This report uses population-based data from the Community Health Survey 2015 and Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2015 to describe driving prevalence and self-reported dangerous driving behaviors among adults and teens in NYC.
This report summarizes data from 2012-2014, the years immediately before and just after the Vision Zero initiative began in January, 2014. It highlights findings on disparities in the burden of traffic injury death due to motor vehicles.
This report highlights findings on disparities in the burden of pedestrian death due to traffic injury by neighborhood poverty, age group, and race/ethnicity.
This report was submitted by the New York City Gender Marker Change Advisory Board in accordance with Local Law 2 of 2015, Administrative Code Chapter 17, Section 167.2.
This special report focuses on health and mortality, as well as educational, occupational, and social engagement of tenants in the NY/NYIII supportive housing program.
This report has been prepared and submitted pursuant to Local Law 63 (LL63), passed by the New York City Council in 2005 and extended on January 20, 2012, which requires the City of New York to track and report deaths of homeless persons in the City.
This report cites that access to fruits and vegetables, as measured by the prevalence of adults who could walk from home in five minutes or less to purchase fruits and vegetables, increased between 2008 and 2014. While trends in fruit and vegetable consum
This report details data from the Community Health Survey and the Heart Follow Up Study on the prevalence of hypertension and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, as well as the prevalence of hypertension among those with other health conditions such as diabetes or a history of depression.
This report summarizes data on drug use among HIV-positive participants in the Medical Monitoring Project (MMP), a study of people living with HIV/AIDS and receiving care in NYC. The study found that 13% of MMP participants used substances in the past 12 months. Among substance users, most were gay (62%) and use was more common among participants who were homeless (20% vs. 11% among those who were not). The brief also highlights data on sexual risk behaviors and drug use.