Immunization and Infectious Diseases Indicators - Westchester County
Immunization and Infectious Diseases
Westchester County
2004-2006
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYS Rate exc NYC | Sig.Dif. | Ranking Quartile |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia/flu hospitalizations in adults 65+ years per 10,000 (ICD9 480-487) | 6,098 | 156.0 | 172.8 | Yes | 186.4 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Pertussis incidence per 100,000 | 153 | 5.4 | 7.1 | Yes | 11.1 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| H. Influenza incidence per 100,000 | 30 | 1.1 | 1.2 | No | 1.3 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Hepatitis A incidence per 100,000 | 51 | 1.8 | 1.9 | No | 1.0 | Yes | 4th | 4.5 | Yes |
| Hepatitis B incidence per 100,000 | 14 | 0.5* | 1.2 | Yes | 0.8 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 | 187 | 6.6 | 6.8 | No | 2.8 | Yes | 4th | 1.0 | No |
| E. Coli incidence per 100,000 | 21 | 0.7 | 0.8 | No | 1.2 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Salmonella incidence per 100,000 | 382 | 13.5 | 13.6 | No | 12.4 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Shigella incidence per 100,000 | 65 | 2.3 | 3.7 | Yes | 3.1 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Lyme disease incidence per 100,000 | 1,467 | 52.0 | 26.2 | Yes | 42.2 | Yes | 4th | 9.7 | No |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2003) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | Upstate | CI # | |||
| % of adults 65+ years with flu shot in last year | 67.8 | ± 9.0 | 68.0 | ± 3.8 | N/A | N/A | 1st | 90.0 | No |
| % of adults 65+ years that ever received pneumonia shot | 53.0 | ± 9.8 | 61.7 | ± 3.4 | N/A | N/A | 1st | 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
