Data Provider: NYS Department of Health
Physical and Emotional Health
The unintentional injury hospitalization rate is based on the number of hospitalizations for unintentional injuries per 100,000 children and youth aged birth through 19 years. The unintentional injury mortality rate is based on the number of deaths for unintentional injuries per 100,000 children and youth ages birth through 19 years. Unintentional injuries includes events such as motor vehicle crashes, drowning, fires and falls.
Because many of the Physical and Emotional Health Indicators describe relatively rare events in many counties, the numbers and rates for these indicators are presented as three-year averages. Three-year averaging improves the reliability of the data in counties with small populations where slight variations in the number of hospitalizations or deaths can result in large fluctuations in their annual rates. So that all of the Physical and Emotional Health Indicators can be consistently presented, all are presented as three-year averages.
Injuries that are so serious as to cause hospitalization may result in temporary or permanent disability. They are among the leading causes of death for children and youth and are one of the most preventable.