Chautauqua County Sees Decline in Health Factors and Outcomes

Chautauqua County is losing ground when it comes to health factors and outcomes compared to the rest of New York State between last year and this year. The county's Department of Health and Human Services has released a report from the University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and it ranks the county 57th among the state's 62 counties for health factors. County Epidemiology Manager Breanne Agett says the county was 58th in health outcomes....

Breanne Agett: premature death

There were two areas where Chautauqua County had the highest rate of negative health factors. The first was the smoking rate, which was about 24% for the county, but 14% statewide. Agett says the second area is obesity, which is 33% locally, while it's 25% statewide. She says the report reinforces the need for community action to improve health behaviors...

Breann Agett: need involvement

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