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Business Plan, Part II

Business Plan II

Demographic of Brooklyn , New York

Brooklyn New York is one of the poorest boroughs of the New York City According to US Census the population of Brooklyn has increased to almost 2 .5 million in 2005 , and consist almost 900 ,000 households . More than 33 percent of the households have children living below the age of 18 , 23 of the household in the area have single mom household and more importantly 10 of the household have a person above the age of 65 living alone (NYC Health , 2006 p

To understand the need of palliative healthcare provider in Brooklyn we have referred to the data of one of the 11 areas of Brooklyn - Greenpoint . The other areas are - Northwest Brooklyn , Central Brooklyn East New York and New Lots , Sunset Park , Borough Park , Flatbush Canarsie and Flatlands , Southwest Brooklyn , Southern Brooklyn , and Bushwick and Williamsburg (NYC Health , 2006 The statistics of Greenpoint are reflection of the state of affairs in the whole Brooklyn region . The below chart presents the deadly impact of life taking diseases in Greenpoint and it also reflects on the loss of potential life due to these severe diseases . Loss of potential years is counted after taking 75 as mean As shown by the chart above most potential life is being lost to Cancer followed by Heart diseases . Palliative care is paramount in case of cancer as patient as the end of life treatment is pretty expensive

What really makes the situation grim is the...

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