findings from among asian americans specifically, the director of major -- measure of america kristin lewisour staff you. that's is nice to have you. -- nice to have you. >> thank you for having me on. >> talk to me about the study and what it sets out to do. >> measure of america is a project of the century old social science research council - that aims to mobilize social science for the public good. our public in particular help ask the nation how it is progressing by focusing on indicators about regular people rather than focus on economic indicators that we typically see with a focus on gdp. the way we do that is we use the american human development index which is a composite measure of well-being. it combines the latest and best data on health, education, and living standard into one number. that goes on a scale from zero to 10 area so, we use that to tt create scores for racial and ethnic for places and places over time. we did a first report of a trip, you -- of a portrait of california in 2011, 1 decade ago area this report -- one decade ago. this report revisit that and looks at

it's kristin barnhart who was the first person to do a human to human transplants said that. the person he translated was a man named lewis kamsky. he was in desperate need of a heart and he was willing to be the first person to receive a human heart to heart transplant because he didn't have much longer to live so the decisions get a little easier in that case . but look at the 4000 people currently waiting for a heart transplant today . 1300 will die while waiting. you don't know whether or not you're going to be one of those 1300 so would you be willing to be one of the first to try a pig heart where pigs can be genetically engineered so you won't need immunosuppressive therapy. realize within the last 48 hours there was a successful kidney transplant where the person who received the transplant received the transplant of a paid kidney and it went well so you want to get that shot, you want to try that for try a well-worn bridge if you will of getting heart transplant knowing that you'll live probably 15 years on average after that or try the big part heart because you're scared you may be one of the 1300 who dies whil