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Section 3: Report of Findings

VII. Health and Safety

Table HS-10: Hospitalizations resulting from Asthma
in Children 0-14 years

 

Cortland, Upstate and NYS 1993-2000
Rate per 10,000 children ages 0-4 and 5-15
              
 
CORTLAND COUNTY
 UPSTATE NYS
1993-1995 Number* Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Age 0-4 18 47.6 3,386 42.7 11,923 87.5
Age 5-14 20 27.7 2,440 16.2 9,050 36.7
 
CORTLAND COUNTY UPSTATE NYS
1996-1998 Number* Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Age 0-4 23 64.5 2,763 37.3 10,160 79.0
Age 5-14 16 20.7 2,158 13.5 8,247 31.5
CORTLAND COUNTY UPSTATE NYS
1998-2000 Number* Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Age 0-4 18 53.2 2,518 35.4 8,673 70.1
Age 5-14 8 9.8 1,866 11.3 6,711 24.8
 
* Three year average annual number of cases
 
Source: Touchstones Kids Count Data Books, 2000, 2002

 

 

Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
November 2002 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