|
Indicators of Health and Safety
| Indicators |
Cortland Co. Data
|
Upstate NYS
Data
|
Current
NYS
Data
|
National Data
|
Healthy People 2010 Goal
|
Cort.Co.
Status
|
Cort. Co.
Goal
|
| Births to women receiving 1st trimester prenatal care (1,2,3) |
83.2% (2001)
|
77.7% (2001)
|
73.0% (2001)
|
83.7% (2002)
|
90%
|
|
/\
|
| Hopitalization for asthma (0-4 yr. old children) (2,3) |
53.5/ 10,000 (1999-2001)
|
36.8 / 10.000 (1999-2001)
|
71.0/ 10.000 (1999-2001))
|
55.4/ 10,000 (1999)
|
25.0/
10,000
|
|
\/
|
| Low birth weight babies <2500g (22,16) |
7.1% (2001)
|
7.0% (2001)
|
7.7% (2001)
|
7.8% (2002)
|
5%
|
|
\/
|
| Indicated child abuse calls (0-17 yrs.) (23) |
26.2/ 1,000 children (2002)
|
9.3/ 1,000 children (2002).
|
9.2/ 1,000 children (2002)
|
|
.
|
|
\/
|
Teen Pregnancy (15-17 yr. old)
(16,12) |
26.3/ 1,000
(2001)
|
28.0/ 1,000
(2001)
|
42.0/
1000
(2001)
|
48.2/ 1,000
(2000)
|
43/
1,000
|
|
\/
|
| Cigarettes use: a. Moms in prenatal care assistance program (MOMS) (5) |
85.9% (2003)
|
74.4% (2003)
SCNY*
|
|
.
|
|
|
\/
|
Cigarettes use:
b. Adult Population (1,15,22) |
40.1% (1994-98)
|
24.5% (2002)
|
22.3% (2002)
|
23.1% (2002)
|
12.0%
|
|
\/
|
Cigarettes use:
c. Women during pregnancy (2) |
TBD
|
|
|
11.4% (2002)
|
1.0%
|
|
\/
|
| Alcohol use by women in prenatal care program (MOMS) (5) |
10.4% (2003)
|
12.7% (2003)
SCNY*
|
|
|
|
~
|
\/
|
DWI arrests -
all ages (14) |
54.8/ 10,000 (2001)
|
37.5/ 10,000 (2001)
|
20.3/ 10,000
(2001)
|
|
.
|
|
\/
|
| DWI arrests involving youth (3) |
63.9 / 10,000 (2000)
|
cc46.6 / 10,000 (2000)
|
28.6/ 10,000 (2000)
|
|
.
|
|
\/
|
| Ratio of dentists to low income population (5) |
1:9000
(2000)
|
|
|
1:5000
is high need
|
|
|
/\
|
| % of Population receiving Fluoride in public water supply (1,9) |
11.8%
(2003)
|
|
66.4% (2003)
|
65.8% (2000)
|
75%
|
|
/\
|
| Population (age 2+) with dental visits in past year (6) |
TBD
|
|
|
65.6% (2001)
|
56%
|
~
|
/\
|
| Colorectal cancer rate for men (7,8,AA) |
67.4/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
75.3/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
73.8/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
65.0/ 100,000 (2000)
|
.
|
|
\/
|
| Colorectal cancer rate for women (7,8,AA) |
51.9/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
54.0/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
53.4/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
47/ 100,000 (2000)
|
.
|
~
|
\/
|
| Breast cancer incidence (7,8,AA) |
112.0/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
138.2/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
131.5/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
128.9/ 100,000 (2000)
|
.
|
~
|
\/
|
| Disease of the heart mortality rate (16,6,AA) |
250.8/ 100,000 (2001)
|
293.7/ 100,000 (2001)
|
295.3/ 100,000 (2001)
|
247.8/ 100,000 (2001)
|
.
|
~
|
\/
|
| Coronary heart disease/ischemic heart disease Mortality Rate (4,28,AA) |
243.8/ 100,000 (2000)
|
|
240.4/ 100,000 (2001)
|
177.8/ 100,000 (2001)
|
166.0/ 100,000
|
|
\/
|
| Lung and bronchus cancer for men incidence (7,8,AA) |
102.6/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
93.4/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
87.6/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
87.9/ 100,000 (2000)
|
.
|
|
\/
|
| Lung and Bronchus Cancer for women Incidence (7,8,AA) |
54.7/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
59.2/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
53.1/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
52.5/ 100,000 (2000)
|
.
|
|
\/
|
| Cerebrovascular disease incidence (16,4) |
69.9/ 100,000 (2001)
|
51.6/ 100,000 (2001)
|
40.0/ 100,000 (2001)
|
58.6/ 100,000 (1998)
|
48.0/ 100,000
|
~
|
\/
|
| Chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD or COPD) Mortality (16,6,AA) |
74.0/ 100,000 (2001)
|
47.0/ 100,000 (2001)
|
36.1/ 100,000 (2001)
|
43.7/ 100,000 (2001)
|
60.0/ 100,000
Age 45+
|
|
\/
|
| Cervical cancer Incidence (7,8,AA) |
12.6/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
9.0/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
10.7/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
9.4/ 100,000 (2000)
|
.
|
|
\/
|
| Prostate cancer Incidence (7,8,AA) |
135.5/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
160.6/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
156.8/ 100,000 (1996-2000)
|
142.4/ 100,000 (2000)
|
.
|
~
|
\/
|
| Healthy weight (BMI= 18.5 to 24) (age 20+) (10,AA) |
TBD
|
|
|
42% (1988-1994)
|
60%
|
TBD
|
/\
|
Physical activity (age 18+) Moderate Exercise 30 min/5days/wk
(10,24) |
TBD
|
|
14.8% (1994
|
15% (1997)
|
30%
|
TBD
|
/\
|
Physical activity (age 18+) Vigorous Exercise 20 min/3days/wk
(10,24) |
TBD
|
|
10.6% (1994
|
23% (1997)
|
30%
|
TBD
|
/\
|
Population overweight BMI=25-29 (age 20+)
(22,28) |
TBD
|
|
56% (2001)
|
64.5% (2001)
|
|
TBD
|
\/
|
Population obese BMI=30+ (age 20+)
(22,28) |
TBD
|
|
20.8% (2001)
|
30.5% (2001)
|
15%
|
TBD
|
\/
|
| Children overweight/obese (ages 6-19 yrs) (19) |
TBD
|
|
|
15% (2001)
|
5%
|
TBD
|
\/
|
| Property Crime (14,29) |
3,052.2/ 100,000 (2001)
|
2,622.8/ 100,000 (2001)
|
2,409.4/ 100,000 (2001)
|
3,624.1/ 100,000 (2002)
|
.
|
|
\/
|
| Violent Crime (14,29) |
207.4/ 100,000 (2001)
|
291.6/ 100,000 (2001)
|
519.0/ 100,000 (2001)
|
494.6/ 100,000 (2002)
|
.
|
|
\/
|
References for Footnotes:
(1) www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh
(2) www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/
(3) www.nyskwic.org/u_indicator_narrative.cfm?numindicatorID=
(4) www.communityhealth.hrsa.gov (no longer functional)
(5) Phone calls to agencies
(6) www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/
(7) www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/cancer/nyscr/2000/nyscr.htm
(8) www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/uscs/2000/cancer_incidence.htm
(9) www.cdc.gov/nohss/FluoridationV.asp
(10) www.health.gov/healthypeople/document/html/objectives
(11) www.labor.state.ny.us
(12) www.guttmacher.org/pubs/teen_stats.html
(13)
(14) http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us
(15) BRFSS
(16) NYS Vital Statistics 2001
(17) www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/
(18) www.bls.gov/lau
(19) www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/overwght99.htm
(20) www.elections.state.ny.us/enrollment/county/county_nov03.htm
(21) www.emsc.nysed.gov/irts
(22) www.statehealthfacts.kff.org
(23) Touchstones Kids Count 2003 Data Book
(24)
(25) www.scorecard.org
(26)
(27) www.factfinder.census.gov
(28) www.americanheart.org
(29) www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_02/html/web/offreported/offreported.html
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