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-21: 1999 Preliminary Revised New York State
Adult and Adolescent Alcohol and Substance Abuse (ASA)
Treatment Need Estimates and Rate of Admissions

 

  Cortland Upstate NY State
  Percent or Rate Number of People
Percent of All Adults Who
Need ASA Treatment
11.77%
4,212
9.84%
9.44%
Percent of All Adolescents Who Need ASA Treatment
15.6%
627
15.5%
13.6%
Rate* of County resident admissions to all ASA treatment (in and out of county)
116.0
557
143.6
151.7
Rate* of county residents needing ASA treatment who are admitted to home county facilities
55.1
307
79.3
71.3
 
Of those estimated to be in need of services (4,212) only 13% (557) entered treatment in 1999.

* Rate is county residents admitted per 10,000 home county population (U.S. Census 1998)

Source: NY State's Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) 2002 County Resource Book, Vol 1: Service Need and Utilization, Tables 4, 5, 7

 

 

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