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-7:
Mother's Entering Prenatal Care Assistance Program (PCAP):
Cortland compared to the six other counties in the South Central Region - 2000

 

Statistic Cortland County SCNY Region
New Clients 414 2,062
Medicaid
PE<100% FPL
PE 100-185% FPL
%PE 		75
244
95
81.9% 		721
988
366
65.3%
Prenatal Care Begun:
First Trimester
Second Trimester
Third Trimester
% Early Prenatal Care		 366
45
3
88.4% 		1,585
395
81
76.9%
# Repeat Pregnancy
% Repeat Pregnancy
% Unplanned Pregnancy		 253
61.1%
66.9%
 1,303
63.3%
70.2%
Number of Births
# Low Birthweight
% Low Birthweight
% Preterm (<37 weeks gest.)		 319
12
3.8%
3.1%		 1,816
102
5.6%
4.5%
% Age < 21 37.0% 37.1%
Substance Use
Basis - number of clients:
% Tobacco
% Alcohol
% Drugs
 414
38.4%
8.5%
1.7% 		2,042
37.6%
3.8%
2.3%
% HIV Counseling
% HIV Testing		 100.0%
89.1% 		99.6%
86.2%

 

 

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