Socio-Economic Status Indicators - Queens County
Socio-Economic Status
Queens County
2008-2010
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYC Rate | Sig.Dif. | County Ranking Group |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % unemployed (2008-10) | 248,525 | 7.3 | 7.5 | Yes | 8.1 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % of population at or below poverty level (2009) | N/A | 12.9 | 14.2 | Yes+ | 18.2 | N/A | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % of children <18 at or below poverty level (2009) | N/A | 16.7 | 20.2 | Yes+ | 27.3 | N/A | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Median family income in US dollars (2009) | N/A | 54,671 | 54,554 | No+ | N/A | N/A | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % Annual high school drop outs (2008-10) | 11,765 | 3.9 | 2.8 | Yes | 4.1 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2008-09) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | NYC | CI # | |||
| % of adults with health insurance** | 81.6 | ± 2.9 | 86.7 | ± 2.3 | 84.8 | ± 1.3 | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % of adults that did not receive medical care because of the cost | N/A | N/A | 13.8 | ± 2.1 | 16.2 | ± 4.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
+: Significant difference at 90% confidence interval
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
#: 95% confidence interval for BRFSS/Expanded BRFSS indicators
**: NYC county rates in the Behavior/Risk section are from the 2008 Community Health Survery conducted by the NYCDOHMH
