1. Cambodians in the USA
Kevin Trieu, Kristen Figueroa, Sheridan
Taormina, & Nineveh Michel
2. Cambodian Population in the US
• 247,487 (estimated Cambodian population
in the U.S.) in 2006.
• 48% of males
• 52% of females
• California (86,700) and Massachusetts
(22,106)
• 3/4 of the population came to the U.S. as
refugees after Khmer Rouge and 24% came
after 1990
(http://portfoliolab.org/portal/DesktopDefault.aspx?pId=2&TabId=67&HtmlId=256&MenuId=59)
4. Statistics
• 33.5% employed in manufacturing
(production, transportation, and material moving occupations)
compared to 11.9% of all employed Americans over 16
• 44.2% speak English "less than very well" compared to 8.6%
of all Americans
• 80% report to speak a language other than English at home.
• 38.1% have less than a high school diploma, 25.9% are high
school graduates,and 21.7% have some college or associate's
degree
• 11.0% of Cambodian Americans with a Bachelor's Degree
aged 25 and over compared to 17.1% of the American
population
• 3.0% of Cambodian Americans with a Graduate or Professional
degree compared to 10.0% of the American Population
5. Their Story: Their culture
• Khmer Rouge
o Deaths of approx. 2 million by
starvation, execution, hard labor, and torture
o Escaped to refugee camps in Thailand
• Culture
o About 95% of the population is Buddhist
o Food is typical of SE asian cuisine
Fish sauce
rice noodles
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cb.html#top
http://www.hmh.org/ed_Genocide_Cambodia.shtml
6. Healthcare in America
• Higher physical and mental
health problems
o PTSD & its results
• Having Cambodians view
Western medicine effects has
not been helpful
o More traditional forms of
medicine
• Problems with cost & access
• POSITIVE: Building more
attention & bridging the
cultural gap
(http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2013/01/improving-
health-care-for-cambodian-americans/)
7. Hepatitis B (HBV)
• 25 times more likely to have
chronic HBV infection
o Compared to the average
American
• HBV = second leading cause of
liver cancer for Cambodian
American men
• Problems
o Lack of health education and
translated information
o Focused on more traditional
practices and cures
8. Works Cited
Cheam, Bunthay. "One in 10 Cambodians Have Hepatitis B." KHMERICAN. N.p., 19 May 2012. Web. 23 Apr.
2013. <http://khmerican.com/2012/05/19/one-in-10-cambodians-have-hepatitis-b/>.
"East & Southeast Asia: Cambodia." CIA. Central Intelligence Agency, 15 Apr. 2013. Web. 23 Apr.
2013. <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cb.html>.
Hoeffel, Elizabeth M., Sonya Rastogi, Myoung Ouk Kim, and Hasan Shahid. "The Asian Population: 2010."
Census Buraeu Homepage, Mar. 2012. Web. 21 Apr. 2013.
<http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-11.pdf>.
"Indo-American Center." Indo-American Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2013.
<http://www.indoamerican.org/>.
Pfeifer, Mark E. "Cambodian-American Socioeconomic Profile." PortfolioLab, Inc., 2008. Web. 22 Apr. 2013.
<http://portfoliolab.org/portal/DesktopDefault.aspx?pId=2>.
9. Works Cited
Pfeifer, Mark E. "The Survey of the Cambodian Population in America." Khmerization. N.p., 12 Nov. 2007.
Web. 23 Apr. 2013. <http://khmerization.blogspot.com/2007/11
/survey-of-cambodian-population-in.html>.
Poitras, Colin. "Improving Health Care for Cambodian-Americans." UConn Today. UConn, 24 Jan. 2013. Web.
22 Apr. 2013. <http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2013/01/improving-health
-care-for-cambodian-americans/>.
Straus, Terry Anne. "The Bicentennial Census in a Mixed Neighborhood in Chicago." Census Buraeu
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Wright, Wayne E. "Khmer as a Heritage Language in the United States: Historical Sketch , Current Realities ,
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