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New York
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New York (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™
Ranking:
New York is 25th this year; it was 26th in 2008.
Strengths:
Strengths include ready availability of primary care physicians
with 169.4 primary care physicians per 100,000 population, high public health funding
at $115 per person, low geographic disparity within the state at 8.0 percent, a
low infant mortality rate at 5.7 deaths per 1,000 live births, a low occupational
fatalities rate at 3.7 deaths per 100,000 workers and a low rate of cancer deaths
at 180.5 deaths per 100,000 population.
Challenges:
Challenges include a high incidence of infectious disease at 35.8
cases per 100,000 population, a low high school graduation rate with 67.4 percent
of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years and a high percentage of
children in poverty at 20.3 percent of persons under age 18. New York ranks lower
for health determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness
may decline over time.
Significant Changes:
In the past year, immunization coverage decreased from 83.0 percent to 76.2 percent
of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
In the past five years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 21.6 percent to
16.7 percent of the population.
In the past ten years, the prevalence of obesity increased from 16.3 percent to
25.1 percent of the population.
Since 1990, the violent crime rate decreased from 1,007 to 398 offenses per 100,000
population.
Health Disparities:
In New York, obesity is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks
at 31.4 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 24.0 percent. The prevalence of diabetes
also varies by race and ethnicity in the state; 11.5 percent of non-Hispanic blacks
have diabetes compared to 7.6 percent of non-Hispanic whites. In addition, mortality
rates vary in New York, with 802.0 deaths per 100,000 population among blacks compared
to whites, who experience 744.0 deaths per 100,000 population.
State Health Department Web Site:
www.health.state.ny.us
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New! Supplemental Measures
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America’s Health Rankings™ have been expanded to include 15 more state-specific measures of health, from Daily Vegetable and Fruit intake to Incidence of High Blood Pressure and Diabetes. GO
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| New York - Core Measures | | | 2009 | 1990 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) | 67.4 | 41 | - | - | 87.5 | | Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) | 25.1 | 13 | 9.8 | 6 | 19.1 | | Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) | 16.7 | 12 | 28.7 | 19 | 9.3 | | Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population) | 14.9 | 20 | - | - | 9.0 | | Community & Environment | | | | | | | Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) | 3.7 | 8 | 4.2 | 2 | 3.1 | | Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) | 35.8 | 50 | 58.7 | 44 | 2.4 | | Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter) | 11.5 | 30 | - | - | 4.8 | | Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) | 20.3 | 36 | 21.9 | 36 | 8.6 | | Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) | 398 | 27 | 1007 | 49 | 117 | | Public & Health Policies | | | | | | | Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population) | 13.6 | 26 | - | - | 5.4 | | Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) | 76.2 | 32 | - | - | 85.0 | | Public Health Funding (Dollars per person) | $114 | 9 | $- | - | $220 | | Clinical Care | | | | | | | Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) | 59.8 | 45 | - | - | 86.1 | | Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) | 76.3 | 31 | - | - | 29.3 | | Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) | 169.4 | 4 | - | - | 190.0 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population) | 6626 | 17 | 9754 | 45 | 5595 | | Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 3.4 | 21 | - | - | 2.7 | | Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) | 5.7 | 9 | 10.7 | 35 | 4.8 | | Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 3.2 | 19 | - | - | 2.2 | | Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation) | 8.0 | 9 | - | - | 4.3 | | Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 180.5 | 8 | 204.1 | 35 | 144.7 | | Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 303.7 | 36 | 434.5 | 42 | 212.6 | | | | Summation | | | | | | | All Determinants | 0.000 | 26 | -0.170 | 36 | 0.827 | | All Outcomes | 0.203 | 12 | -0.252 | 41 | 0.348 | | Overall | 0.203 | 25 | -0.423 | 40 | 1.064 |
| New York - Supplemental Measures | | | 2009 | 1990 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population) | 79.5 | 12 | - | - | 84.6 | | Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population) | 74.2 | 12 | - | - | 80.2 | | Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population) | 27.4 | 10 | - | - | 30.0 | | Physical Activity (Percent of adult population) | 73.6 | 34 | - | - | 81.9 | | Chronic Disease | | | | | | | Stroke (Percent of adult population) | 2.5 | 24 | - | - | 1.8 | | High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population) | 37.7 | 27 | - | - | 32.4 | | High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population) | 27.2 | 26 | - | - | 19.7 | | Heart Attack (Percent of adult population) | 3.7 | 10 | - | - | 2.9 | | Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population) | 4.2 | 22 | - | - | 2.7 | | Diabetes (Percent of adult population) | 8.4 | 28 | - | - | 5.9 | | Economic | | | | | | | Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person) | $48076 | 6 | $22286 | 4 | $56248 | | Underemployment Rate (Percent) | 9.6 | 24 | - | - | 5.7 | | Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 5.4 | 27 | 5.0 | 25 | 3.0 | | Median Household Income (Dollars per household) | $50461 | 25 | $52805 | 12 | $66176 | | August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 9.0 | 28 | 5.3 | 25 | 4.3 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health) | 15.5 | 28 | - | - | 10.7 |
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