Child and Adolescent Health Indicators - Essex County
Child and Adolescent Health
Essex 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 | s | 23.6* | 21.4 | No | 24.0 | No | 3rd | 25.0 | Yes |
| 5-9 years | s | 19.7* | 11.4 | No | 11.9 | No | 4th | 14.3 | No |
| 10-14 years | s | 16.3* | 13.1 | No | 13.6 | No | 3rd | 16.8 | Yes |
| Asthma Hospitalization rate per 10,000 - | |||||||||
| 0-4 years | 9 | 16.7* | 58.8 | Yes | 35.8 | Yes | 1st | 25.0 | Yes |
| 5-14 years | 4 | 3.6* | 21.5 | Yes | 11.2 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| 0-17 years | 14 | 6.7* | 29.4 | Yes | 16.2 | Yes | 1st | 17.3 | Yes |
| Gastroenteritis hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) | 4 | 7.4* | 20.2 | Yes | 15.4 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Otitis media hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) | 0 | 0.0* | 3.4 | Yes | 2.7 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Pneumonia hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) | 5 | 9.3* | 44.9 | Yes | 38.5 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % children born in 2005 who received a lead screening blood test at 0-9 months | 6 | 1.6* | 4.3 | Yes | 3.3 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| % children born in 2005 who received a lead screening blood test at 9-18 months | 205 | 53.9 | 65.9 | Yes | 63.2 | Yes | 3rd | 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) | 78 | 20.5 | 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) | 5 | 4.3* | 11.1 | Yes | 9.1 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
