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KWIC County Reports

Child Well-being: Westchester 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: Westchester 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 (2015;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	28,346	13.1	21,344	10.5	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	29,732	14.0	26,696	12.4	22.8
Children and Youth Receiving Public Assistance, number and percent children/youth ages birth-17 years (2018;2022) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	5,044	2.4	3,840	1.8	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	2,508	1.2	2,259	1.1	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	52,663	35.8	52,270	37.0	N/A

Physical and Emotional Health: Westchester 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	236	42.4	132	24.4	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	*13	*20.3	23	38.5	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	47	72.6	62	97.0	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	*1	*0.8	*4	*3.2	3.5
Infant Mortality (Three-Year Average), number and rate/1,000 live births (2014-2016;2018-2020) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	38	3.6	38	3.8	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	89	132.5	105	161.1	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	210	613.2	177	515.9	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	848	184.2	912	195.2	338.9
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Females 15-19 yrs, number and rate/100,000 females ages 15-19 years (2009-2011;2014-2016) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	717	2216.3	684	2065.3	3147.6
STD - Reported Cases of Chlamydia, Females - all ages, number and rate/100,000 females all ages (2009-2011;2014-2016) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	2,046	414.7	2,328	1272.2	1577.4
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	*6	*12.7	*5	*12.4	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	*3	*5.0	*4	*7.5	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	*6	*9.3	*7	*11.8	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	*11	*16.8	*17	*26.4	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	111	91.2	*5	*2.1	5.4

Education: Westchester 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	2,252	35.7	3,308	30.2	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	5,287	52.4	5,257	49.8	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	4,765	48.6	5,494	52.3	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	9,784	87.2	9,960	90.6	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	289	2.6	252	2.3	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	8,258	9.2	16,047	18.7	26.4

Civic Engagement: Westchester 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	56	42.2	*19	*15.2	26.0

Family: Westchester 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	487	1.8	270	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	230	0.8	164	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	232	31.2	212	44.0	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	1,542	6.9	939	4.4	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	38	52.8	31	53.4	44.8

Community: Westchester 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	2,144	22.0	1,677	17.4	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	21,800	4.5	15,500	3.1	4.3
High School Diploma - Adults 25 Years of Age and Older, number and percent persons age 25+ in general population (2016;2023) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	120,650	18.1	108,733	15.5	20.8
Poverty - Population in Poverty - General Population (5-Yr), number and percent persons in general population (2010-2014;2021) Data Sources \| Narrative \| Indicator Report	89,813	9.2	83,603	8.8	13.7

Created December 7, 2024 2:58 PM EST

Notes:

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

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