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Lower East Side
MANHATTAN
COMMUNITY
DISTRICT
3
and Chinatown
Including Chinatown, East Village and Lower East Side
Health is closely tied to our daily environment. Understanding how
our neighborhood affects our physical and mental health is the first
step toward building a healthier and more equitable New York City.
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018
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Black
Latino by race Black
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0.0 22% 0.0 87.5
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NYC population by race
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37.5
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NYC population by age
NYC8,537,673 171,103
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POPULATION 45.0 87.5 25% 45.0
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HAVE LIMITED 20
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PROFICIENCY 15
Non-fatal Assault Hospitalizations
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^White, Black, Asian and Other exclude Latino ethnicity. Latino is Hispanic or Latino of any race. 5
Note: Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding. 2000
PAGE 8 Non-fatal Assault Hospitalizations
0 40 80 120 Incarceration
160 200
Sources: Population, Race and Ethnicity and Age: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates, 2016; Born Outside the U.S. and English Proficiency: U.S. Census Bureau, American
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2 0 2018: LOWER
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 40 EAST SIDE
80 AND CHINATOWN
120 160
500
0 40 80 120 160
0 40 80 120 160 200Note from Oxiris Barbot, Commissioner,
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
We are pleased to present the 2018 Community Health Profiles, a look into the
health of New York City’s (NYC) 59 diverse community districts.
The health of NYC has never been better. Our city’s life expectancy is 81.2 years,
2.5 years higher than the national average.
However, not all residents have the same opportunities to lead a healthy life. A
ZIP code should not determine a person’s health, but that’s the reality in so many
cities, including our own.
The Community Health Profiles allow us to see how much health can vary by
neighborhood. Policies and practices based on a history of racism and discrimination
(often referred to as structural racism) have created neighborhoods with high rates
of poverty and limited access to resources that promote health. The practice of
removing funding or refusing to provide funding to communities of color has caused
poor health outcomes to cluster in these communities.
The Community Health Profiles also show how important community resources,
and funding to create and sustain these resources, are to health outcomes.
For example, supermarkets provide more access to fresh foods than bodegas.
However, in some neighborhoods with obesity rates higher than the citywide
average, just 5% of food establishments are supermarkets, making it difficult for
residents to make healthy choices.
Addressing these inequities may seem like a daunting task, but by working
together, we can dismantle the unjust policies and practices that contribute to
poor health in our communities. Through Take Care New York 2020 (TCNY 2020),
and other New York City Health Department programs, we work with community
partners to give every resident the same opportunity for good health. We are
making progress, but there is more work to do.
Reducing health inequities requires policymakers, community groups, health
professionals, researchers and residents to work together for change at every
level. We look forward to working with you to improve the health of our city.
Sincerely,
Oxiris Barbot, MD
Take Care New York 2020 (TCNY 2020) is the City’s blueprint for giving everyone the chance to live a healthier life.
For more information, visit nyc.gov/health and search for TCNY.
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: LOWER EAST SIDE AND CHINATOWN 3Table of Contents
Who We Are Healthy Living
PAGE 2 PAGE 13
Understanding Health
Health Care
Inequities in New York City PAGE 14-15
PAGE 5
Social and Economic
Health Outcomes
Conditions PAGE 16-18
PAGE 6-8
Housing and
Notes
Neighborhood Conditions PAGE 19
PAGE 9-10
Map and Contact
Maternal and Child Health
PAGE 11-12
Information
BACK COVER
NAVIGATING THIS DOCUMENT
This profile covers all of Manhattan’s Community District 3, which includes Chinatown,
East Village and Lower East Side. This is one of 59 community districts in NYC. The
community district with the most favorable outcome in NYC for each measure is
presented throughout the report. Sometimes this is the highest rate (e.g., physical
activity) and sometimes this is the lowest rate (e.g., infant mortality). Some figures
include an arrow to help readers understand the direction of the healthier outcome.
This profile uses the following color coding system:
LOWEST/HIGHEST
LOWER EAST SIDE
MANHATTAN NEW YORK CITY COMMUNITY
AND CHINATOWN
DISTRICT
4 COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: LOWER EAST SIDE AND CHINATOWNUnderstanding Health Inequities
in New York City
The ability to live a long and healthy life is not equally available to all New Yorkers. A baby born to a family that lives in
the Upper East Side will live 11 years longer than a baby born to a family in Brownsville. This inequity is unacceptable.
Resources and opportunities are at the root of good health. These include secure jobs with benefits, well-maintained
and affordable housing, safe neighborhoods with clean parks, accessible transportation, healthy and affordable
food, and quality education and health care.1 In NYC, access to these resources and opportunities are not equitably
distributed. Neighborhoods with residents of color often have fewer resources.
Since the 1600s—when NYC was established by colonization—racist policies and practices have shaped where New
Yorkers live and go to school, what jobs they have and what their neighborhoods look like. Over time, these policies and
practices have built on each other to create deep inequity.
For example, in the 1930s the federal government developed a policy known as redlining. As part of this policy,
neighborhoods were rated based on the race, ethnicity and national origin of their residents. Neighborhoods that
were home to people of color, like Central Harlem and Brownsville, were outlined in red on a map. They were labeled as
"hazardous" and no home loans or other investments were approved there. The wealthiest and Whitest neighborhoods
in NYC received, and continue to receive, more investment and opportunities for health.2
The denial of resources and opportunities that support good health contributes to the differences in life expectancy
we see today. Experiencing racism is also a health burden, creating chronic stress that contributes to major causes of
death, like diabetes and heart disease.3
To better understand the successes and challenges in each of NYC’s 59 neighborhoods, the Community Health Profiles
present data on a range of measures. These data should be interpreted with an understanding that good health is not only
determined by personal choices. Many other factors shape differences in health outcomes, including past and current
discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation and other identities. We hope the
Community Health Profiles support your efforts in making NYC more equitable for all. For more information on the New
York City Health Department programs and services that are closing the gap in health outcomes, visit nyc.gov/health.
1
Marmot M, Friel S, Bell R, et al. Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health. The Lancet. 2008; 372(9650): 1661–1669.
2
Undesign the Redline. http://www.designingthewe.com/undesign-the-redline. Accessed March 13, 2018.
3
Krieger N. Embodying inequality: A Review of Concepts, Measures, and Methods for Studying Health Consequences of Discrimination. International Journal of Health Services.
1999; 29(2): 295-352.
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: LOWER EAST SIDE AND CHINATOWN 5Social and Economic Conditions
Education
Higher education levels are associated with better health outcomes. Missing too many days of school can cause
students to fall behind and increases their risk of dropping out. The Lower East Side and Chinatown’s elementary
school absenteeism rate is lower than the rate for NYC overall. Three-quarters of high school students in the Lower
East Side
PAGE 6 and Chinatown graduate in four years, similar to the citywide rate.
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM ON-TIME HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
Elementary
Elementary School School
Abseentee Abseentee On time
(percent of public school students in grades K through 5 missing 19 or
On time
high high
school
(percent
school
graduation
of public
graduation
school students graduating in four years)
more school days)
90 90 100 100 96%
77% 75%
75 73%
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Asian
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75
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Chinatown of Education
Education Achieved Achieved Chinatown
Source: NYC Department of Education, 2016-2017
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Note: NYC and borough On-time High School Graduation data may differ from rates
presented in other published sources. See technical notes in the public use dataset
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Half of adults in the
Lower East Side and Chinatown 24% 28% 48% Lower East Side and
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Economic stress
Living in high-poverty neighborhoods limits healthy options and makes it difficult to access quality health care and
resources that promote health. In the Lower East Side and Chinatown, 18% of residents live in poverty, compared
with 20% of NYC residents. Access to affordable housing and employment opportunities with fair wages and benefits
are also closely associated with good health. The Lower East Side and Chinatown’s unemployment rate is similar
to the citywide average of 9%. Rent burdened households pay more than 30% of their income for housing and may
have difficulty affording food, clothing, transportation and health care. Forty-eight percent of Lower East Side and
Chinatown residents are rent burdened, a lower rate than residents citywide. One way to consider the effect of income
on health is by comparing death rates among neighborhoods. “Avertable deaths” are those that could have been
avoided if each neighborhood had the same death rate as the five wealthiest neighborhoods. Using this measure,
18% of deaths could have been averted in the Lower East Side and Chinatown.
ECONOMIC STRESS Lower East Side
and Chinatown Manhattan NYC Lowest % Many of the
factors that affect
Poverty 18% 14% 20% 7% health happen
(percent of residents) Upper East Side outside of a
doctor’s office.
Unemployment 8% 7% 9% 4% This includes
(percent of people ages 16 and older) Upper East Side
access to quality
education, jobs
Rent Burden 48% 45% 51% 37%
(percent of renter-occupied homes) and safe spaces
Park Slope and
Carroll Gardens to live. Residents
in high-poverty
Note: Unemployment data may differ from rates presented in other published sources. See technical notes in the public use dataset neighborhoods
for more details.
often lack these
Sources: Poverty: American Community Survey as augmented by NYC Opportunity, 2012-2016 (community district and NYC), 2016
(borough); Unemployment and Rent Burden: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2012-2016; Avertable deaths: resources.
NYC DOHMH, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 2011-2015
Is your neighborhood gentrifying?
Gentrification transforms a low-income area into a high-income area through neighborhood redevelopment.
It is often defined as changes in the racial and ethnic makeup, education level and average income of a
neighborhood's residents, as well as changes in housing and commercial businesses. While development may
be beneficial, it is often inequitable, and can lead to displacement of long-time residents and businesses.
Gentrification can be measured in many ways. One measure that is used in NYC is to determine if a low-income
neighborhood (those with the lowest 40% of average household income in 1990) saw higher than median rent
growth over the past 20 years. Based on this definition, of the 24 neighborhoods were considered low-income
in 1990, and the Lower East Side and Chinatown is one of 17 neighborhoods that is gentrifying.
Source: NYU Furman Center, 2015
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: LOWER EAST SIDE AND CHINATOWN 7Born outside US English proficiency
Social and Economic Conditions
Violence
0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100
2000
Compared with the citywide rate, the Lower East Side and Chinatown has a lower rate of assault-related hospitalizations.
PAGE 8 Non-fatal Assault Hospitalizations Incarceration
NON-FATAL ASSAULT HOSPITALIZATIONS (per 100,000 people)
1500 Hospitalizations
42 Lower East Side and Chinatown
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8 Lowest: Bayside and Little Neck
violence.
0 40 80 120 160 200
More healthy Less healthy 0
Source: New York State Department of Health, Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, 2012-2014
Incarceration
Incarceration takes a toll on individuals, families and communities. Black and Latino New Yorkers experience higher
policing compared with non-Latino White New Yorkers. This leads to higher rates of detention, which may include long
periods of time spent in jail before trial. People who have been incarcerated are more likely to experience mental and
physical health problems. They may also have trouble finding employment and housing and accessing healthy food.
JAIL INCARCERATION (per 100,000 adults ages 16 and older)
2000
449 425
NYC
407
71 Manhattan
0
Lowest: Upper East Side Lower East Side and Chinatown
Source: NYC Department of Corrections, 2015-2016
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Helpful neighbors ADULTS REPORTING THAT THEIR NEIGHBORS
Percent of adults who agree that their Bike L
Strong social connections can have a positive impact ARE WILLING
neighbors are TO HELPtoONE
willing ANOTHER
help one another
on the health of community members. Feeling that our (percent of adults)
neighbors are willing to help each other is one aspect Lower East Side and Chinatown 66%
of community connection. In the Lower East Side and
Manhattan 70%
Chinatown, 66% of residents think that their neighbors
are willing to help one another. This is similar to the rest NYC 72%
of the city. Highest: Tottenville and Great Kills 86%
Less healthy More healthy
Source: NYC DOHMH, Community Health Survey, 2015-2016 0
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8 Homes
COMMUNITY HEALTH with2018:
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Percent of adults who agree that their Bike Lanes Late or no prenata
neighbors are willing to help one another Percent of adults who agree that their Bike L
neighbors are willing to help one another
The environment we live in can make it easier or more difficult for New Yorkers to lead healthy lives.
Air conditioning Air pollution
Most heat stroke deaths in NYC occur in homes Though air quality is improving in NYC in general,Preterm births
it varies by
without air conditioning. Nine out of 10 households community district. In the Lower East Side and Chinatown,
PAGE in
8 the Lower East Side and Chinatown have working PAGE levels
10 of the most harmful air pollutant, fine particulate
PAGE 11
air conditioners. 0 20matter (PM2.5),
40 60are 8.9 micrograms
80 100 per cubic meter.
Percent
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neighbors are willing to help one another AIR POLLUTION
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Homes (percent
with air conditioners
of households) Pedestrian Injury
(micrograms of fine particulate matter per cubic meter)
99% Homes with air conditioners Pedes
100 89% 93% 89% Teen births
100
80 More
healthy 80 8.9 9.0
60
Lower East Side Manhattan
40
60
and Chinatown 7.5 Preterm births
40 NYC
20 Less 6.0
healthy 20
0 Lowest:
0 20 40 60 80 100
Lower East Manhattan NYC Highest: 0 Rockaway and Broad Channel
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Side and Tottenville and
0 20 40 60 80 100
Homes with air conditioners
Chinatown
Homes without maintenance defects Great Kills Pedestrian Injury 0
Source: NYC Housing and Vacancy Survey, 2014 Source: NYCwithout
Homes DOHMH, Community Air Survey, 2016defects
maintenance
80 100 0 Teen births
20
70 Housing quality 80
80
60 Every resident has the right to live in housing that is safe and70pest-free. Poorly maintained housing is associated
50 60 with poor health outcomes, including worsened asthma PAGEand12 PAGE 12
60other respiratory illnesses. In the Lower East Side
40 50 PAGE 1
30 40
and Chinatown, only 36% of renter-occupied homesChild are adequately
Asthma maintained
emergency by landlords – free from heating
Childhood Obesity
40
20 20 department
breakdowns, cracks, holes, peeling paint and other defects. visits
Thirty-six
30 percent of Lower East Side and Chinatown Child A
10 households report seeing cockroaches, which is a potential 20 asthma trigger. depar
0 0 10
HOMES WITHOUT MAINTENANCE 300
0HOMES REPORTING COCKROACHES
300
DEFECTS (percent of renter-occupied homes) 250 (percent of 40
households)
Cockroaches
Homes without maintenance defects
0 20 60 80 100
250
200 Cockroaches
More 0 20200
80 75%
healthy 150
70 36% Lower East Side and Chinatown
60 150
50
48% 44%
100
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36% 20% Manhattan 100
40 50
30 Child Asthma emergency Childhood Obes
50
20 department
0 23%
visits NYC
0 10 20 40 60 80 100 Less 0
healthy 00% 20 40 Lowest:
60 Tottenville80and Great Kills
100
0
Lower East Manhattan NYC Highest: 300
Side and Tottenville and
250
Cockroaches
Chinatown Great Kills
Note: Maintenance defects include water leaks, cracks and holes, inadequate 200 Source: NYC Housing and Vacancy Survey, 2014
heating, presence of mice or rats, toilet breakdowns or peeling paint.
Source: NYC Housing and Vacancy Survey, 2014 150
100
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: LOWER EAST SIDE AND CHINATOWN 9
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0 20 40 60 80 100PAGE 8 PAGE 10 PAGE 11
Percent of adults who agree that their Bike Lanes Late or no p
neighbors are willing to help one another
Housing and Neighborhood Conditions
Preterm bir
Bicycle network coverage Pedestrian injury
Thirty-seven percent of roads in the Lower East Lower East Side and Chinatown residents have a
Side and Chinatown have bike lanes, which is similar pedestrian injury hospitalization rate compared
PAGE
higher 10
than NYC overall. PAGE0with
11 NYC 20 40
overall.
60 80 100
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BICYCLE
Homes
Bike NETWORK
with
Lanes COVERAGE
air conditioners PEDESTRIAN
Pedestrian
Late or INJURY HOSPITALIZATIONS
Injury
no prenatal care
r (percent of streets with bike lanes) (per 100,000 people)
100 Teen births
80
37% Lower East Side and Chinatown 20 Lower East Side and Chinatown
60
29% Manhattan 21 Manhattan
40
10% NYC 23 NYC
20 Preterm births
Highest: Crown Heights
0 45% and Prospect Heights 9 Lowest: Greenwich Village and Soho
0Less healthy
20 40 60 80 More100
healthy 0More healthy
20 40 60 80 100
Less healthy
Homes without maintenance defects
Source: New York State Department of Health, Statewide
Pedestrian Injury
80 0 20
Planning and Research Cooperative System, 2012-2014
70 Access to bike lanes can make it easier and
60 safer to ride a bike more often. Teen births
50 PAGE 12 PAGE 12
40
Source: NYC Department of Transportation, 2017 Child Asthma emergency
30 Childhood
20 department visits
10
Food environment
0
300
Bodegas are less likely to have healthy food options than SUPERMARKET
250 TO BODEGA RATIO
Cockroaches
supermarkets. The lowest ratio among NYC community For every one supermarket in the Lower East Side and Chinatown,
200 are 18 bodegas.
there
0districts
20is one 40
supermarket
60 for80
every three
100 bodegas
(healthier); the highest is one supermarket for every
57 bodegas (less healthy). The Lower East Side and 0
150
20 40 60
18 80 100
100
Chinatown is home to four of NYC’s farmers markets,
50
another source of healthy food.
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Child
0 Asthma
20 emergency
40 60 80 100 Childhood Obesity
It is easier visits
department to make healthy choices when
healthy, affordable food is readily available. 1
300
250
Supermarket Bodegas
200
150 Source: Farmers Markets: NYC DOHMH Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and
Tobacco Control, 2017; Supermarket to Bodega Ratio: New York State Department of
100 Agriculture and Markets, October 2016
50
0
10 COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: LOWER EAST SIDE AND CHINATOWNMaternal and Child Health
Pregnancy outcomes
In the Lower East Side and Chinatown, the rate of expectant mothers Access to quality health
receiving late or no prenatal care is lower than the citywide rate. One in care is critical to a mother’s
12 births to Lower East Side and Chinatown residents is preterm (three health before, during and after
or more weeks before the due date), lower than the citywide rate. pregnancy, and to the health of
our littlest New Yorkers.
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LATE OR NO PRENATAL CARE
Late orof no
(percent prenatal care
live births)
4.9%
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1.3% 5.0% 6.7%
Late or no prenatal care
Lowest: Manhattan Lower East Side NYC
Financial District and Chinatown
Preterm
Source: PAGE
NYC 10Bureau of Vital Statistics, 2015
births
DOHMH, PAGE 11
r Bike Lanes Late or no prenatal care
nother
PRETERM BIRTHS
Preterm births
(percent of live births) 8.3% 8.7%
Preterm birth is
5.4% 8.2% a key driver of
Teen births infant death.
Lowest: Preterm births
Lower East Side Manhattan NYC
Greenpoint and Williamsburg and Chinatown
TeenNYC
Source: births
DOHMH, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 2015
0 20 40 60 80 100
Pedestrian Injury
Teen pregnancy TEEN BIRTHS
Teen births
Teen pregnancy has declined across NYC; (per 1,000 females ages 15 to 19)
0the Lower East
20 Side and 40Chinatown's60 teen 80 100 10.1 Lower East Side and Chinatown
birth rate is 10.1 per 1,000 teen girls.
PAGE 12 12.0 Manhattan
0 20 40 60 80 100
Childhood Obesity 19.3 NYC
PAGE0 12 20 40 60 80 100
1.0* Lowest: Greenwich Village and Soho
*Interpret estimate with caution due to small number of events.
Childhood Obesity
0Source: NYC DOHMH,
20 Bureau of Vital
40 Statistics, 2013-2015
60 80 100
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CHINATOWN 11
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One out of six Lower East Side and Chinatown (percent of public school children in grades K through 8)
Child Asthma emergency Childhood Obesity
children in grades K through 8 has obesity. This 16% 16% 20% 5%
department visits
is lower than the citywide rate of one in five.
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th air conditioners
150
Pedestrian
and Chinatown Injury Financial District
100
Source: NYC Department of Education, 2016-2017
50
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Children’s hospitalizations and emergency department visits
100
“Avoidable hospitalizations” are those that could be prevented with timely access to quality outpatient care. The rate
of avoidable pediatric hospitalizations among children ages 4 and younger in the Lower East Side and Chinatown is
lower than the citywide rate.
0 20 40 60 80 100
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maintenance emergency department visits could be prevented by reducing the presence of pests, mold,
secondhand smoke and other asthma triggers, and by taking daily medication. The asthma emergency department
visit rate among children ages 5 to 17 in the Lower East Side and Chinatown is higher than the citywide rate. The TCNY
2020 goal is to have fewer than 210 asthma emergency department visits per 10,000 children across the entire city.
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AVOIDABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS CHILD ASTHMA EMERGENCY
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DEPARTMENT emergencyVISITS
(per 100,000 children ages 4 and younger) department visits
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100 300 100
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Self-Reported Health among Children: New York State Department of Health, Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System,
Sources: Avoidable Hospitalizations
2014; Child Asthma Emergency Department Visits: New York State Department of Health, Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, 2015
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"VERY GOOD"
How residents feel about their own health Self-Reported OR "GOOD" (percent of adults)
Health
can be a good measure of overall mental Lower East Side and Chinatown 70% E
and physical health. Seventy percent of
Manhattan 83%
Lower East Side and Chinatown residents
rank their health as “excellent,” “very good” NYC 78%
or “good,” lower than the rest of NYC. The Highest: Upper West Side 93%
TCNY 2020 goal for the city is at least 82%. 0 20 40 60 80 100
Less healthy More healthy
Source: NYC DOHMH, Community Health Survey, 2015-2016
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Physical activity, diet and smoking PAGE 17
Seventy-seven percent of Lower East Side and Chinatown adults report getting any
Avoidable Hospitalizations HEP C 150
physical activity in the past 30 days, similar to New Yorkers overall. The percentage of Federal guidelines
Lower East Side and Chinatown adults who report eating at least one serving of fruits or recommend
vegetables in the past day is similar to the citywide average of 87%. that adults get E
150 minutes of
Sugary drink consumption can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cavities, moderate exercise
weight gain and obesity. Industry marketing can affect behavior and sugary drinks are each week. People
heavily marketed to youth and communities of color. While sugary drink consumption has who are physically
decreased to 23% in NYC, the TCNY 2020 goal is to reduce sugary drink consumption to active are more
less than 19% citywide. Sixteen percent of Lower East Side and Chinatown adults drink at likely to live longer,
least one sugary drink a day.
0 300 600 900 1200 1500 healthier lives.0
The adult smoking rate in the Lower East Side and Chinatown is higher than the rest of the
Falls
borough and other parts of NYC. The City is committed to reducing the citywide adult smoking rate toPsychiatric
12% by 2020. hospitalizatio
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, DIET AND SMOKING (percent of adults)
Lower East Side
and Chinatown Manhattan NYC Highest %
Any physical activity in the past 30 days 77% 81% 73% 90%
Financial District,
Greenwich Village- Soho
At least one serving of fruits or
vegetables per day 0 88%
500 1000 90%
1500 2000 87%
2500 0 96%
100200 300 400 500 600 700
Financial District,
Greenwich Village- Soho
Lower East Side
and Chinatown Manhattan NYC Lowest %
Binge Drinking (use graph to the right to mark points)
One or more 12-ounce sugary drinks 16% 17% 23% 8%
per day Financial District,
Greenwich Village- Soho
Current smokers 20% 13% 14% 8%
Upper East Side
Source: NYC DOHMH, Community Health Survey, 2015-2016
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Avoidable hospitalizations HPV
Health Care among children
100
80
60
Access to health care
Citywide, the percentage of uninsured New Yorkers decreased in the last five years from Health insurance 40
20% to 12%. In the Lower East Side and Chinatown, 11% of adults are uninsured and 8% can make it easier
report going without needed medical care in the past 12 months, similar to the rest of to get affordable20
NYC. The TCNY 2020 goal is to have less than 9% of New Yorkers going without needed
primary care,
0
which can help
medical care.
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
New Yorkers
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE (percent of adults) manage chronicPAGE 16
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Lower East Side
and Chinatown Manhattan Self-Reported
NYC Health
Lowest % stay healthy.
Adults without 11% 9% 12% 3%*
health insurance Stuyvesant Town
and Turtle Bay
Adults without 8% 10% 10% 3%*
needed medical care Bayside and
0 20 Little 40
Neck 60 80 100
*Interpret estimate with caution due to small sample size.
Source: NYC DOHMH, Community Health Survey, 2015-2016 0
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Avoidable hospitalizations AVOIDABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS
Avoidable Hospitalizations HEP C 150
“Avoidable hospitalizations” are those that could be AMONG ADULTS (per 100,000 adults)
prevented if adults had access to quality primary care.
Lower East Side and
The rate of avoidable hospitalizations among adults in 1,207 Chinatown
the Lower East Side and Chinatown is higher than the
1,072 Manhattan
citywide rate.
1,033 NYC
426 Lowest: Greenwich Village and Soho
Source: New York State Department of Health, Statewide
0 Planning
300 600 Cooperative
900 System,
12002014 1500
and Research 0
Fall-related hospitalizations FALL-RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS AMONG
Falls
OLDER ADULTS (per 100,000 adults ages 65 and older) Psychiatric h
The Lower East Side and Chinatown’s rate of fall-
related hospitalizations among adults ages 65 and
older is higher than the citywide average. The TCNY 1,837 Lower East Side and Chinatown
2020 goal is fewer than 1,410 hospitalizations per
1,813 Manhattan
100,000 older adults citywide.
1,604 NYC
667 Lowest: Queens Village
Source: New York State Department of Health, Statewide
0 Planning
500 1000Cooperative
and Research 1500 System,
2000 2500
2012-2014 0 100 200 300
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Binge Drinking (use graph to the right to mark points)
14 COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: LOWER EAST SIDE AND CHINATOWNHealth Care
Influenza (flu) and pneumonia are the third leading causes of death in NYC. Everyone ages 6 months
and older should get the flu vaccine every year.
Vaccinations
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects against cancers caused by HPV. The vaccine is recommended for all
children between the ages of 11 and 12. Sixty-eight percent of teens ages 13 to 17 in the Lower East Side and Chinatown
receive all recommended doses of the HPV vaccine. Half of Lower East Side and Chinatown adults report getting a flu
vaccine in the past 12 months, similar to the rest of NYC.
HPV
PAGE 15PAGE 15 VACCINATION FLU VACCINATION
(percent of teens ages 13 to 17 who received all (percent of adults)
HPV HPVrecommended doses of the vaccine) Flu Flu
100 100 100 100
85%
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68% healthy
63% 59% 62%
60 60 60 60 50%
47% 43%
40 40 40 40
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healthy healthy
0 0 0 0
Lower East Manhattan NYC Highest: Lower East Manhattan NYC Highest:
Side and Hunts Point and Side and Upper West Side
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0 0Health Outcomes
Obesity, diabetes and hypertension
The Lower East Side and Chinatown’s adult obesity rate is 10%, which is lower than the rest of NYC. The TCNY 2020 goal
is to reduce the obesity rate to less than 23% citywide. More than 700,000 adult New Yorkers have been told they have
diabetes. An additional 164,000 are estimated to have diabetes but not be aware. Eleven percent of Lower East Side and
Chinatown adults have been diagnosed with diabetes and 22% of adults have been told they have hypertension. The rate
of diabetes in this community is similar to the NYC average, while the rate of hypertension is lower.
OBESITY, DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION (percent of adults)
Lower East Side
and Chinatown Manhattan NYC Lowest %
Obesity can lead
to diabetes, high
Obesity 10% 15% 24% 4%
Financial District, blood pressure
Greenwich and other health
Village- Soho conditions.
Diabetes 11% 8% 11% 3% Hypertension,
Financial District,
Greenwich also known as high
Village- Soho blood pressure, is a
leading risk factor
Hypertension 22% 23% 28% 15%
Financial District, for heart disease
Greenwich and stroke.
Village- Soho
Source: NYC DOHMH, Community Health Survey, 2015-2016
New HIV diagnoses
Getting an HIV test is the first step to accessing treatment if you are positive or developing an HIV prevention
strategy if you are negative.
NEW HIV DIAGNOSES (per 100,000 people)
80
28.5
Manhattan
24.0
15.2 NYC
0
Lower East Side and Chinatown
Source: NYC DOHMH, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Registry, 2016
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100 100
Health Outcomes 80 80
60 60
0 300 600 900 1200 1500
New hepatitis C reports 40 0 40
Hepatitis C is a virus that damages the liver. New Yorkers born between 1945 and 1965 and people who have ever injected
20 20
drugs shouldFalls
be tested because hepatitis C can be cured.
Psychiatric hospitalizations
NEW HEPATITIS C REPORTS (per 100,000 people) 0 0
150 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
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64.3 77.5
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Binge drinking
Avoidable Hospitalizations HEP C 150 Death
Binge drinking is linked to high-risk behaviors and chronic health problems. The binge drinking rate in the Lower East Side
and Chinatown is similar to the rest of NYC. The TCNY 2020 goal is to reduce binge drinking to less than 17% citywide.
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BINGE DRINKING 9% 17% 23% 25%
(percent of adults)
Lowest: Bensonhurst NYC Lower East Side Manhattan
and Chinatown
Note: Binge drinking is defined as five or more drinks for men and four or more drinks for women on one occasion during the past 30 days.
Source: NYC DOHMH, Community Health Survey, 2015-2016
0 300 600 900 1200 1500
0
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mark points)HOSPITALIZATIONS 00
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East Side and Chinatown is similar to the citywide rate. Psychiatric hospitalizations Infant M
632 Lower East Side and Chinatown
High psychiatric hospitalization rates
likely reflect the challenges residents in 750 Manhattan
underresourced neighborhoods face, including
676 NYC
difficulty accessing preventive services and
early care, greater exposure to stressors and 223 Lowest: Woodside and Sunnyside
interruptions in health insurance coverage.
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Source: New York State Department of Health, Statewide Planning and Research
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 0 1
Cooperative System, 2015
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Death
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Infant mortality INFANT MORTALITY (per 1,000 live births)
Psychiatric hospitalizations Infant Mortality
NYC’s infant mortality rate has declined in recent years.
0 In the Lower East Side and Chinatown the infant mortality 3.0 Lower East Side and Chinatown
17 rate is lower than the citywide rate. The TCNY 2020 goal is
C 150 a citywide rate of less than 4.4 per 1,000 live births. 3.4 Manhattan
4.4 NYC
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*Interpret estimate with caution due to small number of events.
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 0 1 2 3 4 5
Source: NYC DOHMH, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 2013-2015
Premature death CD NYC
Cancer
ht to mark and heart disease are the leading
points) causes of premature death (death before the age of 65) in the Lower East
Premature
0 Side and Chinatown, similar to the rest of NYC. Lower East Side and Chinatown residents die prematurely at a similar
Death
rate to residents citywide. Lung cancer, liver cancer and colorectal cancer are the three leading causes of cancer-
related premature death in the Lower East Side PAGE
and18
Chinatown.
chiatric hospitalizations Infant Mortality
NYC’s premature mortality rate (death before age 65) decreased 19% from 2006 to 2015. However,
longstanding disparities persist. People living in high-poverty neighborhoods and Black New
Yorkers are dying before age 65 at higher rates.
TOP CAUSES OF PREMATURE DEATH
mark points) 001 08 06 04 02 0 20 40 60 80 100
rate of death before age 65 per 100,000 people
(number of deaths)
00 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Lower
0 1
East
2
Side3 4 5
Rank and Chinatown NYC Rank
Overall rate 173.0
CD 169.5
NYC
ints) Premature 52.2 46.2
Cancer 1 (421) 1
Death
29.4 32.9
Heart disease 2 (237) 2
12.9 9.4
Drug-related 3 (104) 3
8.4 5.9
HIV 4 (67) 6
7.3 5.1
Suicide 5 (57) 7
Note: NYC rate includes premature deaths among
001 NYC0residents
8 only
06 and will
04differ from
02other published
0 sources.
20 40 60 80 100
Source: NYC DOHMH, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 2011-2015
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18 COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: LOWER EAST SIDE AND CHINATOWNNotes
Neighborhood Definitions
The 59 Community Districts (CDs) were established citywide by local law in 1975. For a complete listing of all CDs and
their boundaries, visit communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. The CDs correspond to NYC Community Boards, which
are local representative bodies. The names of neighborhoods within CDs are not officially designated. The names used
in this document are not an exhaustive list of all known neighborhood names within this area.
Analyses
For most data, 95% confidence intervals were calculated for CD,
For a complete dataset
borough and NYC estimates. If the confidence intervals did not overlap,
including numbers, rates and
a significant difference was inferred. This is a conservative measure of confidence intervals, as well
statistical difference. For most population-level data, if a CD rate was as more technical notes on
within 5% of the NYC estimate, the CD was considered similar to NYC, neighborhood definitions,
otherwise the CD rate was considered higher or lower than the NYC analyses and data sources
estimate. For Community Health Survey data, a t-test comparing the CD with complete citations, visit
with the rest of NYC and the rest of the borough was conducted where nyc.gov/health and search for
p-values ≤0.05 were considered an indication of statistical significance. Community Health Profiles or
Report text highlights significant findings but does not include all visit on.nyc.gov/chp.
significant results. The public use dataset contains additional data.
Most estimates were evaluated for statistical stability. Estimates with a relative standard error (RSE) > 30% or with a
small sample size or small numbers of events (≤ 10) are flagged as follows: “Interpret estimate with caution due to small
number of events or small sample size.”
Acknowledgements
Thank you to all the individuals who contributed to these reports: Loren Adams, Nellie Afshar, Tracy Agerton, Tejumadé Ajaiyeoba,
Amaka Anekwe, Sonia Angell, Andrea Archer, Hannah Arnett, George Askew, Zinzi Bailey, María Baquero, Katherine Bartley, Gary
Belkin, Oni Blackstock, Angelica Bocour, Sarah Braunstein, Shadi Chamany, Kuen (Iris) Cheng, Aldo Crossa, Gretchen Culp, Kisha
Cummings, Sophia Day, Danielle De Souza, Regan Deming, MaryAnn Dogo-Isonagie, Christine Dominianni, Carlos Espada,
Stephanie Evergreen, Shannon Farley, Stephanie Farquhar, Pauline Ferrante, Alison Frazzini, Lawrence Fung, Patrick Germain,
Sasha Gibbel, Olivia Giordano, Sharon Greene, Sophia Greer, Danielle Gurr, Samson Hadush Mesfin, Myla Harrison, Fangtao He,
Charisma Hooda, Seth Hostetter, Mary Huynh, Stephen Immerwahr, John Jasek, Jillian Jessup, Sarah Johnson, Kim Kessler, Kevin
Konty, Hillary Kunins, Kathryn Lane, Marisa Langdon-Embry, Michael Larkin, Rachael Lazar, Carl Letamendi, Wenhui Li, Sungwoo
Lim, Constance Lopez, Joseph Lormel, David Lucero, Nneka Lundy De La Cruz, Chantol Manning, Karen Aletha Maybank, Alejandra
McDonough, Wendy Mckelvey, Katharine McVeigh, Aaron Mettey, Chris Miller, Caroline Mills, Tanicha Miranda, Brent Morita, Julia
Morrill, Christina Norman, Carolyn Olson, Emiko Otsubo, Denise Paone, Vassiliki Papadouka, Sneha Patel, Sarah Perl, Parppim
Pimmaratana, Roger Platt, Angeline Protacio, Lisa Ramadhar, Kathleen Reilly, Susan Resnick, Sojourner Rivers, Rebekkah Robbins,
Subir Saha, Hannah Searing, Amber Levanon Seligson, Sophie Sharps, Tejinder Singh, Ariel Spira-Cohen, Catherine Stayton, Ying
Sun, Cassiopeia Toner, Kadiatou Traore, Maryellen Tria, Tsu-Yu Tsao, Ellenie Tuazon, Rugile Tuskeviciute, Mary-Elizabeth Vachon,
Gretchen Van Wye, Ashwin Vasan, Aishwarya Viswanath, Sarah Walters, Amy Wang, Jeannette Williams, Ricky Wong, Yihong Zhao,
Jane Zucker and Kimberly Zweig.
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: LOWER EAST SIDE AND CHINATOWN 19Life Expectancy by Community District
The Lower East Side and Chinatown’s
average life expectancy is one year
longer than NYC overall.
82.2
75.1-79.6 years Life Expectancy
79.7-81.4 years
81.5-83.8 years
83.9-85.9 years
Unpopulated areas
Source: NYC DOHMH,
Bureau of Vital Statistics, 2006-2015
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Contact information:
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