Kansas City is a large city, a major city in one of the largest metropolitan areas of more than two million residents on both sides of the Missouri-Kansas border . Kansas City was founded in 1838. at the meeting of the Missouri and Kansas rivers and was incorporated in its present form in 1853. Kansas City, Kansas, is the scene of several important battles during the Civil War. The city is well known for its diverse offering of musical styles like jazz and blues as well as its two most famous cuisines, Kansas City strip steak and Kansas City-style barbecue. The city has five level one trauma hospitals, one being Children's Mercy Hospital specializing in pediatrics. Children's Mercy Hospital also has a personal fleet of pediatric ambulances and rescue helicopters. Kansas City, Missouri is located on the border of "Tornado Alley", an area where cooler air from the Rocky Mountains comes into contact with warm air from the Gulf of Mexico. This forms powerful storms especially in spring and fall. Only certain areas of the Kansas City metro area experienced severe tornadoes. This same region may also be subject to intermittent ice and snow storms during the winter months. According to the 2010 census, the racial makeup of Kansas City was: • White: 59.2% (Non-Hispanic White: 54.9%) • Black or African American: 29.9% • Hispanic or Latino (from any race): 10.0%• Another race: 4.5% (primarily Latino)• Two or more races: 3.2%• Asian: 2.5%• Native American: 0.5%• Indigenous Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders: 0.2%Kansas City has the second largest Sudanese and Somali population in the United States. The city also has a diverse Latino and Hispanic population, primarily Mexican...... middle of document ......national health promotion and disease prevention goal program set by the Department of Health of the United States and Human Services. The goals and objectives of Healthy People 2020 were based on a health care system accessible to all Americans that would integrate personal health care and population-based public health activities. The targets were first set in 1979, for the following decade. The goals were then updated for Healthy People 2000, Healthy People 2010 and Healthy People 2020. Healthy People 2020 was developed through an extensive consultative process, based on the best science and designed to measure programs over time. time. It is made up of 467 specific objectives organized into 28 priority areas, as well as two overarching objectives. The two goals are to “increase the quality and years of healthy life” and “eliminate health disparities ».".