Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
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VII. Health and Safety

Table HS-3:
Births, Deaths, Infant Deaths, and Neonatal Deaths
Cortland, Upstate New York and NYS 1994-1998

 

Cortland County
  1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
 
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Live Births
602
11.7
562
11. 0
583
11.4
631
12.4
655
13. 0
Deaths
446
8.7
436
8.5
418
8.2
401
7.9
390
7.7
Infant Deaths
4
6.6
2
3.6
3
5.1
5
7.9
2
3.1
Neonatal Deaths
2
3.3
2
3.6
1
1.7
4
6.3
2
3.1

 

 

Upstate New York
  1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Live Births
137,865
12.5
138,074
12. 6
140,661
12.8
144,879
13.3
148,618
13. 6
Deaths
95,792
8.7
96,097
8.7
97,259
8.9
97,437
8.9
97,558
9. 0
Infant Deaths
816
5.9
891
6.5
884
6.3
972
6.7
1,014
6.8
Neonatal Deaths
579
4.2
634
4.6
634
4.5
690
4.8
691
4.6

 

 

New York State
  1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
 
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Live Births
257,748
13.8
256,976
13. 8
263,611
14.2
271,042
14.7
277,945
15. 1
Deaths
155,651
8.4
157,975
8.5
163,785
8.9
167,566
9.1
167,894
9.1
Infant Deaths
1,608
6.2
1,728
6.7
1,829
6.9
2,062
7.6
2,145
7.7
Neonatal Deaths
1.138
4.4
1,208
4.7
1,259
4.8
1,452
5.4
1,440
5.2

Live Birth Rate: Live births per 1,000 population.
Death Rate: Deaths per 1,000 population.
Infant Death Rate: Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.
Neonatal Death Rate: Deaths under 28 days per 1,000 live births.
Source: Vital Statistics of New York State 1996-1998

 

 

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.
10 Kennedy Parkway
Cortland, NY 13045
(607) 756-4198
jackie@sevenvalleyshealth.org