Notes

Slide Show

Outline

1	Race, Economical Status: Factors in Health Disparities in Central Brooklyn Eric L. Jerome, MD FACP SUNY
2	Sheldon Silver end of Session Statement Our health-care facilities and our health-care system in general remain in dire financial straits. Too many New Yorkers are without health coverage. Too many New Yorkers are going without prescription drugs because of the expense. As the governor's commission begins its work on reshaping our state's health delivery system, we must ensure that local communities have a voice in determining the fate of their local health-care networks.
3
4
5
6
7
8	Health Disparities in Africans Americans Excess of cardiovascular risks factors Inadequate knowledge of personal risks Cultural factors Economical factors Psychosocial stress, Racism Genetic factors
9
10
11
12	Rates of New HIV Diagnoses in Brooklyn vs. NYC vs. US Calendar Year 2001 – Rates per 1,000 Pop.
13
14
15
16
17
18	Trends in Infant Mortality NYC, 1991-2001
19
20
21	Asthma Hospitalizations in Brooklyn Hospitalization rate of children under age 15, per 1,000 population, by UHF neighborhood
22
23	Lead poisoning in children Nearly 4,000 New York City children under age 6 were reported with lead poisoning (2002) 40% in Brooklyn. A lead belt runs from Williamsburg-Bushwick, through Bedford-Stuyvesant and East Flatbush, and into West Queens. Along with Fordham-Bronx Park, the four Brooklyn neighborhoods accounted for more than a third of lead poisoning cases in 2002.(DOH)
24
25
26
27
28	Hospital Admissions in Brooklyn Related to Mental Disorders Age adjusted rates per 10,000 population, excluding alcohol-related, by UHF Neighborhood, 2000
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37