STATE PROFILE:  NEW YORK

PERCENT OF PERSONS UNDER AGE 65 WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE (2004-06 data)

NEW YORK:  12.3%

U.S.:  16.6%

PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS (2006 preliminary data)

NEW YORK    40.0

U.S RATE    38.5

2006 RANK    17

2005 NEW YORK RATE    38.7

CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006    +1.3

EARLY PRE-NATAL CARE (Percent Receiving pre-natal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, 2004)

NEW YORK CITY    77.2
 

U.S REPORTING AREA RATE    72.9
 

2005 NEW YORK RATE    77.2
 

CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006    none

CESAREAN DELIVERY RATE (2006 preliminary data)

NEW YORK    32.6

U.S RATE    31.1

2006 RANK    14

2005 NEW YORK RATE    31.5

CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006    +1.1

PRE-TERM BIRTH RATE (2006 preliminary data)

NEW YORK    12.4

U.S RATE    12.8

2006 RANK    29

2005 NEW YORK RATE    12.1

CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006    +0.3

TEEN BIRTH RATE (Number of live births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, 2006)

NEW YORK    25.7

U.S RATE    41.9

RANK    45

2004 NEW YORK RATE    26.5

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -0.8

LOW BIRTHWEIGHT RATE (2006 preliminary data)

NEW YORK    8.3

U.S RATE    8.3

2006 RANK    22 (tie)

2005 NEW YORK RATE    8.3

CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006    none

INFANT MORTALITY RATE (2005)

NEW YORK    6.02

U.S RATE    6.83

RANK    36

2004 NEW YORK RATE    6.08

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -0.06

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S. (2005)

1. HEART DISEASE

DEATHS    51985

NEW YORK DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    239.6

U.S. RATE    211.1

2005 RANK    10

2004 NEW YORK RATE    247.9

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -8.3

2. CANCER

DEATHS    35556

NEW YORK DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    170.8

U.S. RATE    183.8

2005 RANK    40

2004 NEW YORK RATE    176.2

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -5.4

3. STROKE

DEATHS    6622

NEW YORK DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    30.6

U.S. RATE    46.6

2005 RANK    50

2004 NEW YORK RATE    32.9

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -2.3

4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES

DEATHS    6818

NEW YORK DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    32.4

U.S. RATE    43.2

2005 RANK    49

2004 NEW YORK RATE    32.8

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -0.4

5. ACCIDENTS

DEATHS    4645

NEW YORK DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    22.9

U.S. RATE    39.1

2005 RANK    50

2004 NEW YORK RATE    22.6

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    +0.3

6. DIABETES

DEATHS    4051

NEW YORK DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    19.3

U.S. RATE    24.6

2005 RANK    46

2004 NEW YORK RATE    19.0

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    +0.3

7. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

DEATHS    2065

NEW YORK DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    9.2

U.S. RATE    22.9

2005 RANK    50

2004 NEW YORK RATE    9.2

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    none

8. INFLUENZA/PNEUMONIA

DEATHS    5521

NEW YORK DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    25.3

U.S. RATE    20.3

2005 RANK    4

2004 NEW YORK RATE    25.9

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -0.6

9. KIDNEY DISEASE

DEATHS    2360

NEW YORK DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    11.0

U.S. RATE    14.3

2005 RANK    36

2004 NEW YORK RATE    11.4

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -0.4

10. SEPTICEMIA

DEATHS    2277

NEW YORK DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    10.7

U.S. RATE    11.2

2005 RANK    26

2004 NEW YORK RATE    n/a

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    n/a

Sources:  Health Insurance data come from National Health Statistics Reports, No. 1; 2005 birth data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 6; 2006 preliminary birth data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 7; Infant mortality data come from the 2005 period linked birth/infant death data set; Leading cause of death data come from  National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 10 and rankings are based on age-adjusted death rates.  States are categorized from highest rate to lowest.  Although adjusted for differences in age-distribution and population size, rankings by state do not take into account other state specific population characteristics that may effect the level of mortality.  When the number of deaths is small, rankings by state may be unreliable due to instability in death rates.  For more information on age-adjustment, click Here.

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