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-15: County Prevalence Estimates of Overweight* among NYS Adults
1994-1998

 

NYS Cluster II Counties** Percent 95% Confidence Interval
Chemung 44.8 (29.2, 60.5)
Clinton 21.4 (11.2, 31.7)
Cortland 22.6 (8.8, 36.4)
Essex 29.6 (25.8, 33.4)
Fulton NA NA
Greene NA NA
Hamilton NA NA
Jefferson 24.6 (15.7, 33.6)
Oneida 34.7 (27.6, 41.7)
Ontario 24.3 (16.2, 35.4)
Oswego 33.9 (23.1, 44.8)
Renssalaer 31.3 (23.3, 39.4)
St. Lawrence 41.5 (29.7, 53.3)
Saratoga 29.2 (20.2, 38.1)
Tioga NA NA
Tompkins 21.7 (10.9, 32.4)
Ulster 34.3 (26.4, 42.3)
 

*Overweight defined as: Female Body Mass Index >27.3 and Male Body Mass Index >27.8

**Ward's 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
(607) 756-4198
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