Data Provider: NYS Department of Health
Civic Engagement
The assault hospitalization rate is based on the number of discharges for hospitalizations resulting from an assault among youth ages 10 through 19 years per 100,000 population in this age group.
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 events 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.
The rate of hospitalizations resulting from an assault is an important indicator of the relative safety of the home and community environments in which children are being raised.
Promoting safe communities by reducing violent and abusive behavior has been identified as a priority area by both National Healthy People 2020 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2015), and by Prevention Agenda for the Healthiest State 2013-2018 (New York State Department of Health, 2015).
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2020, 2020 Topics & Objectives, Maternal, Infant, and Child Health, Nov. 2015, Available at
http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/maternal-infant-and-child-health/objectivesretrieved 3 Nov 2015.
Prevention Agenda for the Healthiest State 2013-2018. New York State Department of Health, April 2015. Available at http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/prevention_agenda/2013-2017/plan/healthy_environment/index.htm