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Section 3: Report of Findings

VII. Health and Safety

Table HS-11: Teen Sexually Transmitted Diseases by County, Upstate, NYS
Three Year Averages - Rates per 100,000 youth 15-19

 

  Cortland County Upstate NYS
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Syphilis
1992 - 1994		 0 0 
  60 
8.2 
292 
 24.8
Syphilis
1995 - 1997		 0 0 
  15 
2.0 
 62 5.3
Syphilis
1997 - 1999		 0 0 
  8 
1.1 
 31 2.6 
Gonorrhea
1992 - 1994		 1
29.9 
3,463 
477.0 
 7,252 616.2
Gonorrhea
1995 - 1997		 2
37.8 
2,571 
358.9 
 6,121 523.1
Gonorrhea
1997 - 1999		 2
44.8 
2,278 
315.2 
 5,127 
429.1
 
Source: Touchstones Kids Count Data Books, 1998, 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