The latest statistics from the Center for Health Innovation show that addiction-related tragedies on Long Island are increasingly common.
The latest statistics from Adelphi University’s Center for Health Innovation show that addiction-related tragedies on Long Island are increasingly common. (See the Adelphi Magazine article “Addicted“)
Part I of our four part
Drug-related hospital discharges (per 100,000 people) |
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| 2007 | 2011 | Percentage Change | |
| Nassau County | 190 | 197 | 3.7% |
| Suffolk County | 225 | 257 | 14.2% |
| New York State | 281 | 247 | -12.1% |
Newborn drug-related hospitalization (per 10,000 newborn discharges) |
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| 2007 | 2011 | Percentage Change | |
| Nassau County | 26.9 | 34.3 |
27.5% |
| Suffolk County | 56.7 | 91.1 | 60.7% |
| New York State | 58 | 84.4 |
45.5% |
Alcohol-related vehicle deaths |
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| 2007 | 2011 | Percentage Change | |
| Nassau County | 34 | 38 |
11% |
| Suffolk County | 55 | 61 |
11% |
| New York State | 373 | 358 | -4% |
Arrests of 16- to 21-year-olds for drug-related offenses |
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| 2007 | 2012 | Percentage Change | |
| Nassau County | 793 | 809 | 2% |
| Suffolk County | 1,574 | 1,706 |
8.4% |
| New York State | 34,820 | 28,269 | -18.8% |
Adult arrests for felony and misdemeanor drug-related offenses |
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| 2007 | 2012 | Percentage Change | |
| Nassau County | 2,721 | 3,005 |
10.4% |
| Suffolk County | 5,482 | 5,933 |
8.2% |
| New York State | 145,920 | 125,470 | -14% |
Source: The Center for Health Innovation’s Vital Signs project.
For further information, please contact:
Todd Wilson
Strategic Communications Director
p – 516.237.8634
e – twilson@adelphi.edu