Child and Adolescent Health Indicators - Queens County
Child and Adolescent Health
Queens County
2007-2009
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYC Rate | Sig.Dif. | County Ranking Group |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood Mortality (per 100,000) - | |||||||||
| 1-4 years | 60 | 17.4 | 21.4 | No | 18.4 | No | 2nd | 25.0 | Yes |
| 5-9 years | 44 | 11.0 | 11.4 | No | 10.7 | No | 2nd | 14.3 | Yes |
| 10-14 years | 42 | 10.7 | 13.1 | No | 12.2 | No | 2nd | 16.8 | Yes |
| Asthma Hospitalization rate per 10,000 - | |||||||||
| 0-4 years | 2,989 | 68.7 | 58.8 | Yes | 84.0 | Yes | 4th | 25.0 | No |
| 5-14 years | 2,043 | 25.8 | 21.5 | Yes | 35.3 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| 0-17 years | 5,252 | 35.6 | 29.4 | Yes | 46.7 | Yes | 4th | 17.3 | No |
| Gastroenteritis hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) | 1,196 | 27.5 | 20.2 | Yes | 25.5 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Otitis media hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) | 161 | 3.7 | 3.4 | No | 4.1 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Pneumonia hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) | 2,148 | 49.4 | 44.9 | Yes | 51.9 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| % children born in 2005 who received a lead screening blood test at 0-9 months | 1,378 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Yes | 5.4 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % children born in 2005 who received a lead screening blood test at 9-18 months | 20,659 | 68.8 | 65.9 | Yes | 68.9 | No | 1st | 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) | 16,626 | 55.4 | 47.4 | Yes | 55.4 | No | 1st | 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) | 1,260 | 14.0 | 11.1 | Yes | 14.9 | Yes | N/A | N/A |
s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
