This month we have another series for our Map of the Month. This special edition will look at mortality rates of smokers as well as the percentage of smokers per county
. Please see below and be sure to check out the interactive version of the maps to get the full impact. In this month's Our Region at a Glance we look at the most recent performance results of the California Physical Fitness Test and the percent of 9th graders that need improvement in body composition.
In the upcoming month the CED will be hosting
eight workshops in the counties of Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Nevada, Shasta, and Plumas. For food and beverage manufacturers, these workshops could be of great use to you. In addition, next week there will be a free workshop on dealing with consequences of disruptions to your business. Please read below for more information on these upcoming events.
For this month's map series, the CED looked at the counties of California that may be most affected by Proposition 56, which went into effect on April 1, 2017. This proposition increased the tax on tobacco products from $0.87 to $2.87, and changed the tax's revenue allocation to support existing state healthcare programs. To study the effects of smoking across California counties, we looked at each county's overall percentage of residents who smoke, as well as each county's mortality rate from lung cancer.
While Proposition 56 was not popular at the ballot box in the CSU, Chico Service Region, it seems that our region stands to be one of the most impacted by the measure. While a greater percentage of residents in our region will be impacted by the higher tobacco tax, we also contain a greater percentage of residents who may change their tobacco consumption habits in response to the price increase, or who may stand to benefit from the state's expanded anti-smoking and healthcare efforts.
Percent of 9th Graders That Need Improvement in Body Composition, 2000-2015
Every year the California Department of Education releases the most recent school year's performance results for the California Physical Fitness Test. The data includes performance summaries of students in the fifth, seventh and ninth grade in regards of aerobic capacity, body composition, abdominal strength, trunk extension strength, upper body strength, and flexibility. This month, we chose to focus on the body composition of ninth grade students in the CSU, Chico service region over the past 15 years.
Butte, Colusa, Lassen, Plumas, and Yuba's percentages all decreased by half over the past 15 years.
The overall average for the CSU, Chico service region saw a decrease from 35% to 18% from 2000 to 2015, nearly a 17% reduction in ninth graders that need improvement in body composition.
The Center for Economic Development at CSU, Chico along with the Shasta College DSN for Agriculture, Water, and Environmental Technology will be hosting Food and Beverage Manufacturing and Cottage Food Workshops in Butte, Shasta, Tehama, Plumas, and Nevada counties. The workshops will provide emerging food and beverage processors with the knowledge and resources to be successful and bring their company to the next level.
These are the times! With upswings in cyberattacks, and natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricane, business continuity plan has suddenly moved to the front of the line as more businesses are being forced to complete their disaster recovery plans. If concerns for your business survival, blemished reputation, government regulations, and limited access to capital do not convince you that it's time to do a recovery plan, then how are you comfortable with the continue success of your business?
This training will help you complete a workable plan that you & your employees can easily follow and visit regularly to ensure usefulness; relax from the stress of unplanned activities that cause your profit to drop; and teach you how to complete a plan to address your business operation for disruption, and prepare you for funding when available.
