This table has data from the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey regarding mice and rats in buildings for the year 2011. According to the table, only 22.8% of households reported having mice or rats in the building. This means that one out of every four or five New York City household will have a mouse or a rat. The table also shows that the Bronx has the largest percentage of mice and rats reported while Staten Island has the smallest percentage of mice and rats reported. There is not enough data in the table to conclude why this is the case.
This graph shows the general poverty level of the neighborhoods that reported mice or rats in the building. High poverty is overall decreasing and low poverty is overall increasing. Not surprisingly, the medium poverty had no significant changes. Still, the increase in low poverty and the decrease in high poverty indicate that neighborhoods in 2008 are less in poverty than neighborhoods in 1999.
This graph shows a positive linear correlation between cracks or holes in households and mice and rats in buildings. As the percentage of cracks or holes in households increase, the percentage of mice and rats in buildings increase. This relationship does not necessarily mean that cracks or holes in households cause more mice and rats to enter households.
This chart shows the number of households that report having mice or rats. According to the chart, the number of households reporting to have mice or rats seems to be relatively the same throughout the years. The year 2005 had the lowest number of reported households with mice or rats, but the number went back up by 2011. The chart suggests that there was no long term change.
This map shows the percent of households reporting mice or rats by neighborhood. It shows that there are two particular areas where mice and rats dominate. The area located around the south end of Bronx and the north end of Manhattan has a large number of households reporting mice or rats. Similarly, the northeast section of Brooklyn has a large number of households reporting mice or rats. On the other hand, Staten Island has the smallest number of reports. The data on this map matches with the data shown in the table from the survey.
