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New York

State Profile | State and Special Libraries | Resource Libraries | MLA Chapters | Statistical Data
State Health Departments and Associations | Regional Consumer Health Resources | Special Populations

State Profile

New York is located on the east coast of the United States, with its state capital located in Albany. New York has 62 counties, 62 cities, 553 villages, and 932 towns spread over 54,471 square miles. New York is a world capital with the headquarters of the United Nations located in New York City. According to the 2000 Census, New York has a population of 18,947,457 residents. New York residents are predominantly white (67.9), with a significant black population (15.9%) and a significant Hispanic population (15.1%). Asians make up the remaining 5.5% of the state's population.

State and Special Libraries

• New York Library Association
• New York State Library
• Andrew Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library - part of the New York Public Library, New York City.
• Talking Book and Braille Library - part of the New York State Library.

Resource Libraries

• Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
• Columbia University, New York, NY
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
• New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
• New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
• New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
• Queens Borough Public Library Queens, NY
• SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
• SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, Long Island, NY
• SUNY Downstate Medical Center , Brooklyn, NY
• SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
• University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
• Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

See a listing of all NN/LM Member Libraries in NY

MLA Chapters

• New York - New Jersey Chapter of the Medical Library Association
• Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter (UNYOC) of the Medical Library Association

See also Health Sciences Library Consortia

Statistical Data

• CDC Faststats - Click on New York for links to specific health statistics data.
• Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts Online - New York at a Glance - This resource provides the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
• NY Quick Facts - This resource from U.S. Census Bureau provides summary profiles for frequently requested data items from various Census Bureau programs. Profiles are available at the national, state, and county level.
• Vital Statistics of New York State

State Health Departments and Associations

• New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)
• Center for Consumer Health Care Information - from NYSDOH
• Child Health Plus - New York State's health insurance plan for kids.
• Family Health Plus - A public health insurance program for adults between the ages of 19 and 64 who do not have health insurance.
• Health Information for Researchers - from NYSDOH
• Office of Minority Health - from NYSDOH
• New York State County Health Departments
• New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• New York State Public Health Association
• Public Health Association of New York City

Regional Consumer Health Resources

• CLIC-on-Health - A project that brings together libraries, health organizations and associations, healthcare delivery systems, and educational institutions. Its purpose is to provide all the people of the greater Rochester, NY area, including Monroe, Ontario, Livingston, Wyoming, and Wayne counties, with the high-quality healthcare information and resources they need to make wise lifestyle and healthcare choices.
• Find a Library: MedlinePlus.gov - NY libraries listed in MedlinePlus.gov that have a consumer health collection and are open to the public.
• HICUP: Health Information in Chinese Uniting Patients, Physicians and the Public The HICUP web site provides electronic access to quality patient education documents and consumer health information written in Chinese. The HICUP web site also provides links to other Chinese language health information web sites.
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health, especially valuable for its excellent Spanish language consumer health materials. También en Español!

Special Populations

• Minority Health - New York at a Glance - Sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, this resources provides links to Foundation reports and state statistical information.
• Population Group Topic - This resource from the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus provides links to topic sheets for a number of population groups.

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