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CHAPTER 3: EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE STUDY AREA _ P i ? - .�►..� © B.*b T.Plt 5.1.u-E—ko.--W H.A i Mr ol.'..fft.ty:-o z Za y F E..drannrtntm f Ellett, - s- :m s ..53037975140 1? - • �l Le1XiUyt Pop.HtiOrtS� t - 1 - . Y. Figure 3-4 Environmental Health Disparities Map of 1-90 Corridor Study Area socioeconomic data)that may contribute to affected by environmental exposures) and 70% disparities in a community(i.e., census tract). have a greater level of disparity(or are more Health and social factors that can contribute affected by environmental exposures).The to disparities in environmental health include indicators are averaged within each theme or environmental exposures, environmental Environmental Health Risk Factor. effects, socioeconomic factors, and sensitive Although the overall rankings for the study populations.The tool organizes a collection of area are low to moderate (indicating the indicators into these four categories. area is not disproportionately burdened The two census tracts in the study area by environmental health risks),Table 3-9 have an overall ranking of 2 and 5. Each highlights a few severe disparities within number from 1 to 10 represents 10 percent each risk factor that are present in the study of communities (or census tracts). For area. For example, both census tracts have example, Census tract 5100 has a rank of 2 the highest rank(10)for transportation for Environmental Exposures.That means expense, and they share high ranks in ozone only 10% of communities in Washington State concentration (9, 8). have a lower health disparity(or are less VOLUME I: FEASIBILITY REPORT I-90 Corridor-Easton to Cle Elum Feasibility Study 1 51