Vital Signs Measuring Long Islands Social Health June 15, 2006

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Vital Signs Measuring Long Islands Social
HealthJune 15, 2006

• Let all bear in mind that a society is judged
  not so much by the standards attained by its more
  affluent and privileged members as by the quality
  of life which it is able to assure for its
  weakest members.
• H.E. Javier Perez de Cuellar
• Former Secretary General of the U.N.

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Social Health Indicators

• Housing and Food Security
• Rental Housing
• Home Ownership
• Homelessness
• Food Insecurity
• Food Stamps
• Community and Individual Well-Being and Safety
• High school non-completion
• Child abuse and neglect
• Domestic violence
• Juvenile arrests
• Violent crimes
• Hate crime

• Health Insurance and Physical and Mental Health
• Health Insurance
• Early prenatal care
• Teen pregnancies and teen births
• Low birth weight
• Infant Mortality
• Pediatric asthma
• Diabetes-related amputations
• Diseases of the heart
• Cancer
• HIV/AIDS
• Suicide
• Drug abuse
• Alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths

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COMPARISION OF SELECTED SOCIAL HEALTH INDICATORS
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Vital Signs Main Themes

• Need for better measures of economic well-being
• Cultural, geographic and economic barriers to
  health care and good social health
• Different social health challenges and risks for
  Nassau and Suffolk

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Economic Status on Long Island

• Source Economic Policy Institute 2004 American
  Community Survey

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Low Income Households

• If you dont have any money, its hard to live
  on Long Island - 64-year-old Man, Port
  Washington

• Below 50 of median household income better
  measure of economic distress
• Median income 68,351 in 2000
• Approximately 22 of households are low income

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Percent of Renters with Housing Cost Burden
(over 30 of gross income) Increasing Over Time

• Source 2000 US Census 2004 American Community
  Survey

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Severe Cost Burden(over 50 of income)

Source US Census 2004 American Community Survey
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Food Insecurity Increasing(Hunger in America
2006)

• 259,4000 different people receive food from Long
  Island Cares and Island Harvest each year
• Majority of surveyed food pantries and soup
  kitchens report gains in clients from 2001-2005
• Close to half of surveyed food pantries and one
  third of soup kitchens turned away clients in
  2005 due to lack of food

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Increase in Food Stamp Recipients

• Source NYS Office of Temporary and Disability
  Assistance

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Cultural, Geographic and Economic
Barriers to Health Care and Good Social Health
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Health InsurancePERCENT OF INPATIENT
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COVERAGE 2000-2004

• Source SPARCS, NYS Department of Health

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2004 Uninsured Inpatient Discharge Rate per
1,000 Population

• Source SPARCS, NYS Department of Health

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Diabetes
Source SPARCS, NYS Department of Health
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Number of Diabetes-Related Amputations By ZIP Code

• I dont feel that being rich is the only way to
  be happy, but sometimes wealth determines
  health.
• 20 year-old women, Seaford

• Source NYS Department of Health

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Percent of Women Receiving Early Prenatal Care

• Source NYS Department of Health

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Percent of Women with Early Prenatal Care in
Nassau County

• Source Nassau County Health Assessment

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Different Social Health Challenges and
Risks for Nassau and Suffolk
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Drunk Driving

• Source NYS Department of Motor Vehicles

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Trends in Drug Abuse (Drug-Related Discharge
Rate per 100,000)

• Source SPARCS, NYS Department of Health

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Distribution of Drug-Related Discharge Rates by
ZIP Code

• Source NYS Department of Health

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Domestic Violence Incidence Rate 2000

• NY State 144 per 10,000
• Nassau 142 per 10,000
• Suffolk 242 per 10,000

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• Next Steps

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