Many Voices One Valley

A Survey of the Mid-Hudson Region

Orange County:
Health Care
Orange County residents voice concern about health care costs and the accessibility of health insurance.  Making health care more affordable is the number one priority and making health insurance easier to get is the number six priority for county residents.    

About one in four Orange County households struggle to maintain health insurance.  24% of the county’s households have someone who has not had continuous health insurance coverage and, therefore, has experienced a gap in that coverage at some time in the last year.  12% of all households have at least one member who is currently uninsured.  

Many Orange County children are without health care coverage.  15% of households have at least one child who has experienced a gap in insurance over the past year, and 8% of households include a child who is uninsured right now.
» Health Care Statistics

Hospital(s):
Bon Secours Community Hospital
Orange Regional Medical Ctr- Goshen Campus
Orange Regional Medical Ctr- Middletown Campus
St. Anthony Community Hospital
St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital/ Newburgh
St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital/ Cornwall


PERINATAL HEALTH
Number
Pregnancies (All ages)
6,880
- Age 10-14
17
- Age 15-19
597
Births 5,206
Low birthweight (less than 2500 grams)
366
Prenatal Care (1st trimester)
3,399
Infant Deaths
34
Neonatal Deaths
28
Postneonatal Deaths
6
Spontaneous Fetal Deaths (20+ weeks)
19
MORTALITY

Total Deaths
2,499
Lung Cancer (Total)
186
Lung Cancer (Male)
99
Lung Cancer (Female)
87
Breast Cancer
62
Cervical Cancer
4
Cerebrovascular Disease
127
Diseases of the Heart
706
Homicides 12
Suicides 28
Unintential Injury
90
Motor Vehicle
44
Non-Motor Vehicle
47
AIDS 11
Cirrhosis (Liver)
29
HOSPITALIZATIONS

Drug Related
989
Head Injury
262
Lyme Disease Incidence
518
Source: New York State Department of Health (2004)


Number
Rate
Births to Women with Primary Financial Coverage of Medicaid or Self-Pay
1,845 35.9
Adolescent Births - 15-17 years
105 11.8
Adolescent Births - 15-19 years 323
23.9
Asthma Hospitalizations - 0-4 years
139
54.6
Asthma Hospitalizations - 5-14 years
80
14.0
Low Birthweight Births (Mothers 10-19 years)
34
10.8
Premature Births (Mothers 10-19 years) 40 13.7
Self-Inflicted Injuries - Hospitalizations 10-14 years
5
17.9
Self-Inflicted Injuries - Hospitalizations 15-19 years 24
89.8
Self-Inflicted Injuries - Suicide Mortality
1
2.3
Unintentional Injuries - Hospitalizations 0-19 years
326
291.8
Unintentional Injuries - Mortality 0-19 years 11
9.7
Source: New York State Kids' Well-being Indicators Clearinghouse