Child and Adolescent Health Indicators - Broome County

Child and Adolescent Health
Broome 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?
Childhood Mortality (per 100,000) -                  
      1-4 years 4 16.7* 21.4 No 24.0 No 1st 25.0 Yes
      5-9 years s 3.3* 11.4 No 11.9 No 1st 14.3 Yes
      10-14 years 7 21.0* 13.1 No 13.6 No 4th 16.8 No
Asthma Hospitalization rate per 10,000 -                  
      0-4 years 75 24.6 58.8 Yes 35.8 Yes 2nd 25.0 Yes
      5-14 years 64 10.1 21.5 Yes 11.2 No 3rd N/A N/A
      0-17 years 149 12.8 29.4 Yes 16.2 Yes 3rd 17.3 Yes
Gastroenteritis hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) 63 20.7 20.2 No 15.4 No 3rd N/A N/A
Otitis media hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) 9 3.0* 3.4 No 2.7 No 3rd N/A N/A
Pneumonia hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) 199 65.4 44.9 Yes 38.5 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% children born in 2005 who received a lead screening blood test at 0-9 months 43 2.1 4.3 Yes 3.3 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
% children born in 2005 who received a lead screening blood test at 9-18 months 1,051 51.3 65.9 Yes 63.2 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% children born in 2005 who received at least two lead screening blood tests by 36 months (tests from 2005 to 2008) 380 18.5 47.4 Yes 40.0 Yes 4th N/A N/A
Incidence rate per 1,000 among children <72 months of age with a confirmed blood lead levels >=10µg/dl (2006-2008) 84 12.2 11.1 No 9.1 Yes 3rd N/A N/A

s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable