Child Well-being: Rensselaer County
The Child Well-being Report provides a snapshot of the overall health, education and well-being of children, youth and families. This is the default profile.
| Economic Security: Rensselaer County | |||||||
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Children and Youth Living Below Poverty, |
6,540 | 19.6 | 4,777 | 15.4 | 19.9 | ||
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Children and Youth Receiving Public Assistance, |
2,295 | 6.8 | 2,251 | 7.2 | 6.3 | ||
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Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits, |
7,524 | 22.2 | 6,535 | 20.8 | 24.5 | ||
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Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Security Income, |
716 | 2.1 | 795 | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
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Children Receiving Free or Reduced-price School Lunch - Public Schools, |
7,214 | 33.5 | 9,009 | 46.0 | N/A | ||
| Physical and Emotional Health: Rensselaer County | |||||||
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Asthma - Hospitalizations 0-4 years (Three-Year Average), |
36 | 41.4 | 20 | 22.7 | 49.3 | ||
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Infant Mortality (Three-Year Average), |
*9 | *5.2 | *11 | *6.4 | 4.8 | ||
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Mortality by Age - Adolescents 10-14 years (Three-Year Average), |
*1 | *10.4 | *2 | *21.6 | 11.7 | ||
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Mortality by Age - Adolescents 15-19 years (Three-Year Average), |
*5 | *45.0 | *4 | *38.2 | 30.5 | ||
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Mortality by Age - Children 1-4 years (Three-Year Average), |
*3 | *42.8 | *2 | *28.7 | 19.7 | ||
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Mortality by Age - Children 5-9 years (Three-Year Average), |
*1 | *15.0 | *1 | *11.4 | 10.0 | ||
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Motor Vehicle Crashes - Hospitalizations (Three-Year Average), |
22 | 92.3 | *17 | *73.3 | 82.5 | ||
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Self-Inflicted Injuries - Hospitalizations 10-14 years (Three-Year Average), |
N/A | N/A | *4 | *43.1 | 38.7 | ||
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Self-Inflicted Injuries - Hospitalizations 15-19 years (Three-Year Average), |
*14 | *120.9 | *15 | *135.3 | 118.8 | ||
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Self-Inflicted Injuries - Suicide Mortality (Three-Year Average), |
*0 | †*1.6 | *1 | *4.9 | 3.2 | ||
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STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Females - all ages, |
371 | 463.3 | 423 | 522.7 | 651.6 | ||
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STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Females 15-19 yrs, |
150 | 2757.6 | 139 | 2687.0 | 3319.7 | ||
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STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Males - all ages, |
138 | 176.8 | 148 | 187.8 | 338.9 | ||
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STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Males 15-19 yrs, |
39 | 601.1 | 33 | 536.0 | 941.3 | ||
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STD - Reported Cases of Gonorrhea (Three-Year Average), |
26 | 222.0 | *17 | *153.0 | 319.8 | ||
| Education: Rensselaer County | |||||||
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4-Year Cohort HS Dropout Rate - All students, |
129 | 6.9 | 106 | 6.6 | 6.0 | ||
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4-Year Cohort HS Graduation Rate - All students, |
1,534 | 82.3 | 1,412 | 88.4 | 82.6 | ||
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Student ELA Performance - Gr. 3 - All students, |
864 | 54.4 | 725 | 50.2 | 50.5 | ||
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Student ELA Performance - Gr. 4 - All students, |
987 | 61.5 | 617 | 43.9 | 47.4 | ||
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Student Math Performance - Gr. 8 - All students, |
949 | 55.5 | 230 | 26.7 | 30.0 | ||
| Civic Engagement: Rensselaer County | |||||||
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Hospitalizations Resulting from Assault (Three-Year Average), |
*6 | *28.9 | *3 | *16.2 | 39.1 | ||
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Juvenile - Arrests for Drug Use/Possession/Sale, |
*3 | *1.8 | *1 | *0.6 | N/A | ||
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Juvenile Arrests - Property Crimes (under age of 16), |
56 | 33.0 | 32 | 20.2 | N/A | ||
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Juvenile Arrests - Violent Crimes (under age of 16), |
28 | 16.5 | *8 | *5.1 | N/A | ||
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Young Adult Arrests - Property Crimes - 16-21 years, |
168 | 120.5 | 143 | 104.9 | 106.7 | ||
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Young Adult Arrests - Violent Crimes - 16-21 years, |
74 | 53.1 | 61 | 44.7 | 56.9 | ||
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Young Adults - Driving While Intoxicated, |
100 | 71.7 | 40 | 29.3 | 17.5 | ||
| Family: Rensselaer County | |||||||
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Child Abuse/Maltreatment - Children/Youth in Indicated Reports of Abuse/Maltreatment, |
823 | 22.3 | 923 | 26.7 | 17.1 | ||
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Foster Care Admissions - Children/Youth Admitted to Foster Care, |
96 | 2.8 | 54 | 1.2 | 1.7 | ||
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Foster Care Adoption Milestone - Children/Youth Discharged to Adoption, |
23 | 54.8 | *11 | *45.8 | 51.2 | ||
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Foster Care Children In Care - Children/Youth 0-21 years, |
163 | 3.8 | 73 | 1.7 | 3.0 | ||
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Foster Care Discharges - Children/Youth Discharged from Foster Care, |
100 | 38.0 | 68 | 48.2 | 36.4 | ||
| Community: Rensselaer County | |||||||
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Crimes Known to the Police - Violent Index Crimes - General Population, |
546 | 35.4 | 447 | 27.8 | 35.5 | ||
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High School Diploma - Adults 25 Years of Age and Older, |
27,373 | 24.7 | 27,079 | 23.7 | 22.0 | ||
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Poverty - Population in Poverty - General Population, |
19,979 | 12.4 | 19,064 | 11.6 | 14.8 | ||
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Unemployment - Resident Civilian, |
6,600 | 7.8 | 3,700 | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
Created June 20, 2019 7:44 PM EST
Notes:
- N/A: Data not available.
- † The number displayed for this three-year average is 0 yet the rate displayed is greater than 0. This occurs when very few cases are reported during a three year period. Due to rounding, the number is presented as 0 and the rate, while very small, is greater than 0.
- * Rates are not stable when the number is less than 20.