Immunization and Infectious Diseases Indicators - Bronx County
Immunization and Infectious Diseases
Bronx County
2004-2006
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYC Rate | Sig.Dif. | Ranking Quartile |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia/flu hospitalizations in adults 65+ years per 10,000 (ICD9 480-487) | 7,315 | 176.0 | 172.8 | No | 151.8 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Pertussis incidence per 100,000 | 98 | 2.4 | 7.1 | Yes | 1.7 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| H. Influenza incidence per 100,000 | 72 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Yes | 1.0 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Hepatitis A incidence per 100,000 | 135 | 3.3 | 1.9 | Yes | 3.1 | No | 4th | 4.5 | Yes |
| Hepatitis B incidence per 100,000 | 62 | 1.5 | 1.2 | No | 1.7 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 | 501 | 12.3 | 6.8 | Yes | 12.2 | No | 4th | 1.0 | No |
| E. Coli incidence per 100,000 | 24 | 0.6 | 0.8 | No | 0.4 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Salmonella incidence per 100,000 | 817 | 20.1 | 13.6 | Yes | 15.3 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Shigella incidence per 100,000 | 145 | 3.6 | 3.7 | No | 4.5 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Lyme disease incidence per 100,000 | 73 | 1.8 | 26.2 | Yes | 4.3 | Yes | 2nd | 9.7 | Yes |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2003) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | NYC | CI # | |||
| % of adults 65+ years with flu shot in last year | N/A | N/A | 68.0 | ± 3.8 | N/A | N/A | 90.0 | No | |
| % of adults 65+ years that ever received pneumonia shot | N/A | N/A | 61.7 | ± 3.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
#: 95% confidence interval for BRFSS/Expanded BRFSS indicators


