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

U.S. Percent 1997	Healthy People 2010 Target	County Percent	Peer County Range*	Birth Measure
7.5	5.0	5.0	5.0-8.3	Low Birth Wt. (<2500g)
1.4	0.9	1.2	0.8-1.6	Very Low Birth Wt. (<1500g)
11.4	7.6	7.9	8.2-12.1	Premature Births (<37 weeks)
12.7		3.7	3.1-7.4	Teen Mothers <18
2.1		0.9	0.6-1.9	Older Mothers 40+
32.4		32.0	22.2-34.2	Unmarried Mothers
17.0	10.0	17.1	13.9-28.2	no care in First Trimester

U.S. Percent 1997	Healthy People 2010 Target	County Rate	Peer County Range*	Infant Mortality**
7.2	4.5	5.4	4.4-11.2	Infant Mortality
6.0	4.5	5.1	4.5-9.5	White Infant Mortality
13.7	4.5	nrf	0.0-50.0	Black Infant Mortality
4.8	2.9	3.5	2.5-7.1	Neonatal Infant Mortality
2.5	1.5	1.9	1.5-4.3	Post-neonatal Infant Mortality

U.S. Percent 1997	Healthy People 2010 Target	County Rate	Peer County Range*	Death Measures * **
28.6	22.2	21.0	18.0-35.9	Breast Cancer (Female)
21.6	13.9	21.1	16.5-27.9	Colon Cancer
216.0	166.0	243.8	169.2-281.3	Coronary Heart Disease
7.2	3.2	nrf	0.7-7.6	Homicide
58.1	44.8	56.8	43.8-76.1	Lung Cancer
15.8	9.0	14.5	18.2-34.3	Motor Vehicle Injuries
62.0	48.0	66.0	52.6-91.9	Stroke
11.4	6.0	7.8	7.8-15.4	Suicide
33.3	20.8	22.0	16.2-26.1	Unintentional Injury

The total number of births during this period was 3,013
and the total number of deaths was 2,104.

= Indicates a status favorable to peer county median value

= indicates that a closer look & perhaps reduction in percent or rate
may be needed

blank = indicates no comparison was made.

nrf = No report, fewer than 500 births & 3 events (birth measure and infant
mortality) or fewer than 10 events (death measure) occured during the
specified time period.

* Eighty percent of the peer group values fall within this range.

** Infant Mortality: deaths per 1,000 live births (Neonatal: 1-12 months).

*** Rates are age-adjusted to year 2000 standard; per 100,000 populations

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics Reporting System,
1993-97.