Great new graphic

This is a terrific tool to play with if you're interested in health disparities in NYC. It actually covers the entire state, but it's particularly useful for the city.

https://apps.nyhealth.gov/statistics/prevention/quality_indicators/start.map

You plug in a zip code, and they give the demographics of that area (size and population) as well the "hospital admission rate". This is the rate at which people in the area are admitted to hospitals for "preventable conditions": asthma, diabetes, hypertension, congestive heart failure, etc. The idea is that anywhere the hospital admission rate is more than 100%, the admission rates for that area are higher than those statewide. Obviously, there is an intuitive link between higher than average hospital admissions and poor primary/preventative care.

The numbers initially include all the conditions analyzed, but you can disambiguate the data using the drop down menu by the upper right hand corner of the map. I played around with it focusing on diabetes and asthma, and used my zip code in Washington Heights (10033) and a SoHo zip (10013) to get some pretty interesting statistics. Apparently there are health disparities in NYC; who knew?


Interestingly, the Kasier Foundation noted that the highest hospital admissions rates come from rural areas. Their summary, as well as link to an article in the Syracuse Post-Standard:

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=56277