Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
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Section 3: Report of Findings

VII. Health and Safety

Table HS-14: County Prevalence Estimates of Smokers among NYS Adults
1994-1998

 

NYS Cluster II Counties* Percent 95% Confidence Interval
Chemung 26.6 (15.4, 37.9)
Clinton 37.8 (21.7, 53.9)
Cortland 40.1 (22.7, 57.6)
Essex NA NA
Fulton 33.3 (21.5, 45.2)
Greene NA NA
Hamilton NA NA
Jefferson 26.0 (17.5, 34.4)
Oneida 22.8 (16.6, 29.0)
Ontario 33.5 (20.8, 46.1)
Oswego 34.2 (21.7, 46.8)
Renssalaer 24.0 (16.2, 31.8)
St. Lawrence 34.1 (23.1, 45.0)
Saratoga 27.2 (19.1, 35.3)
Tioga NA NA
Tompkins 24.6 (16.2, 33.1)
Ulster 26.3 (19.6, 32.9)
 

*Wards Clustering Methodology -- percent of prevalence given only when there is also a confidence interval.

Source: NYS DOH Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS 1994-1998)

 

 

Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
July 2001 Executive Summary and Report of Findings

The Seven Valleys Health Coalition, Inc.
in cooperation with
Cortland County Health Department
Cortland Memorial Hospital
Community Outreach Partnership Center, COPC of SUNY Cortland
United Way for Cortland County, Inc.

These five organizations make up the Cortland Community Assessment Team (CAT)

Seven Valleys Health Coalition, Inc.
50 Clinton Avenue
Cortland, NY 13045
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