New York State Community Health Indicators for 62 Counties and Regions

Annual data for over 300 health indicators organized into 15 health topics, developed by New York State in 2012. The CHIRS provide data for all 62 New York State counties, 11 regions, and the state overall. Data is sourced from health.data.ny.gov and was last updated in December 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyzing health disparities across counties using County Name, Indicator, and Percent/Rate.
• Mapping health indicator distributions using Location, Counties, and Mapping Distribution columns.
• Assessing data reliability for specific indicators using Upper Limit of 95% CI and Lower Limit of 95% CI.
• Exploring trends and data sources by linking Health Topic, Data Source, and Data Years.

Strengths

• Covers over 300 health indicators across 15 topics.
• Provides data for 62 counties and 11 regions, including New York City.
• Includes statistical confidence intervals (95% CI) for many indicators.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

health.data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Consolidated and updated annually from the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI).

Time Range

Data is updated annually; specific temporal coverage for indicators is suggested by the Data Years column.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-12-27 19:55:26; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York State, including all 62 counties, 11 regions, and the state excluding New York City.