Obesity Statistics and Prevention Activities in Oneida County

Statistics

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Indicators

Indicator 3 Year Total County Rate State Rate
% Pregnant Women in WIC Who Were Prepregnancy Overweight (BMI 26 - 29), Low SES (2005-07) 548 14.2 15.4
% Pregnant Women in WIC Who Were Prepregnancy Very Overweight (BMI Over 29), Low SES (2005-07) 1,195 31.0 26.1
% Overweight Children in WIC, 2-4 years, Low SES (2004-06) 1,069 14.7 15.2
% of Children in WIC, 0-4 years, viewing TV ≤2 hours per day (2004-06) 3,108 74.8 75.5
% of WIC mothers breastfeeding at 6 months (2004-06) 522 19.0 38.6

Behavior/Risk Indicators (2003)

Indicator County Rate CI # State Rate CI #
% Adults Overweight or Obese (BMI 25+) 61.7 ± 4.4 56.7 ± 1.2
% Adults Who Participated in Leisure Time Physical Activity in Last 30 Days 77.3 ± 3.5 74.6 ± 1.0
% Adults Eating 5 or More Fruits or Vegetables per Day 23.8 ± 3.6 25.8 ± 1.4
% Adults with Physician Diagnosed Diabetes 6.6 ± 2.1 7.2 ± 0.6
% Adults with Physician Diagnosed Angina, Heart Attack or Stroke 8.2 ± 2.3 6.9 ± 0.5
% Adults with Physician Diagnosed Arthritis 32.8 ± 4.0 25.7 ± 1.0

Mortality-Related Indicators (2004-2006)

Indicator 3 Year Total County Rate State Rate
Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Rate per 100,000 (ICD10 I00-I99) - Age-adjusted 2,872 293.2 285.5
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Mortality Rate per 100,000 (ICD10 I60-I69) - Age-adjusted 419 42.6 30.5
Diabetes Mortality rate per 100,000 (ICD10 E10-E14) - Age-adjusted 177 19.0 18.8

Hospitalization-Related Indicators (2004-2006)

Indicator 3 Year Total County Rate State Rate
Cardiovascular Disease Hospitalization Rate per 10,000 (ICD9 390-459) - Age-adjusted 18,548 211.0 184.2
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Hospitalization Rate per 10,000 (ICD9 430-438) - Age-adjusted 2,843 31.8 26.7
Diabetes Hospitalization Rate per 10,000 (Primary Diagnosis ICD9 250) - Age-adjusted 1,292 16.5 19.7

Notes

  • Age-adjusted rates are based on the 2000 US Census population
  • CI # - 95% confidence interval for BRFSS/Expanded BRFSS indicators

Prevention Program Activities Funded by the State Department of Health

Healthy Heart Program

The Onondaga County Health Department, located in Syracuse, received funding from the Healthy Heart Program to work with 11 schools in the Rome City School District. Their work focused on reducing the use of food as reward, increasing family involvement in school meals, improving the quality of classroom snacks, and increasing the availability of low-fat milk. The Health Department also worked with 12 schools in the Utica City School District to increase physical activity during the school day, partner with municipalities to make biking and walking safer, increase availability of low-fat milk, improve the foods in vending machines, and eliminate use of food as a reward or punishment.

Bassett Healthcare, located in Cooperstown, received funding from the Healthy Heart Program to work with at least one worksite in the county to improve nutrition and increase physical activity by establishing a worksite wellness committee and implementing a walking campaign.

The New York State Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance received funding from the Healthy Heart Program to work with 11 schools in the county to increase access to healthy foods. Initiatives include creating a wellness committee and implementing a wellness policy, increasing the availability of low-fat milk, and improving the vending machine offerings.

Diabetes Prevention and Control Program

The Community Diabetes Regional Outreach Program, led by Faxton-St. Lukes Hospital in Utica, is one of 15 regional diabetes coalitions funded by the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program. The coalitions provide community-based programming for the prevention of diabetes and its complications. In addition to hosting educational events focused on nutrition, physical activity and diabetes management, the coalitions engage in education for health care providers working with people with or at risk for diabetes, and promote policy, systems, and environmental change. Examples of policy, environmental and systems changes include expanding walking trails, including healthy choice foods and beverages in vending machines, and offering flex time for employees to take longer walks during their lunchtime.

Partners include Oneida County’s Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare and the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County . Oneida County partners focus diabetes prevention initiatives on uninsured and under insured residents as well as rural populations. This coalition partnered with worksites in Oneida County to develop policies promoting physical activity breaks during meetings, develop sample worksite wellness policies and adopt the New York State Healthy Meeting Guidelines.

WIC

Oneida County Health Department administers the WIC program at 13 sites in Oneida County. Oneida County Health Department serves approximately 5,500 women, infants and children each month. WIC has implemented a number of obesity prevention initiatives, including breastfeeding support, Fit WIC physical activity training for parents, patient-centered nutrition education, low-fat milk promotion, and the new WIC food package which includes vegetables and fruits, whole grains, and non-fat and low-fat milk.

Increasing Access to Healthy Foods in the Emergency Food Network

Through the Hunger and Nutrition Assistance Program and the Just Say Yes to Fruits and Vegetables Nutrition Education Program, emergency food recipients have increased availability of healthy foods like fresh produce and 1% or fat free milk, and an increased knowledge of how to prepare these foods. Last year, more than $148,000 worth of fresh produce and 1% or fat free milk was made available to emergency food relief organizations in the Food Bank of Central New York region which covers ten counties. In addition, 1,867 individuals participated in 136 nutrition education workshops in the Food Bank of Central New York region last year.