The four-county Rio Grande Valley region may be one of the unhealthiest areas in America, with the nation’s highest rates for cervical cancer and overweight children, according to a study ...
May 16, 2018 · The Rio Grande Valley is home to many health barriers that are common among low-income communities across the country: Roughly half of the sprawling region is considered a food desert – where ...
- Gaby Galvin
- Staff Writer
Apr 23, 2016 · For more than two decades, federal and state health officials have known that residents of a poor community in the Rio Grande Valley are eating fish laced with unsafe levels of toxic chemicals ...
May 5, 2013 · In terms of sheer numbers, Bexar County and the Lower Rio Grande Valley region had the most children aged 0–14 with elevated blood lead levels (>10 μg/dL) in South Texas (Fig. 9.1). Numbers are most likely greater in these areas because of relatively large population sizes or because of a large percentage of people with low socioeconomic status living in the area.
- 10.1007/978-3-319-00233-0_9
- 2013/05/05
Oct 27, 2024 · South Texas Health System’s acute care and emergency departments in the Rio Grande Valley saw a spike in heat-related illnesses last year. From 2020 to 2022, the system recorded fewer than 200 ...
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Aug 25, 2004 · WESLACO, Texas — The four-county Rio Grande Valley region may be one of the unhealthiest areas in America, with the nation's highest rates for cervical cancer and overweight children, according
