Immunization and Infectious Diseases Indicators - Bronx County
Immunization and Infectious Diseases
Bronx 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia/flu hospitalizations in adults 65+ years per 10,000 (ICD9 480-487) | 6,262 | 140.9 | 136.0 | Yes | 114.0 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Pertussis incidence per 100,000 | 60 | 1.4 | 2.8 | Yes | 1.5 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| H. Influenza incidence per 100,000 | 59 | 1.4 | 1.3 | No | 1.1 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Hepatitis A incidence per 100,000 | 42 | 1.0 | 0.9 | No | 1.4 | No | 4th | 4.5 | Yes |
| Hepatitis B incidence per 100,000 | 55 | 1.3 | 0.9 | Yes | 1.2 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 | 445 | 10.7 | 5.8 | Yes | 10.2 | No | 4th | 1.0 | No |
| E. Coli incidence per 100,000 | 18 | 0.4* | 0.7 | No | 0.4 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Salmonella incidence per 100,000 | 742 | 17.8 | 13.9 | Yes | 15.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Shigella incidence per 100,000 | 178 | 4.3 | 4.3 | No | 5.8 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Lyme disease incidence per 100,000 | 180 | 4.3 | 39.4 | Yes | 9.1 | Yes | 2nd | 9.7 | Yes |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2008-09) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | NYC | CI # | |||
| % of adults 65+ years with flu shot in last year | N/A | N/A | 75.0 | ± 3.5 | 73.8 | ± 8.0 | 90.0 | N/A | |
| % of adults 65+ years that ever received pneumonia shot | N/A | N/A | 64.7 | ± 4.3 | 56.2 | ± 9.7 | 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


