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The 95819 and 95817 ZIP codes, which encompass much of east Sacramento and Oak Park, respectively, share a border. Each has about 15,000 residents. But an analysis performed by the nonprofit Valley Vision on behalf of local hospitals in 2010 showed that Oak Park residents are more than three times as likely to go to the emergency room for asthma, diabetes or high blood pressure.
In the San Joaquin Valley, a study released last month by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found more dramatic disparities than in Sacramento. Rates of early death in the lowest-income ZIP codes were nearly double those in the highest-income ZIP codes, and life expectancy varied by up to 21 years, the Washington, D.C., think tank found.
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