Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing Task 1 Western Governor’s University B. Needs-assessment Summary Sentinel City is the fictitious computer-generated environment which was assessed for the purposes of this paper. Demographics Assessment: Sentinel City is a large metropolitan area that consists of four neighborhoods, Nightingale Square, Acer Tech Center, Casper Park District and Industrial Heights. The total population of the city is 663, 862 people, most of which are between the ages of 18-65, followed by children under 18 and finally persons over 65 years of age. The city is primarily Caucasian with 80.6% of people identifying as such. The remaining 19.4 % of the city is comprised of 10.4% African Americans, 3.7% Asian Americans, 2% American Indians, 0.2% Hawaiian Americans and 3.1% of the population reports being biracial. The median household income of Sentinel City is $49, 091 and 18.9% of residents live below the poverty level. As mentioned previously Sentinel City can further be broken down into four separate neighborhoods (Sentinel City, 2018). Nightingale Square has a population of 103,974 with a median household income of $269,550 and a 0.7% uninsured resident rate. Acer Tech Center has a population of 168,390 with a median household income of $166,300 and a 1.5% uninsured resident rate. Casper Park District has a population of 352,643 with a median household income of $80,134 and a 22.7% uninsured resident rate. Lastly, Industrial Heights has a population of 38,855 with a median household income of $24,672 and a 37.5% uninsured resident rate (Sentinel City, 2018). Neighborhood/Safety Assessment During the neighborhood safety assessment there were various safety hazards noted. Multiple neighborhoods in Sentinel City had improperly disposed of trash or piles of trash along the sides of buildings, stray animals, rats and graffiti. The neighborhood in which the most safety concerns were noted was Industrial Heights. The area of Industrial Heights had old graffitied buildings in disrepair, dirty and poorly maintained streets and gutters, trash piled up with stray animals and rats seen wandering the sidewalks and an active crime seen with a burning vehicle. Various types of crimes are committed in Sentinel City requiring police involvement. The most frequent arrests, in order of prevalence, are related to cannabis, warrants, battery, controlled substances, trespassing, reckless conduct and public intoxication. Drug use in Sentinel City consists mostly of tobacco and alcohol consumption with 24% and 26% of residents using each, respectively.