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13
UHF
Neighborhoods
and their communities
Population
2000 Census
%
PLWHA at
the end of
2004
%
Case Rate
per 100,
000
PLWHA
as % of
popula-
tion
Rank of 42
UHF Neigh
borhoods in
NYC
HIV
Diagnoses
per 100,000
Rank
in
NYC
Age-
Adjusted
Death
Rate
2004
Rank in
NYC
"Borough Park"
324,411
13.2%
851
3.8%
262
0.3%
36-37
11.1
37
34.0
2nd-
3rd
"Canarsie/Flatlands"
including Starrett City
197,819
8.0%
993
4.5%
502
0.5%
30-32
30
24
24.4
17-18
Central Brooklyn
including "Bedford-
Stuyvesant/Crown
Heights," Brownsville
317,296
12.9%
5,599
25.2%
1765
1.8%
8th
88.9
6th
31.8
5th
"East
Flatbush/Flatbush"
316,734
12.8%
3,570
16.1%
1127
1.1%
18-19
56.2
12
18.1
30-31
"East New York"
including New Lots, &
Cypress Hills
173,716
7.0%
2,287
10.3%
1317
1.4%
13-14
57.6
10th
35.1
1st
"Greenpoint" including
Williamsburg
124,449
5.0%
867
3.9%
697
0.7%
22-26
22.5
29
24.4
17-18
NW Brooklyn including
"Downtown/Heights/
Slope" Boerum Hill,
Carroll Gardens, Clinton
Hill, Fort Greene, & Red
Hook
214,696
8.7%
2,732
12.3%
1272
1.3%
15-16
40.5
18
23.1
20
SW Brooklyn including
"Bensonhurst/Bay Ridge,"
Dyker Heights
194,558
7.9%
463
2.1%
238
0.2%
38-41
8.2
39
28.7
12
Southern Brooklyn
including "Coney Island,
Sheepshead Bay,"
Brighton Beach, &
Gravesend
286,901
11.6%
998
4.5%
348
0.4%
33-35
13.2
34
28.8
11
Sunset Park
120,441
4.9%
696
3.1%
578
0.6%
27-29
24.1
28
24.2
19
Williamsburg/ Bushwick
194,305
7.9%
3,133
14.1%
1612
1.7%
9th
56.6
11
31.1
6th
Brooklyn
2,465,326
100.0%
22,189
100.0%
900
1.0%
40.2
27.8
New York City
8,008,278
94,495
1180
1.2%
45.6
22.6