Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
Cortland Counts Main MenuBack to Seven Valleys Health Coalition web site
 

Section 3: Report of Findings

VII. Health and Safety

Table HS-20: 1998 Cortland Youth Risk Indicators by Rate
Rates per 10,000 youths in each age category

 

Indicator Cortland County Similar Counties NYS excluding
New York City
Preventive services case openings 192.2 132.7 74.1
Youth in foster care 88.9 53.6 49.6
Child Protective Services reports 692. 0 494.5 331. 0
Indicated CPS cases 192.2 159.2 101.3
PINS cases served (ages 7-15) 286.3 216.3 149. 0
 
Violent crime arrests 25. 0 36.2 39.6
Property crime arrests (ages 10-20) 126. 0 211.4 171.4
Adult DWI arrests 74.1 83.6 57.7
Youth DWI arrests (ages 16-20) 55.9 68.9 48. 0
Youth use of alcohol at probation offense 45.5 54.2 28.5
Intoxicated youth in auto accidents 0.6 3.4 2.7
 

Sources: NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) monitoring system: PRISMS 2001 County Risk Profile for Alcohol and Substance Abuse

 

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
jackie@sevenvalleyshealth.org