About the County Health Indicator Profiles
The County Health Indicator Profiles are a summary of selected statistics for each New York State county as well as New York State, New York City, and New York State exclusive of New York City. A number of different data sets were used in these profiles. The profiles are divided into five major sections:
- The Socio-Demographic section uses population data estimates that were provided by the US Census Bureau. The unemployment data were provided by the New York State Department of Labor and are subject to revision. Deliveries were extracted from the New York State birth files.
- The Perinatal Health section uses data extracted from the New York State birth, death, fetal death and abortion files. Pregnancies include induced and spontaneous fetal deaths of all gestational ages plus live births.
- Mortality data was extracted from death files.
- Hospitalizations were extracted from the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) data files.
- Disease Morbidity data was taken from various NYSDOH disease registries including AIDS/HIV and Reportable Diseases.
If you have any questions about these postings, please contact Public Health Information Group at phiginfo@health.state.ny.us or call (518) 474-2543.