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 diabetes epidemic continues to worsen in New York City. Nearly 650,000 adult New Yorkers reported having diabetes in 2011, an increase of approximately 200,000 adults since 2002. People with diabetes are at increased risk of heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, nerve damage, and amputations.
This brief focuses on trends in cigarette use among adults in NYC and in the U. S. It also compares the statistics of heavy smokers and light smokers and how smoking and alcohol use affects mental health.
Adult consumption of sugar sweetened beverages according to recent public health research. This compares the statistics of New Yorkers who consume sugar beverages.
This data brief describes the weight of public school children, aged six to 12, in New York City. It also lists the amount of physical activity done and the amount of time spent watching TV, playing video games and using the computer for the same age group.
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 data brief details the rate of non-daily smoking among young adults. This chronic, low-level form of cigarette consumption does not decrease as rapidly as the rate of daily smoking, showing that although smoking declines overall, non-daily smoking remains a problem.
This data brief compares the availability and promotion of beverages in retail food outlets across neighborhoods with different consumption levels of sugary drinks.
This data brief examines self-rated general health, a holistic indicator of perceived health that encompasses a summary of physical, mental, and emotional factors and their association with chronic health conditions. Demographic factors are also examined.
This report compares the demographic characteristics and health status of New Yorkers from the Cell Phone Pilot Survey (adults with cellular phones) to New Yorkers from the 2008 Community Health Survey (adults with landline phones). There were limited differences between the two groups.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators, such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate, for the City of New York. The Health Department uses these indicators, which are broken down by ethnic group, gender, age and neighborhoods, to monitor the public health. This report contains the 2011 Infant Mortality data.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators, such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate, for the City of New York. The Health Department uses these indicators, which are broken down by ethnic group, gender, age and neighborhoods, to monitor the public health. This report shows the health trends of 1961.
This Data Brief presents recent data on federally funded health centers in New York City, including data on the patient population served and services available.
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.
This report describes drug poisoning deaths, also called overdose deaths, related to prescription opioid analgesics. It examines the trend in these deaths between 2006 and 2011 and looks at deaths involving a combination of drugs.
The Health Department conducted active surveillance to identify all cases of influenza. It shows the numbers of the first, second, and third waves of the H1N1 influenza.
This data brief analyzes the rate of invasive pneumococcal disease in the City, detailing the rates by age and neighborhood. It also explains the causes and preventions of the disease.
This report explains the changes in methodology for the conduction of the New York City Community Health Survey and provides guidance for interpreting trends over time.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1986.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1990.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1993.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1998.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 2001.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. The report is now broken up into six different reports: The Executive Summary, Mortality, Pregnancy Outcomes, Infant Mortality, Appendix A: Supplemental Tables, Appendix B: Technical Note
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. The report is now broken up into six different reports: The Executive Summary, Mortality, Pregnancy Outcomes, Infant Mortality, Appendix A: Supplemental Tables, Appendix B: Technical Note
This data brief summarizes data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. It describes the characteristics of youth who are bullied and their increased risk for tobacco, alcohol and other drug use, mental health problems, and misconduct in academic settings.
This report summarizes data on food-related anaphylaxis in New York City from the period of 2006-2010. Emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths are shown, organized by food triggers and age groups.
This report describes the distribution of viral hepatitis, STDs, HIV and TB in New York City, including coinfection with more than one disease, and can help identify communities most at risk and target programs to manage and prevent the spread of infections.
This report highlights data on falls among adults ages 65 and older in New York City. The report summarizes trends in fall-related Emergency Department visits and hospitalizations, the need for continued care after leaving the hospital. Data on risks are also highlighted.
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.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1984
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1985.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1988.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1991.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1994.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1996.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1997.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 2002.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. The report is now broken up into six different reports: The Executive Summary, Mortality, Pregnancy Outcomes, Infant Mortality, Appendix A: Supplemental Tables, Appendix B: Technical Note
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. The report is now broken up into six different reports: The Executive Summary, Mortality, Pregnancy Outcomes, Infant Mortality, Appendix A: Supplemental Tables, Appendix B: Technical Note
This data brief summarizes the trends in treatment for diabetes-related conditions, including hospitalizations for lower-extremity amputation and dialysis for kidney disease. It also provides data from the New York City A1C registry on control of blood glucose among diabetics in treatment.
This report highlights data from the NYC Physical Activity and Transit Survey and the NYC Youth Risk Behavior Survey. It describes the rate of those engaging in muscle-strengthening activity and shows that only one-third of the adults and one-half of the youth in New York City met muscle-strengthening activity recommendations.
This report defines neighborhood walkability and highlights the variation of it across the five New York City boroughs. Data from the Physical Activity and Transit Survey shows that higher neighborhood walkability is associated with greater physical activity. This report compares physical activity and neighborhood walkability across the boroughs.
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.
The goal for this report is to inspire action by documentation - the disparities include Social & Physical environmental conditions, limited access to primary, preventive and quality care
The report is the result of collaboration between NYCHA, the Health Dept., NYCDFTA, and CUNY School of Public Health. The analyze and interpret findings from NYCHA Senior Surveys.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1987.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1989.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1992.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1995.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 1999.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. This historical document shows health trends for 2000.
The Summary of Vital Statistics presents data on many important health indicators such as life expectancy, leading causes of death and the infant mortality rate in NYC. The report is now broken up into six different reports: The Executive Summary, Mortality, Pregnancy Outcomes, Infant Mortality, Appendix A: Supplemental Tables, Appendix B: Technical Note
This data brief summarizes data on influenza vaccination levels among children and adults, organized by race/ethnicity or neighborhood. The report also emphasizes the goals for increased vaccination, especially among vulnerable groups such as those 65 years and older, pregnant women, and people with chronic conditions.
This report highlights data from the Community Health Survey on the prevalence of arthritis of the hip and knee among New Yorkers. Comorbid factors, such as chronic conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure, are also discussed. In addition, the rate of physical activity among adults with arthritis is analyzed.
This report examines trends and patterns in firearm deaths and injuries in the city. It highlights firearm violence, since most firearm deaths and injuries in New York City result from violence. Firearm deaths and injuries impose health care, judicial, and incarceration-related costs, as well as a host of social and economic costs on the communities in which they occur.
This report describes the history of and rationale for the neighborhood-level poverty measure and presents analyses of data from several existing surveillance systems to demonstrate how the measure can be used.
This report shows that the percentage of uninsured adults increased from 2008 to 2012, while private health insurance coverage declined. Using data from the 2012 CHS, the Brief presents a demographic profile of those most likely to be uninsured and finds that uninsured New Yorkers ages 18 to 64 were more likely than insured adults to report not having a regular care provider and not getting needed care.
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.
This report, submitted pursuant to §3 of Local Law 77 (LL77), details the status of the Office of Building Water System Oversight’s (BWSO) cooling tower program and the number of cases of Legionnaire’s disease in the city.
Pursuant to Local Law 117 of 2017, the LGBTQ Behavioral Health Roadmap (“the Roadmap”) comprises a full overview of ongoing New York City–supported initiatives to address the needs of LGBTQ+i New Yorkers of all ages.
Pursuant to section 17-711 of the New York City Administrative Code, this report describes the administration and enforcement of the Tobacco Product and Regulation Act.
Pursuant to section 17-711 of the New York City Administrative Code, this report describes the administration and enforcement of the Tobacco Product and Regulation Act.
Pursuant to Local Law 16 of 2013, this report summarizes the New York City Department of Mental Hygiene's Mobile Food Vending licensing and permitting activities, covering the period from June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018.
This report summarizes activities by the New York City Health Department’s Food Service Establishment Inspection Ombuds Office (the Office) from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, as required by LL2013/089 of the New York City Council.
This City Health Information bulletin offers guidance for health care providers on summer-related health conditions, including Lyme Disease, West Nile virus, and animal bites.
This report examines the prevalence of current depression and its treatment among adults in NYC, with a focus on understanding differences in depression prevalence among adults with known risk factors.
In 2015,552 suicides were reported in New York City (NYC); approximately two-thirds occurred among males and one-third among females. While the suicide rate among males has been consistently and markedly higher than among females, the gap has narrowed in recent years due to an increase among females
This report examines trends in the practice of anal sex without condoms and rectal gonorrhea and chlamydia diagnoses among NYC MSM, presents estimates of HIV risk among MSM with rectal gonorrhea and/or chlamydia, and provides recommendations for health care providers.
The data brief describes demographic characteristics of NYC adults with SPD, their access to mental health treatment, and trends in the prevalence of health behaviors and chronic diseases.
This data brief details smoking-related behaviors of NYC men and public high school boys using data from the 2016 NYC Community Health Survey, 2016 New York State Adult Tobacco Survey, and 2015 NYC Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
This brief includes provisional data for 2017 on deaths due to overdose, with a focus on deaths involving heroin and fentanyl, a high potency opioid analgesic.
The Annual Report on Contraceptive Methods is required per Local Law 54 of 2017. This report contains the most recently-available data regarding commonly used contraceptive methods for adults and high school students.
The annual Permitting and Licencing Report summarizes the Department's permitting and licensing activities from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, as required by Local Law 2016/047 of the New York City Council.
This annual report summarizes the 2018 Beach Surveillance and Monitoring Program for permitted beaches, including the dates and results of all inspections of these beaches, and the dates and reasons for any warning or closure.
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.
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.