Health Risks and Behaviors Indicators - Westchester County
Health Risks and Behaviors
Westchester County
2007-2009
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYS Rate exc NYC | Sig.Dif. | County Ranking Group |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Pregnant Women in WIC with Anemia in 3rd Trimester, Low SES (2009) | 169 | 30.8 | 33.9 | No | 28.4 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % Pregnant Women in WIC Who Were Prepregnancy Underweight (BMI Under 18.5), Low SES | 487 | 3.0 | 4.7 | Yes | 4.2 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % Pregnant Women in WIC Who Were Prepregnancy Overweight but not Obese (BMI 25-<30), Low SES | 4,895 | 30.5 | 26.5 | Yes | 26.3 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % Pregnant Women in WIC Who Were Prepregnancy Obese (BMI 30+), Low SES | 3,501 | 21.8 | 22.8 | Yes | 26.2 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % of Infants in WIC Who Were Breastfeeding at 6 Months, Low SES | 5,696 | 54.3 | 40.6 | Yes | N/A | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % Underweight Children in WIC, 0-4 years, Low SES | 1,757 | 3.0 | 4.5 | Yes | 3.7 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| % Obese Children in WIC (>= 95th Pctl), 2-4 years, Low SES | 4,639 | 16.8 | 14.5 | Yes | 15.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % Anemic Children in WIC, 6mo-4 years, Low SES | 4,574 | 10.3 | 12.0 | Yes | 12.2 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % of Children in WIC Viewing TV <=2 Hours per Day 0-4 years, Low SES | 24,282 | 79.9 | 78.5 | Yes | 80.5 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2008-09) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | Upstate | CI # | |||
| % adults overweight or obese (BMI 25+) | 58.6 | ± 5.7 | 59.3 | ± 2.6 | 60.6 | ± 1.4 | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % adults that participated in leisure time physical activity in last 30 days | 79.0 | ± 4.5 | 76.3 | ± 2.2 | 78.9 | ± 1.1 | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % adults smoking cigarettes | 12.3 | ± 4.2 | 17.0 | ± 1.8 | 18.9 | ± 1.1 | 1st | 12.0 | No |
| % adults living in homes where smoking is prohibited | 82.5 | ± 4.1 | 80.9 | ± 1.8 | 79.3 | ± 1.1 | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % adults that binge drink | 18.0 | ± 5.0 | 18.1 | ± 2.0 | 19.8 | ± 1.2 | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % adults eating 5 or more servings of fruit or vegetables daily | 30.6 | ± 5.4 | 27.1 | ± 2.2 | 27.7 | ± 1.3 | 1st | N/A | N/A |
s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
#: 95% confidence interval for BRFSS/Expanded BRFSS indicators
