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March is National Nutrition Month:  The Need for Foodlink
18 Mar 2019

March is National Nutrition Month: The Need for Foodlink

by kathleen_holt@urmc.rochester.edu | posted in: Community Partners | 0

This month’s feature highlights the work of local community partner Foodlink, the Feeding America food bank serving 10 counties. In fiscal year 2017, Foodlink distributed more than 17 million pounds of food throughout the region.

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
4 Mar 2019

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

by kathleen_holt@urmc.rochester.edu | posted in: Publicly available data | 0

Data from the New York State Cancer Registry and from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System show higher incidence of colon cancer and correspondingly lower screening rates in Cattaraugus and Wyoming counties.

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month: Highlighting the Work of the Eastman Institute for Oral Health
18 Feb 2019

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month: Highlighting the Work of the Eastman Institute for Oral Health

by kathleen_holt@urmc.rochester.edu | posted in: URMC Sourced | 0

The map highlighted here uses zip code data to show the wide geographical reach of the University of Rochester’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health.

February is National Heart Health Month
11 Feb 2019

February is National Heart Health Month

by kathleen_holt@urmc.rochester.edu | posted in: Publicly available data | 0

According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease affects nearly half of all Americans, and is the leading cause of death in the US.  This map shows age-adjusted mortality rates for heart disease, by county, in our region.

Influenza cases, by age, across last year’s flu season
18 Jan 2019

Influenza cases, by age, across last year’s flu season

by kathleen_holt@urmc.rochester.edu | posted in: URMC Sourced | 0

These maps show data from the NYS Emerging Infections Program (EIP) of the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Center for Community Health & Prevention. These data, from the 2017-2018 flu season, show variability by age across the flu season within our six-county upstate area.

January is National Cervical Health Awareness Month
4 Jan 2019

January is National Cervical Health Awareness Month

by kathleen_holt@urmc.rochester.edu | posted in: Publicly available data | 0

This month we highlight the variability in cervical cancer incidence and mortality across our region. The maps show county-level data from the New York State Cancer Registry (2011-2015) for cervical and uterine cancers. Note that the highest incidence-rate counties are not always the highest mortality-rate counties, and vice versa.

Christmas Tree Farms and Visits with Santa
6 Dec 2018

Christmas Tree Farms and Visits with Santa

by kathleen_holt@urmc.rochester.edu | posted in: Publicly available data | 0

This month we showcase holiday-related resources across the 5-county area. Data from the New York State Christmas Tree Farmers Association show many locations in the area to purchase locally grown trees, while information from KidsOutAndAbout.Com show locations Santa can be … Continued

Poverty, Race and Geography Influence Health Outcomes for Residents of the Finger Lakes
6 Nov 2018

Poverty, Race and Geography Influence Health Outcomes for Residents of the Finger Lakes

by laura_mcintosh@urmc.rochester.edu | posted in: Community Partners, Publicly available data | 0

Common Ground Health has recently released its Health Equity Chartbook for 2018.  The Chartbook illustrates how health inequity is a pervasive and deep problem across the Finger Lakes region.   Many residents struggle to stay healthy and manage illness because … Continued

Rochester Region: Social support, alcohol consumption, and infant mortality
28 Sep 2018

Rochester Region: Social support, alcohol consumption, and infant mortality

by kathleen_holt@urmc.rochester.edu | posted in: Publicly available data | 0

This report highlights data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (social support and alcohol consumption) and from the US Department of Health and Human Services Area Health Resource File (infant mortality).   The Behavioral Risk Factor Social Survey (BRFSS) … Continued

9 Aug 2018

Cancer in the Rochester Region

by Jamie Kleinsorge | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Clinicians and researchers at the Wilmot Cancer Institute (WCI) of the University of Rochester wanted to learn more about the prevalence of various cancers in our upstate region. …..

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