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KWIC County Reports

Child Well-being: Suffolk 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.

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Economic Security: Suffolk County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Children and Youth Living Below Poverty, number and percent children/youth ages birth-17 years (2020;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	18,632	6.2	21,440	7.1	18.6
Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits, number and percent children/youth ages birth-17 years (2018;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	33,674	10.8	37,891	12.0	22.8
Children and Youth Receiving Public Assistance, number and percent children/youth ages birth-17 years (2018;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	6,297	2.0	3,828	1.2	5.6
Children and Youth Receiving Supplemental Security Income, number and percent children/youth ages birth-17 years (2018;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	2,342	0.7	2,023	0.6	1.8
Children Receiving Free or Reduced-price School Lunch - Public Schools , number and percent children in grades K-12 (2014/15;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	80,189	33.1	88,154	41.0	N/A

Physical and Emotional Health: Suffolk County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Asthma - Hospitalizations 0-4 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/10,000 children ages birth-4 years (2012-2014;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	325	39.7	138	17.4	27.4
Self-Inflicted Injuries - Hospitalizations 10-14 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 10-14 years (2016-2018;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	27	28.9	29	32.9	40.9
Self-Inflicted Injuries - Hospitalizations 15-19 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 15-19 years (2016-2018;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	98	99.8	82	86.0	111.8
Self-Inflicted Injuries - Suicide Mortality (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 10-19 years (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*6	*3.0	*5	*2.9	3.5
Infant Mortality (Three-Year Average), number and rate/1,000 live births (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	61	3.9	54	3.6	4.2
STD - Reported Cases of Gonorrhea (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 15-19 years (2014-2016;2016-2018) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	101	98.8	94	96.0	372.0
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Males 15-19 yrs, number and rate/100,000 males ages 15-19 years (2009-2011;2014-2016) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	191	341.9	213	404.1	922.5
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Males - all ages, number and rate/100,000 males all ages (2009-2011;2012-2014) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	948	128.0	980	132.7	338.9
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Females 15-19 yrs, number and rate/100,000 females ages 15-19 years (2013-2015;2019-2021) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	767	1534.7	940	1985.9	2981.1
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Females - all ages, number and rate/100,000 females all ages (2015-2017;2019-2021) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	2,994	1113.6	3,291	1217.8	1553.6
Mortality by Age - Children 1-4 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 children ages 1-4 years (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*8	*11.9	*8	*12.0	16.5
Mortality by Age - Children 5-9 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 children ages 5-9 years (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*7	*7.6	*6	*7.6	10.3
Mortality by Age - Adolescents 10-14 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 10-14 years (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	*10	*10.2	*8	*9.1	12.5
Mortality by Age - Adolescents 15-19 years (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 15-19 years (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	40	38.8	29	30.3	30.9
Motor Vehicle Crashes - Hospitalizations (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth/young adults ages 15-24 years (2009-2011;2013-2015) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	337	168.6	21	5.7	5.4

Education: Suffolk County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Student Math Performance - Gr. 8 - All students, number and percent at or above Level 3 (2015/16;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	498	15.4	931	5.2	19.8
Student ELA Performance - Gr. 3 - All students, number and percent at or above Level 3 (2015/16;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	3,975	43.7	4,422	27.7	38.8
Student ELA Performance - Gr. 4 - All students, number and percent at or above Level 3 (2015/16;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	3,312	39.3	4,415	27.7	41.4
4-Year Cohort HS Graduation Rate - All students, number and percent students in freshman cohort (2015/16;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	17,781	88.6	17,316	91.0	86.4
4-Year Cohort HS Dropout Rate - All students, number and percent students in freshman cohort (2015/16;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	669	3.3	588	3.1	4.9
Chronic absence rate (elementary and middle schools), number and percent public school students chronically absent (2017/18;2022/23) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	15,130	10.5	27,528	20.6	26.4

Civic Engagement: Suffolk County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Hospitalizations Resulting from Assault (Three-Year Average), number and rate/100,000 youth ages 10-19 years (2009-2011;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	67	31.4	30	16.1	26.0

Family: Suffolk County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Foster Care Children In Care - Children/Youth 0-21 years, number and rate/1,000 children/youth ages birth-21 years (2016;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	557	1.3	385	1.0	2.7
Foster Care Admissions - Children/Youth Admitted to Foster Care, number and rate/1,000 children/youth ages 0-21 years (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	419	1.0	230	0.6	1.2
Foster Care Discharges - Children/Youth Discharged from Foster Care, number and percent children/youth in foster care (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	484	43.6	250	39.4	32.9
Child Abuse/Maltreatment - Children/Youth in Indicated Reports of Abuse/Maltreatment, number and rate/1,000 children/youth ages 0-17 years (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	3,824	10.7	2,563	8.1	12.4
Foster Care Adoption Milestone - Children/Youth Discharged to Adoption, number and percent children/youth in foster care with goal and status of free for adoption (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	84	39.3	39	39.8	44.8

Community: Suffolk County
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Base Year		Current Year		NYS Current
Indicator(s) rate or percent (base year;current year)	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Rate
Crimes Known to the Police - Violent Index Crimes - General Population, number and rate/10,000 persons in general population (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	1,955	13.0	1,371	9.4	43.8
Unemployment - Resident Civilian, number and rate persons 16 years of age and older in the labor force and not employed (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	36,700	4.7	25,000	3.1	4.3
High School Diploma - Adults 25 Years of Age and Older, number and percent persons age 25+ in general population (2016;2024) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	273,533	26.2	251,278	22.8	21.1
Poverty - Population in Poverty - General Population (5-Yr), number and percent persons in general population (2010-2014;2018-2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	100,426	6.6	N/A	N/A	N/A

Created July 11, 2025 4:07 AM EST

Notes:

N/A: Data not available.
* Rates are not stable when the number is less than 20.

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