My first Magazine MercyFirst: Community Portrait_2016 | Page 6

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Risk Factors that Contribute to Child Abuse & Neglect
Individual and Family Factors:
Certain individual and family factors such as substance abuse, mental illness/or physical illness,
single parenting and domestic violence and other stressful events can contribute to the likelihood of
child abuse and maltreatment or placing children outside of their home.
Psychiatric Hospitalization and Substance Abuse
Psychiatric
Hospitalization
(Per 100,000 adults)
The rate of psychiatric hospitaliza-
tion in Port Richmond, Stapleton
& Mariner’s Harbor is higher than
Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights, and
the citywide rates.
956 Port Richmond, Stapleton &
Mariner’s Harbor
423 Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights
684 NYC
Alcohol-related hospitalizations
(per 100,000 adults)
Substance Use
(Per 100,000 adults)
In Port Richmond, Stapleton &
Mariner’s Harbor, both the alco-
hol-related and drug-related hos-
pitalization rates are higher than
the rates in Bay Ridge & Dyker
Heights and NYC.
1140
560
0
200
400
1019
600
Port Richmond, Stapleton
& Mariner’s Harbor
800
1000
Bay Ridge &
Dyker Heights
1200
NYC
Drug-related hospitalizations
(per 100,000 adults)
955
370
0
200
400
Port Richmond, Stapleton
& Mariner’s Harbor
907
600
Bay Ridge &
Dyker Heights
800
1000
NYC