Child and Adolescent Health Indicators - Schenectady County
Child and Adolescent Health
Schenectady 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 | 6 | 27.1* | 21.4 | No | 24.0 | No | 3rd | 25.0 | No |
| 5-9 years | s | 7.5* | 11.4 | No | 11.9 | No | 2nd | 14.3 | Yes |
| 10-14 years | 8 | 27.9* | 13.1 | No | 13.6 | No | 4th | 16.8 | No |
| Asthma Hospitalization rate per 10,000 - | |||||||||
| 0-4 years | 134 | 47.8 | 58.8 | Yes | 35.8 | Yes | 4th | 25.0 | No |
| 5-14 years | 51 | 9.2 | 21.5 | Yes | 11.2 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| 0-17 years | 193 | 18.8 | 29.4 | Yes | 16.2 | No | 4th | 17.3 | No |
| Gastroenteritis hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) | 71 | 25.3 | 20.2 | No | 15.4 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Otitis media hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) | 9 | 3.2* | 3.4 | No | 2.7 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Pneumonia hospitalization rate per 10,000 (0-4 yrs) | 58 | 20.7 | 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 | 26 | 1.4 | 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 | 1,201 | 65.6 | 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) | 657 | 35.9 | 47.4 | Yes | 40.0 | Yes | 3rd | 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) | 70 | 9.4 | 11.1 | No | 9.1 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
