Alcohol outlet density is associated with many negative health outcomes and social harms, such as injuries, violence, alcohol-related diseases and disorderly conduct. This report describes methods and findings of measuring alcohol outlet density in NYC.
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) provides standardized data for monitoring; 2015 changes in coding present challenges. This report asseses the impact on pediatric mental health ED visit monitoring.
Report defines the scope of the problem by listing conditions at all homeless shelter facilities and tracks progress made by the expanded repair program. Includes total number of inspections conducted, new problems found, and violations and other conditions resolved.
This report summarizes NYC construction deaths by worker characteristics and circumstances of injury. Falls accounted for 60% of fatal construction injuries. Older workers and those w/lower education levels were disproportionately fatally injured.
This Epi Data Brief summarizes data from both the National Survey on Drug Use and Health and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey on self-reported cannabis use, providing some comparison of NYC to US rates. In addition, the brief summarizes data on emergency department visits.