Child and Adolescent Health Indicators - Rensselaer County

Child and Adolescent Health
Rensselaer 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 5 24.3* 21.4 No 24.0 No 3rd 25.0 Yes
      5-9 years 3 11.7* 11.4 No 11.9 No 3rd 14.3 Yes
      10-14 years 5 17.3* 13.1 No 13.6 No 3rd 16.8 No
Asthma Hospitalization rate per 10,000 -                  
      0-4 years 128 49.2 58.8 Yes 35.8 Yes 4th 25.0 No
      5-14 years 61 11.2 21.5 Yes 11.2 No 3rd N/A N/A
      0-17 years 199 19.9 29.4 Yes 16.2 Yes 4th 17.3 No
Gastroenteritis hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) 25 9.6 20.2 Yes 15.4 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
Otitis media hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) 6 2.3* 3.4 No 2.7 No 2nd N/A N/A
Pneumonia hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) 63 24.2 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 29 1.7 4.3 Yes 3.3 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% children born in 2005 who received a lead screening blood test at 9-18 months 1,109 64.1 65.9 No 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) 717 41.4 47.4 Yes 40.0 No 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) 107 14.8 11.1 Yes 9.1 Yes 4th N/A N/A

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