This is an annual report on the progress toward reducing childhood lead poisoning and increasing blood lead testing in NYC submitted to the New York City Council, as required by Local Law 1 of 2004.
This report presents the characteristics and patterns of New York City residents filling opioid analgesic prescriptions and compares the number of people who filled an opioid analgesic prescription with the numbers in the past.
This report describes drug poisoning deaths, also called overdose deaths, with a focus on deaths caused by heroin and by prescription opioid analgesics from 2000 to 2012.
West Nile Virus (WNV) is now considered an endemic in the United States and is the leading cause of viral encephalitis. This data brief examines trends in the West Nile disease in New York City from 1999 to 2012.
This report is prepared and submitted pursuant to Local Law 63, amending the Administrative Code of the City of New York To track and report deaths of homeless persons in the City of New York. This report summarizes homeless deaths during the annual reporting period for July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013.
This report examines headphone use with personal music players and its associations with hearing problems. Data is presented on New Yorkers with hearing problems, particularly trends in younger adults who listen to music frequently with headphones. Finally, the report makes recommendations on how to reduce possible consequences of listening to music with headphones.
This Brief describes the characteristics of NYC residents with malaria. Malaria is contracted outside of New York City most frequently by residents from countries where malaria is present who travel back to their country of origin to visit friends and family.
The Community Health Survey in New York City collects stair use data, providing an opportunity to assess individual characteristics of stair users as well as highlight self-reported health status associated with stair use in the NYC population.
Annual report describing the measures and programs DOHMH is or will undertake to promote equal employment opportunity, including efforts to prevent, diminish or eliminate barriers to equal opportunity.