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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 National Healthy People 2010 Goal [10] Cortland Status Cortland County Goal
1) Births to women receiving 1st trimester prenatal care [3,5,22] 73.1% [5] (2005) 71.8% [5] (2005) 71.3% [5] (2005)

78.1% [22]

(2005)

 90%

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

 50.6/
10,000 [3] (2002-2004)		 38.8/10,000 [3] (2002-2004) 67.6/10,000 [3] (2002-2004)

59.0/10,000 [2]

(2002)

 25.0/ 10,000

3) Low birth weight babies - all births (<2500g) [22, 16, 5]

 7.5% [5] (2005) 7.7% [5] (2005) 8.3% [5] (2005)

8.0% [22]

(2005)

 5% ~
4) Children/youth in Indicated Reports of Abuse/Maltreatment [3] 43.6% (2006)
****		 28.7 (2006)
****		 32.5 (2006)
****		    
5) Teen pregnancy (15-17yrs) [5, 12] 30.9/ 1,000 [5] (2005) 23.3/1,000 [5] (2005) 36.5/1,000 [5] (2005) 41.5/1,000 [12] (2004) 43/1,000

6) Cigarette use:

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

 36.7% [5] (2007) 35.7% [5] (2007) SCNY**      
b) Adult Population [14, 4] every day smoker 24.3% [14] (2006) 22.0% [14] (2006) 13.4% [4] *** (2006) 14.7% [4] *** (2006)  
(c) Adult Population [14, 4] current smoker 25.8% [14] (2006) 24.7% [14] ***** (2006)
8 CNY counties		  18.2% [4] *** (2006) 20.0% [4]  *** (2006) 12%

(d) Women during pregnancy [5,6]

 37.2% [5] (2005) 16.2% [5] (2005)  9.3% [5]
(2005)

18.0% [6]

(2005)

 1%

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

 1.7% (2007)

3.6%

2007

SCNY**

     6%

8) Reported DWI arrests

(all ages) [5]

 59.0/10,000 (2007) 39.0/10,000 (2007) 27.6/10,000 (2007)    

9) Reported DWI arrests youth 16-21 yrs. old [3]******

 99.8/10,000 (2007) 65.9/10,000 (2007)

43.7/10,000

(2007)

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

10) Dentists to low income population ratio [5]

1:6,018

(2004)

     1:5,000 (is considered high need)  

11) Pop. with Fluoride in public water supply [5, 9,1]

0% [5]

( 2007)

 

73% [1]

(2005)

  69.2% [9] (2006) 75%

12) Population with dental visit in past year, ages 2+ yrs [6, 15]

 66.2% [15] Census tract 9906 (2004)    

64.9% [6]

(2006)

 56% ~

13a) Colorectal cancer

incidence rate for men [7, 8, AA]

 76.9/ 100,000 [7] 67.0/ 100,000 [7] 66.1/ 100,000 [7]

59.2/ 100,000 [8]

  

13b) Colorectal cancer incidence rate for women [7, 8, AA]

 58.3/ 100,000 [7] (2000-2004) 50.4/ 100,000 [7] (2000-2004) 49.0/ 100,000 [7] (2000-2004)

43.8/ 100,000 [8]

(2001-2005)

  

14) Breast cancer

incidence [7, 8, AA]

 136.9/ 100,000 [7] (2000-2004)

134.2/ 100,000 [7]

(2000-2004)

 126.2/ 100,000 [7] (2000-2004)

127.5/ 100,000 [8]

(2001-2005)

  

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

236.7/ 100,000 [16]

(2005)

265.5/ 100,000 [16]

(2005)

 270.5/ 100,000 [16] (2005)

211.1/ 100,000 [6]

(2005)

  

16a) Lung & bronchus cancer incidence rate for men [7, 8, AA]

 92.8/ 100,000 [7] 89.0/ 100,000 [7] 82.2/ 100,000 [7]

79.4/ 100,000 [8]

  

16b) Lung & bronchus

cancer incidence rate

for women [7, 8, AA]

70.0/ 100,000 [7]

(2000-2004)

 62.0/ 100,000 [7] (2000-2004) 53.9/ 100,000 [7] (2000-2004)

52.6/ 100,000 [8]

(2001-2005)

  

17) Cerebrovascular Disease

Mortality rate [16, 6, AS]

63.2/ 100,000 [16]

(2005)

43.9/ 100,000 [16]

(2005)

34.0/ 100,000 [16]

(2005)

46.6/ 100,000 [6]

(2005)

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

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

57.1/ 100,000 [16]

(2005)

46.7/ 100,000 [16]

(2005)

35.3/ 100,000 [16]

(2005)

43.2/ 100,000 [6]

(2005)

60.0/ 100,000

Age 45+

19) Cervical uteri cancer

incidence rate [7,8, AA]

 10.2/ 100,000 [7] (2001-2005) 7.5/ 100,000 [7] (2001-2005) 9.0/ 100,000 [7] (2001-2005)

8.4/ 100,000 [8]

(2001-2005)

  

20) Prostate cancer incidence rate [7, 8, AA]

174.1/ 100,000 [7]

(2000-2004)

174.8/ 100,000 [7]

(2000-2004)

 170.3/ 100,000 [7] (2000-2004)

163.0/ 100,000 [8]

(2001-2005)

  

21) Body Mass Index (BMI) 18.5 to 24 = Healthy Weight for ages 18+) [AA, 24]

 TBD    

39.2% [24]

(2003)

 60% TBD
22) Population Overweight/ Obese BMI =25+ (age 20+) [22, 15] 54.2% (2004) [15] census tract 9906  

57.0% [22]

(2005)

58.0% [22]

(2005)

   ~

23a) Physical activity (age18+) [4]
Moderate Exercise 30min/5days/wk

 TBD  

48.9% [4] (2007)

49.5% [4] (2007)

30%

23b) Physical activity (age18+)

Vigorous Exercise 20min/3days/wk

 TBD  

27.3% [4]

(2007)

28.3% [4]

(2007)

  30%

24) Children overweight/obese

(ages 10-17 years) [22]

 TBD   

15% [22]

(2003) 

15% [22]

(2003) 

 5%

25) Property crime reported [5, 23]

2,413.3/ 100,000 [5]

(2007)

2,082.7/
100,000 [5]

(2007)

1,970.1/
100,000 [5]

(2007)

3,334.5/
100,000 [23]

(2006)

   ~

26) Violent crime reported [5, 23]

240.0/ 100,000 [5]

(2007)

264.5/ 100,000 [5]

(2007)

413.3/ 100,000 [5]

(2007)

473.5/ 100,000 [23]

(2006)

  

References for Footnotes

1. NYS Dept. of Health: Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention

2. National Center for Health Statistics Fast Stats: Asthma

3. NYS Kids' Well-being Indicators Clearinghouse

4. CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

5. Calls to agencies

6. National Center for Health Statistics

7. NYS DOH: New York State Cancer Registry

8. NCI Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results

9. CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

10. Healthy People 2010

11. NYS Dept. of Labor

12. Guttmacher Institute Teenage Pregnancy Statistics

13. Stats Indiana

14. NYSDOH, Tobacco Free Cortland Survey, 2006

15. East End Survey, 2004

16. NYS Vital Statistics 2005

17. US Dept. of HHS Administration for Children and Families

18. US Dept. of Labor Unemployment Statistics

20. NYS Board of Elections

21. US Census Bureau

22. Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts

23. Dept. of Justice FBI Crime in the US 2002

24. US Census Bureau American FactFinder

25. State Education Department

  

*

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

 

Report Cards prior to 2007 included Delaware Co. & excluded Tompkins Co.

 

**

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

 

***

Data combines Cortland and Tompkins counties and cannot be separated.

 

****

Report Card data prior to 2006 represented the rate of child abuse. Data 2006 and later reflects the % of indicated reports

 

*****

Previous reports used 6 CNY counties, current uses 8

 

******

Previous report card data reported 16-20 year olds.

 

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