The number of Latino residents dying by suicide has gone up 48% over the last 15 years while making up half of Santa Clara County’s homeless population — and they’re reporting more instances of unfair medical treatment than any other demographic in the county. These are just a sampling of the findings from a massive, yearslong effort to survey the health needs of Latinos who comprise about a quarter of Santa Clara County’s total population — most of whom live in East San Jose and agricultural South County. Of Santa Clara County’s 2 million residents, more than 480,000 are Latino.…
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