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Report Card Key

   Indicates favorable status compared to Upstate, State and/or National data

 

A closer look is required. Change in percent or rate may be desired.

Goal is to decrease the number

Goal is to increase the number

 

~ Neither favorable nor unfavorable

TBD = To Be Determined

BMI =Body Mass Index

BRFSS = Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey

AA = Age adjusted, 2000 census

AS = Age and sex adjusted, 2000 census
Indicators of Health and Safety
Indicators Cortland County Upstate, NY N.Y. State Data National Data Healthy People 2010 Goal [10] Cortland Status Cortland County Goal
1) Births to women receiving 1st trimester prenatal care [2,3] 82.6% [3] (2002) 77.3% [3] (2002) 73.8% [3] (2002)

83.7% [2]

(2002)

 90%

2) Hospitalization for asthma (0-4 yr. old children) [3, 2]

 51.4/
10,000 [3] (2000-2002)		 35.5/10,000 [3] (2000-2002) 65.8/10,000 [3] (2000-2002)

59.0/10,000 [2]

(2002)

 25.0/ 10,000

3) Low birth weight babies to all births (<2500g) [22, 16]

 6.4% [16] (2002) 7.4% [16] (2002) 7.9% [16] (2002)

7.8% [22]

(2002)

 5%
4) Indicated child abuse calls (per 1000 children 0-17yrs.) [3] 22.1/1000 (2003) 9.1/1000 (2003) 9.5/1000 (2003)    
5) Teen preg (15-17yrs) [16, 12] 18.3/ 1,000 [16] (2002) 26.3/1,000 [16] (2002) 40.0/1,000 [16] (2002) 48.2/1,000 [12] (2000) 43/1,000

6) Cigarette use:

(a) Women in Prenatal Care Program (PCAP/MOMS) [5]

 32.3% [5] (2004) 30.6% [5] (2004) SCNY*      
b) Adult Population [1, 4] every day smoker 14.61 [1] ** (2003) 16.4% [1] (2003) 16.5% [4] (2003) 16.7% [4] (2003)  
(c) Adult Population [14] current smoker 23.9 [14] (2004) 20.9% [14] (2004) 6 CNY counties     12%

(d) Women during pregnancy [2]

 TBD    

11.4% [2]

(2002)

 1%

7) Alcohol use by women in prenatal care program (PCAP/MOMS) [5]

 5.8% 2004

3.5%

2004

SCNY*

     6% ~

8) Reported DWI arrests

(all ages) [5]

 56.2/10,000 (2004) 37.3/10,000 (2004) 25.3/10,000 (2004)    

9) Reported DWI arrests youth under 16-20 yrs. [3]

 54.2/10,000 (2001) 50.6/10,000 (2001)

30.9/10,000

(2001)

    
Indicators Cortland County Upstate, NY N.Y. State Data National Data Healthy People 2010 Goal [10] Cortland Status Cortland County Goal

10) Dentists to low income population ratio [5]

1:9000

(2000)

     1:5000 (is considered high need)  

11) Pop.receiving Fluoride in public water supply [1, 9]

11.8% [1]

( 2004)

 

72.9% [9]

(2002)

  67.3% [9] (2002) 75%

12) Pop. (age2+) with dental visit in past year [6, 15]

 66.2% [15] Census tract 9906    

64.5% [6]

(2002)

 56% ~

13) Colorectal cancer

incidence rate for men [7, 8, AA]

 70.0/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001 75.2/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001) 73.1/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001)

62.7/ 100,000 [8]

(2001)

   ~

14) Colorectal cancer incidence rate for women [7, 8, AA]

 58.0/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001) 55.0/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001) 54.1/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001)

45.8/ 100,000 [8]

(2001)

  

15) Breast cancer

incidence [7, 8, AA]

 124.2/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001)

139.0/ 100,000 [7]

(1997-2001)

 131.4/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001)

127.2/ 100,000 [8]

(2001)

  

16) Disease of the heart mortality rate [16, 6, AS]

272.5/ 100,000 [16]

(2002)

253.5/ 100,000 [16]

(2002)

 272.6/ 100,000 [16] (2002)

241.7/ 100,000 [6]

(2002)

   ~

17) Lung & bronchus cancer incidence rate for men [7, 8, AA]

 98.4/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001) 92.3/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001) 86.3/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001)

87.7/ 100,000 [8]

(2001)

  

18) Lung & bronchus

cancer incidence rate

for women [7, 8, AA]

54.5/ 100,000 [7]

(1997-2001)

 60.8/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001) 54.0/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001)

53.2/ 100,000 [8]

(2001)

   ~

19) Cerebrovascular Disease

Mortality [16, 22, AS]

52.2/ 100,000 [16]

(2002)

44.1/ 100,000 [16]

(2002)

36.2/ 100,000 [16]

(2002)

57.7/ 100,000 [22]

(2001)

 48.0/ 100,000
Indicators Cortland County Upstate, NY N.Y. State Data National Data Healthy People 2010 Goal [10] Cortland Status Cortland County Goal

20) Chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD or COPD) mortality rate - all ages [16, 6, AS]

65.3/ 100,000 [16]

(2002)

41.7/ 100,000 [16]

(2002)

34.2/ 100,000 [16]

(2002)

43.3/ 100,000 [6]

(2002)

60.0/ 100,000

Age 45+

21) Cervical uteri cancer

incidence [7,8, AA]

 12.8/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001) 8.5/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001) 10.1/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001)

8.4/ 100,000 [8]

(2001)

  

22) Prostate cancer Incidence rate [7, 8, AA]

135.8/ 100,000 [7]

(1997-2001)

166.7/ 100,000 [7]

(1997-2001)

 163.6/ 100,000 [7] (1997-2001)

161.2/ 100,000 [8]

(2001)

  

23) Healthy Weight -- Body Mass Index (BMI) =18.5 to 24 (age 20+) [AA, 24]

 TBD    

34% [24]

(1999-2000)

 60% TBD

24) Physical activity (age18+) [15,4]
a) Moderate Exercise 30min/5days/wk or

b) Vigorous 20min/3days/wk

a) 67.8% [15] (2004)
b)18.9% [15] (2004) census tract 9906		  

a)44.5% [4]

(2003)

b)24.5% [4]

(2003)

a)47.2% [4]

(2003)

b)26.3% [4]

(2003)

a. 30%

b. 30%

25) Population Overweight/ Obese BMI =25+ (age 20+) [22, 15]

 54.2% (2004) [15] census tract 9906  

54.4% [22]

(2002)

56.0% [22]

(2002)

   ~

26) Children overweight/obese

(ages 6-19 years) [19]

 TBD     

16%

(1999-2002)

 5% TBD

27) Rate of reported property crime [5, 23]

2599.3/ 100,000 [5]

(2003)

2,269.6/
100,000 [5]

(2003)

2,233.0/
100,000 [5]

(2003)

3624.1/
100,000 [23]

(2002)

  

28) Rate of reported violent

crime [5, 23]

194.3/ 100,000 [5]

(2003)

269.5/ 100,000 [5]

(2003)

465.5/ 100,000 [5]

(2003)

494.6/ 100,000 [23]

(2002)

  

Report Card References

1. www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh

2. www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/

3. www.nyskwic.org

4. www.cdc.gov/brfss

5. Calls to agencies

6. www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/

7. www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/cancer/nyscr/2000/nyscr.htm

8. http://apps.need.cdc.gov

9. http://www2.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. www.stats.indiana.edu

14. NYSDOH, Tobacco Free Cortland Survey, 2004

15. East End Survey, 2004

16. NYS Vital Statistics 2002

17. www.acf.hhs.gov

18. www.bls.gov/lau

19. www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats.htm

20. www.elections.state.ny.us/enrollment/county/county_nov03.htm

21. www.scorecard.org

22. www.statehealthfacts.kff.org

23. www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_02/html/web/offreported/offreported.html

24. www.factfinder.census.gov

  

*

South Central New York (Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego & Tioga)

 

**

Data combines Cortland and Tompkins counties and cannot be separated.

 

***

County Music Park went from 100,000 visitors in 2002 to 7,000 in 2004, dramatically reducing attendance at cultural events countywide.

 

****

0% = Best in U.S. 50% = National Average 100% = Worst in U.S.

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