National Coalition for the Homeless

APPENDIX I and APPENDIX II

Appendix I: Years of Life Lost By Gender and Ethnicity

	Males	Females	Totals

Number of Caucasian Homeless Deaths	989	160	1149
Caucasian Life Expectancy	75.7	80.8
Total Caucasian Life Expectancy	74867	12928	87795
Caucasian Years of Life	49074	7728	56802
Years Cut off Caucasian's Lives	25793	5200	30993

Number of Black Homeless Deaths	575	140	715
Black Life Expectancy	69.8	76.5
Total Black Life Expectancy	40135	10710	50845
Black Years of Life	29415	6217	35632
Years Cut off Black Lives	10720	4493	15213

Number of Hispanic Homeless Deaths	775	91	866
Hispanic Life Expectancy	77.1	83.7
Total Hispanic Life Expectancy	59752	7617	67369
Hispanic Years of Life	35535	3936	39471
Years Cut off Hispanic Lives	24218	3681	27898

Number of American Indian Homeless Deaths	20	6	26
American Indian Life Expectancy	72.8	82
Total American Indian Life Expectancy	1456	492	1948
American Indian Years of Life	962	292	1254
Years Cut off American Indian Lives	494	200	694

Number of Asian Homeless Deaths	18	3	21
Asian Life Expectancy	80.8	86.5
Total Asian Life Expectancy	1454	260	1714
Asian Years of Life	850	162	1012
Years Cut off Asian Lives	604	98	702

Number of Other Homeless Deaths	24	5	29
Others Life Expectancy	75.2	80.4
Total Others Life Expectancy	1805	402	2207
Others Years of Life	1117	240	1357
Years Cut off Others Lives	688	162	850


TOTAL # OF YEARS EXPECTED			211878
TOTAL # OF YEARS LIVED			135528
TOTAL # OF YEARS CUT OFF HOMELESS PEOPLE'S LIVES IN LA COUNTY 2000-2006			76350

Appendix II: Leading Underlying Causes of Death By Year

Cause of death by year:
2000 2001

Cause	Percentage	Cause	Percentage
Cardiovascular Disease	25%	Cardiovascular Disease	18%
Other	25%	Other	27%
Acute Intoxication	21%	Acute Intoxication	20%
Trauma Related	17%	Trauma Related	23%
Trauma - Homicide	0.4%	Trauma - Homicide	0.4%
Pneumonia	3%	Pneumonia	5%
Cirrhosis	4%	Cirrhosis	3%
Infection/Condition Secondary to Alcohol or IV Drug Use	1%	Infection/Condition Secondary to Alcohol or IV Drug Use	3%
Cancer	1%	Cancer	1%
Hypothermia/Environmental Exposure	0.7%	Hypothermia/Environmental Exposure	0
Tuberculosis	0	Tuberculosis	0

2002 2003

Cause	Percentage	Cause	Percentage
Cardiovascular Disease	23%	Cardiovascular Disease	23%
Other	24%	Other	22%
Acute Intoxication	25%	Acute Intoxication	25%
Trauma Related	16%	Trauma Related	17%
Trauma - Homicide	1.4%	Trauma - Homicide	0.3%
Pneumonia	3%	Pneumonia	3%
Cirrhosis	3%	Cirrhosis	4%
Infection/Condition Secondary to Alcohol or IV Drug Use	4%	Infection/Condition Secondary to Alcohol or IV Drug Use	3%
Cancer	1%	Cancer	2%
Hypothermia/Environmental Exposure	0	Hypothermia/Environmental Exposure	0.3%
Tuberculosis	0.4%	Tuberculosis	0.8%

2004 2005

Cause	Percentage	Cause	Percentage
Cardiovascular Disease	30%	Cardiovascular Disease	25%
Other	23%	Other	22%
Acute Intoxication	24%	Acute Intoxication	29%
Trauma Related	13%	Trauma Related	16%
Trauma - Homicide	0.3%	Trauma - Homicide	0
Pneumonia	4%	Pneumonia	6%
Cirrhosis	3%	Cirrhosis	4%
Infection/Condition Secondary to Alcohol or IV Drug Use	3%	Infection/Condition Secondary to Alcohol or IV Drug Use	2%
Cancer	0.3%	Cancer	1%
Hypothermia/Environmental Exposure	1%	Hypothermia/Environmental Exposure	0
Tuberculosis	0	Tuberculosis	0

2006 2007

Cause	Percentage	Cause	Percentage
Cardiovascular Disease	25%	Cardiovascular Disease	21%
Other	21%	Other	32%
Acute Intoxication	21%	Acute Intoxication	14%
Trauma Related	20.4%	Trauma Related	17%
Trauma - Homicide	0.2%	Trauma - Homicide	0.6%
Pneumonia	3%	Pneumonia	4%
Cirrhosis	4%	Cirrhosis	4%
Infection/Condition Secondary to Alcohol or IV Drug Use	4%	Infection/Condition Secondary to Alcohol or IV Drug Use	5%
Cancer	1%	Cancer	2%
Hypothermia/Environmental Exposure	0.2%	Hypothermia/Environmental Exposure	0
Tuberculosis	0.4%	Tuberculosis	0.6%

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202-462-4822
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