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Section 3: Report of Findings

VII. Health and Safety

Table HS-29: Summary Measures of Health
Healthy People 2010 Goal:
Increase quality and years of healthy life

 

AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY (1990)*
75.7 years
Range among peer counties** (74.0-77.1)
Median for all U.S. counties (75.4)
 
ALL CAUSES OF DEATH (1993-97)***
885.4 deaths/100,000 population (age-adjusted to year 2000 standard)
Range among peer counties** (854.0-997.0)
Median for all U.S. counties (923.2)
 
SELF RATED HEALTH STATUS (1993-1997)****
20.0% (Percent of adults who report fair or poor health)
Range among peer counties** (9.9-24.6%)
Median for all U.S. counties (14.7%)
 
AVERAGE NUMBER OF UNHEALTHY DAYS IN PAST MONTH (1993-97)****
6.5 days (average number of unhealthy days reported in a 30-day period)
Range among peer counties** (3.8-7.1)
Median for all U.S. counties (5.1)
 

 

- indicates a status less than favorable

- indicates a status favorable to peers

* Developed by Harvard University for the Health Resources & Services Administration's Bureau of Primary Health Care.

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

*** National Center for Health Statistics

**** Behavioral Risk Factor Survey; local estimates were developed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and are constructed from State-level data.

Source: www.communityhealth.hrsa.gov
   

 

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