County Health Assessment Indicator Technical Notes About HIV/AIDS and STDs Data
| Indicator/Contact for information | Data Source | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| AIDS mortality Contact: Bureau of Biometrics and Health Statisticsat (518) 474-3189 |
Vital Records a Bureau of Biometrics and Health Statistics |
AIDS Mortality: Information on deaths is extracted from death certificates. Each death receives an ICD-10 code indicating the primary cause of death. Thecodes for AIDS are ICD-10 codes: B20-B24. The mortality rates are per 100,000 population. Both crudeand adjusted rates are presented. The standard population used for adjustment was the 2000 US population. |
| AIDS case rate Contact: Julia Maslak at (518) 474-4284 |
New York State AIDS Case Surveillance Registry, Bureau of HIV/AIDS Epidemiology | AIDS Case Rate: Information on AIDS cases comes from the NYS AIDS Case Surveillance Registry. AIDS case rates are presented as rates per 100,000 population. Data are based on year of diagnosis and exclude prison inmates. ** |
| HIV case rate Contact: Julia Maslak at (518) 474-4284 |
New York State AIDS Case Surveillance Registry, Bureau of HIV/AIDS Epidemiology | HIV Case Rate: Information on HIV cases comes from the NYS AIDS Case Surveillance Registry. The HIV case rate includes all newly diagnosed HIV, regardless of concurrent or subsequent AIDS diagnosis. HIV case rates are presented as rates per 100,000 population. Data are based on year of diagnosis and exclude prison inmates. ** |
| Early Syphilis rate, gonorrhea rate by age, Chlamydia rate by age and sex Contact: Alison Muse, Bureau of STD Prevention and Epidemiology at (518) 474-3598 |
Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance System, Bureau of STD Prevention and Epidemiology | Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Chlamydia : Early Syphilis includes any of the first three stages of syphilis (primary, secondary or latent of less than 1 year duration). Rates for syphilis are rates per 100,000 population. Gonorrhea and Chlamydia are rates per 100,000 population in the particular age and sex grouping. |
| Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Hospitalization Rate per 10,000 Women 15-44 years Contact: Bureau of Biometrics and Health Statistics, at (518) 474-3189 |
Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System-SPARCS b Bureau of Biometrics and Health Statistics |
The number of hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of Pelvic Inflamatory Disease (PID) per 10,000 women ages15-44 years using the following ICD-9 codes: 098.10, 098.16, 098.17, 098.30, 098.36-098.37, 098.39, 098.86, 614.0-614.5,614.7- 614.9, 615.0, 615.4, 615.9. |
Data notes:
a Vital Records: Information is extracted from birth, death and fetal death certificates. When percentages are calculated records with missing information for the indicator of interest are excluded from the calculation. Population based rates use population estimates provided by the US Census Bureau. ICD-10 codes are used for cause of death.
b Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System-SPARCS: Data on hospitalizations are collected through the hospitalinpatient discharge data system. Each hospitalization receives an ICD-9 code at dischargewhich indicates the primary reason for the hospitalization. Data are not available onevents that did not result in a hospitalization, such as cases that were only treatedin a hospital emergency room.
** The standard population used for age adjustment was the 2000 US population.
