This report describes characteristics and circumstances of heat-related deaths in New York City during the 2013 summer season based on a review of death certificates and medical examiner investigation reports.
This report features data from the NYC Alcohol Survey, a special survey of adult New Yorkers that asked about drinking patterns as well as experiences of specific harms from drinking, such as arguments, assaults, unwanted sexual advances, or having to care for someone who had too much to drink. The survey found that more than one in five adult New Yorkers had experienced one or more of these harms.
This report features data from the 2009 Community Health Survey. Analyses found that four in ten New Yorkers experienced disruption of activities by noise outside their homes, and half of those reported frequent disruptive noise. Both New Yorkers who reported poor self-rated health and those with serious psychological distress were more likely to report frequent disruptive noise exposure.
This Epi Research Report examines the relationship between self-reported physical activity and accelerometer-measured physicial activity and provides best practice recommendations for using self-reported data.
This report features data from a 2012 retail audit of the Crotona-Tremont neighborhood. Auditors found that for every supermarket in the neighborhood, there were four fast food restaurants and ten bodegas. They assessed the products sold, promotional placement, and advertising in retail establishments, finding that unhealthy snacks were heavily promoted at bodegas and supermarkets and sugary drinks, alcohol, and tobacco were the most-advertised items.
Annual report by the Child Fatality Review Advisory Team (created by local law 115 in 2006) presenting a 10-year retrospective review of fatal injuries among children and youth aged 0-17.