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Health Behaviors

Alcohol Related Motor Vehicle Deaths and Injuries (Rate per 100,000 Population), 2006

Description: Number of Alcohol Related Motor Vehicle Deaths and Injuries per 100,000 total population.
Calculation: (2004-2006 Average Annual Alcohol Related Motor Vehicle Deaths & Injuries) / (Population Estimate 2005 / 100,000)
Source: New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Data

Drug Related Hospitalizations (Rate per 10,000 Population), 2006

Description: Number of Drug Related Hospitalizations per 10,000 total population.
Calculation: (2004-2006 Average Annual Drug-Related Hospital Discharges) / (Population Estimate 2005 / 10,000)
Source: New York State Department of Health, 2004-2006 SPARCS Data

% of Population Who Smoke, 2005

Description: Percentage of the total population who currently smoke (as of survey date).
Source: WNY Public Health Alliance Health Risk Assessment
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 3.1), January to June 2005

% of Population Overweight or Obese, 2005

Description: Percentage of the total population who are overwieght or obese.
Source: WNY Public Health Alliance Health Risk Assessment
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 3.1), January to June 2005

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