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Founding edition · 2026
WNYAtlas · Public Health Atlas
Western New York health, county by county and source by source.
Explore official health measures across eight Western New York counties, compare them with every New York county that has a published value, and move into ZIP or water-system detail only when the source supports it.
Evidence before interpretation
Environmental history and health statistics are separate evidence streams. Proximity, rank, or correlation does not prove that a site caused a health outcome.
WNY counties8
Standardized indicators43
County-indicator records3,142
Top-ten NY placements82
Latest Atlas refreshAug. 2026
Start with a finding
Cattaraugus has the highest reported WNY value for age-adjusted total mortality rate per 100,000 in the current standardized release.
This is a navigation finding—not a causal conclusion. Open the measure to see the exact period, statewide placement, events, denominator, and source.
Geography first
Choose a Western New York county
Each profile gathers the supported measures in one place without combining them into an overall score.
Dedicated data pages
One topic, one explorer, visible limitations.
The first complete release includes strong and weak datasets so their usefulness can be judged openly.
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Flagship investigation
Cancer
Incidence, mortality, cancer types, historical trends, small-area context, and official investigations.Open dedicated page →02County comparison
Neurological conditions
Parkinson's and parkinsonism prevalence, statewide rank, cases, covered population, and limitations.Open dedicated page →034 county indicators
Heart disease
Age-adjusted mortality comparisons for heart disease, cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, and stroke.Open dedicated page →043 county indicators
Diabetes
County mortality, diagnosed prevalence, and hospitalization measures from the NYSDOH Community Health Indicator Reports.Open dedicated page →054 county indicators
Respiratory
Chronic lower-respiratory mortality, asthma mortality, adult asthma, and childhood asthma hospitalization measures.Open dedicated page →063 county indicators
Mental health
County comparisons for frequent poor mental health, suicide mortality, and self-inflicted-injury hospitalizations.Open dedicated page →073 county indicators
Substance use
Smoking, binge-drinking, and alcohol-related injury measures, with the NYSDOH opioid dashboard linked for deeper overdose surveillance.Open dedicated page →085 county indicators
Birth outcomes
County and available ZIP-level measures for prematurity, birthweight, infant mortality, and prenatal care.Open dedicated page →095 county indicators
Maternal and child
A broader county view of infant mortality, prenatal care, prematurity, and low birthweight.Open dedicated page →103 county indicators
Mortality
Age-adjusted all-cause mortality, premature-death percentage, and years of potential life lost.Open dedicated page →115 county indicators
Healthcare access
Cost barriers, regular-provider access, and provider availability by county.Open dedicated page →126 county indicators
Social determinants
Poverty, food access, household income, and social vulnerability measures that shape health opportunity.Open dedicated page →134 county indicators
Obesity and activity
Adult obesity, overweight, physical activity, and school weight-status indicators.Open dedicated page →143 county indicators
Environmental health
Mesothelioma, occupational lead, and work-related hospitalization measures linked to the Atlas environmental record.Open dedicated page →153 county indicators
Childhood asthma
County hospitalizations and stable ZIP-level emergency-department visit rates for children.Open dedicated page →161 county indicators
Childhood lead
Published ZIP-level testing and elevated blood-lead records with documented industrial and housing context.Open dedicated page →17Limited-data review
Drinking water
Public-water-system sources, selected monitoring records, compliance context, and links to consumer confidence reports.Open dedicated page →18Limited-data review
Birth defects
Chromosomal conditions, recent regional trends, historical WNY county records, registry methods, and current local-data limitations.Open dedicated page →Platform rules
Comparable geography, comparable definitions, visible uncertainty.
Rank only reported values
Suppressed or unavailable counties receive no rank. Every placement states its actual denominator.
Keep periods attached
The Atlas does not silently compare mismatched periods or merge provisional and final data.
No overall health score
Unlike measures remain separate so one convenient number cannot hide uncertainty or imply unsupported causation.