Child and Adolescent Health Indicators - Orange County

Child and Adolescent Health
Orange 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 10 15.9* 21.4 No 24.0 No 1st 25.0 Yes
      5-9 years 13 16.6* 11.4 No 11.9 No 4th 14.3 No
      10-14 years 21 24.2 13.1 Yes 13.6 No 4th 16.8 No
Asthma Hospitalization rate per 10,000 -                  
      0-4 years 269 33.9 58.8 Yes 35.8 No 3rd 25.0 No
      5-14 years 225 13.6 21.5 Yes 11.2 Yes 4th N/A N/A
      0-17 years 525 17.5 29.4 Yes 16.2 No 3rd 17.3 No
Gastroenteritis hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) 186 23.4 20.2 No 15.4 Yes 4th N/A N/A
Otitis media hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) 20 2.5 3.4 No 2.7 No 3rd N/A N/A
Pneumonia hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) 332 41.8 44.9 No 38.5 No 3rd N/A N/A
% children born in 2005 who received a lead screening blood test at 0-9 months 252 4.9 4.3 No 3.3 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% children born in 2005 who received a lead screening blood test at 9-18 months 3,237 62.7 65.9 Yes 63.2 No 2nd 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) 1,941 37.6 47.4 Yes 40.0 Yes 2nd 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) 313 12.7 11.1 Yes 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