Here are mortality rates for brooklyn neighbourhoods for 2012, the number of deaths, crude rates, age adjusted rates. The age adjutment is done directly against a standard population. How do you explain Bushwick and Coney islands. Crown heights South and East Flatbush adjusted rates are similar to their crude rates, what does this mean? BROOKLYN NEIGHBOURHOODS DEATHS 2012 UNADJUSTED RATE AGE-ADJUSTED RATE Williamsburg, Greenpoint (01) 807 4.6 6.1 Fort Green, Brooklyn Heights (02) 621 6.1 6.6 Bedford Stuyvesant (03) 951 6.2 7.6 Bushwick (04) 471 4.1 6 East New York (05) 1,059 5.8 6.7 Park Slope (06) 503 4.7 5.8 Sunset Park (07) 508 4 5.3 Crown Heights North (08) 571 5.9 6.6 Crown Heights South (09) 555 5.6 5.6 Bay Ridge (10) 903 6.6 5.5 Bensonhurst (11) 1,215 6.2 5 Borough Park (12) 946 4.8 5.1 Coney Island (13) 1,163 11 6.5 Flatbush, Midwood (14) 893 5.4 5.5 Sheepshead Bay (15) 1,271 7.5 5.3 Brownsville (16) 623 7.2 8.5 East Flatbush (17) 860 5.5 5.4 Canarsie (18) 1,128 5.7 5.6

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Here are mortality rates for brooklyn neighbourhoods for 2012, the number of deaths, crude rates, age adjusted rates. The age adjutment is done directly against a standard population.

  1. How do you explain Bushwick and Coney islands.
  2. Crown heights South and East Flatbush adjusted rates are similar to their crude rates, what does this mean?

BROOKLYN NEIGHBOURHOODS

DEATHS 2012

UNADJUSTED RATE

AGE-ADJUSTED RATE

Williamsburg, Greenpoint (01)

807

4.6

6.1

Fort Green, Brooklyn Heights (02)

621

6.1

6.6

Bedford Stuyvesant (03)

951

6.2

7.6

Bushwick (04)

471

4.1

6

East New York (05)

1,059

5.8

6.7

Park Slope (06)

503

4.7

5.8

Sunset Park (07)

508

4

5.3

Crown Heights North (08)

571

5.9

6.6

Crown Heights South (09)

555

5.6

5.6

Bay Ridge (10)

903

6.6

5.5

Bensonhurst (11)

1,215

6.2

5

Borough Park (12)

946

4.8

5.1

Coney Island (13)

1,163

11

6.5

Flatbush, Midwood (14)

893

5.4

5.5

Sheepshead Bay (15)

1,271

7.5

5.3

Brownsville (16)

623

7.2

8.5

East Flatbush (17)

860

5.5

5.4

Canarsie (18)

1,128

5.7

5.6

 

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