evidence: Mortality and hospitalization based indicators are presented as both crude and age-adjusted rates. The standard population that was used for adjustment was the 2000 United States population. Age adjustment allows for the comparison of rates between geographic areas with different age distributions. [...] New York State Community Health Indicator Reports, www.health.ny.gov/CHIRSDashboard (Last revised: February 2023)(Accessed on August 23, 2023) [...] Public Health Information Group at: phiginfo@health.ny.gov