Socio-Economic Status Indicators - Suffolk County
Socio-Economic Status
Suffolk County
2008-2010
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYS Rate exc NYC | Sig.Dif. | County Ranking Group |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % unemployed (2008-10) | 158,806 | 6.7 | 7.5 | Yes | 7.0 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % of population at or below poverty level (2009) | N/A | 5.7 | 14.2 | Yes+ | 10.8 | N/A | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % of children <18 at or below poverty level (2009) | N/A | 7.5 | 20.2 | Yes+ | 14.8 | N/A | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Median family income in US dollars (2009) | N/A | 82,984 | 54,554 | Yes+ | N/A | N/A | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % Annual high school drop outs (2008-10) | 4,139 | 1.3 | 2.8 | Yes | 2.0 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2008-09) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | Upstate | CI # | |||
| % of adults with health insurance | 92.5 | ± 3.5 | 86.7 | ± 2.3 | 89.9 | ± 0.9 | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % of adults that did not receive medical care because of the cost | 13.1 | ± 4.7 | 13.8 | ± 2.1 | 12.0 | ± 1.0 | 3rd | 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
