New York State Department of Health
Community Health Indicator Reports — Latest Data
County values, counts, denominators, reporting periods, and source descriptions used by the standardized comparison system.
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Public Health Atlas · Documented health indicators
Environmental and occupational health
Mesothelioma, occupational lead, and work-related hospitalization measures linked to the Atlas environmental record.
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County health statistics and mapped industrial history are separate evidence streams. Their overlap does not establish exposure or causation.
Western New York
Circles show approximate county centers and are sized by the selected value. They are not patient locations.
Eight-county comparison
Highest reported value to lowest
Placement is descriptive. “Highest” is not automatically “worst,” particularly for access, income, screening, and protective measures.
Historical trend
Allegany County and the NYS-excluding-NYC reference
Bars use the source's annual values. Definition changes and gaps remain attached to the official series.
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All New York counties
Sortable-source audit view
17 counties have a reported value for this indicator. Suppressed or unavailable values are not assigned a rank.
| Rank | County | Value | Period | Events | Denominator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutchess | 2.1 | 2018-2020 | 16 | 249,950 |
| 2 | Richmond | 1.6 | 2018-2020 | 19 | 390,909 |
| 3 | Erie | 1.2 | 2018-2020 | 28 | 766,083 |
| 4 | Nassau | 1.2 | 2018-2020 | 39 | 1,116,696 |
| 5 | Monroe | 1.1 | 2018-2020 | 21 | 616,322 |
| 6 | Suffolk | 1 | 2018-2020 | 38 | 1,227,420 |
| 7 | Queens | 0.9 | 2018-2020 | 48 | 1,870,926 |
| 8 | Westchester | 0.8 | 2018-2020 | 18 | 796,494 |
| 9 | New York | 0.7 | 2018-2020 | 32 | 1,427,229 |
| 10 | Bronx | 0.6 | 2018-2020 | 20 | 1,123,813 |
| 11 | Kings | 0.6 | 2018-2020 | 40 | 2,065,316 |
| 12 | Cortland | 0 | 2018-2020 | 0 | 40,003 |
| 13 | Hamilton | 0 | 2018-2020 | 0 | 3,964 |
| 14 | Orleans | 0 | 2018-2020 | 0 | 34,128 |
| 15 | Schuyler | 0 | 2018-2020 | 0 | 15,014 |
| 16 | Seneca | 0 | 2018-2020 | 0 | 28,515 |
| 17 | Yates | 0 | 2018-2020 | 0 | 20,314 |
Optional environmental context
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Health statistics and environmental history remain separate by default. These links preserve that distinction while making related records easy to inspect.
Main environmental mapIndustry, cleanup sites, landfills, PFAS, and documented waste locations →Radiological legacyFUSRAP, LOOW, Linde, uranium-processing history, and survey records →Changed waterways and fillFilled wetlands, altered channels, shoreline expansion, and aerial evidence →Documented airborne risksOfficial plumes, dates, geographic limits, and source records →
Methodology and sources
Every value keeps its source period and geography.
County ranks include only New York counties with a published numeric value for the selected measure.
New York State Department of Health
Community Health Indicator Reports dashboard
Official visualization, definitions, and interpretation context.
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Prevention Agenda subcounty data
Official ZIP and other subcounty records where the source supports local geography.
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New York State Opioid Data Dashboard
Separate annual and provisional opioid surveillance; not silently merged with CHIRS periods.
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