Socio-Economic Status and General Health Indicators - Erie County

2008-2010

Indicator Data Links 3 Year Total County Rate NYS Rate Sig.Dif. NYS Rate exc NYC Sig.Dif. County Ranking
Group
Total population (2010) (Table) (Trend) (Map) N/A 919,040.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 4th
% of labor force unemployed (2011) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 36,191 7.9 8.2 Yes 7.6 Yes 2nd
% of population at or below poverty level (2010) (Table) (Trend) (Map) N/A 14.3 15.0 No N/A N/A 3rd
% of children ages less than 18 years at or below poverty level (2010) (Table) (Trend) (Map) N/A 20.9 21.5 No N/A N/A 3rd
Median family income in US dollars (2010) (Table) (Trend) (Map) N/A 46,773.0 54,047.0 N/A N/A N/A 2rd
% of children ages less than 19 years with health insurance (2010) (Table) (Trend) (Map) N/A 95.6 94.9 No N/A N/A 1th
% of adults ages 18-64 years with health insurance (2010) (Table) (Trend) (Map) N/A 87.9 83.1 Yes N/A N/A 1th
High school drop out rate (Table) (Trend) (Map) 5,299 3.3 2.8 Yes 2.0 Yes 4th
Age-adjusted % of adults who did not receive medical care because of cost # (2008-2009) (Table) (Map) N/A 12.5 13.8 No 12.0 No 3rd
Age-adjusted % of adults with regular health care provider (2008-2009) (Table) (Map) N/A 88.1 83.0 No 87.1 No 2rd
Age-adjusted % of adults who had poor mental health 14 or more days within the past month (2008-2009) (Table) (Map) N/A 9.9 10.2 No 10.9 No 2nd
Birth rate per 1,000 population (Table) (Trend) (Map) 29,234 10.7 12.7 Yes 11.2 Yes 3rd
Total mortality rate per 100,000 (Table) (Trend) (Map) 28,074 1,025.3 748.6 Yes 842.2 Yes 4th
Age-adjusted total mortality rate per 100,000 (Table) (Trend) (Map) 28,074 779.4 662.8 Yes 700.5 Yes 3rd
% premature deaths (ages less than 75 years) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 10,528 37.5 40.0 Yes 37.2 No 2nd
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 (Table) (Trend) (Map) 184,496 7,335.5 5,728.2 Yes 5,843.8 Yes 4th
Total emergency department visit rate per 10,000 (Table) (Trend) (Map) 1,027,678 3,753.2 3,813.6 Yes 3,534.4 Yes 3rd
Age-adjusted total emergency department visit rate per 10,000 (Table) (Trend) (Map) 1,027,678 3,744.4 3,811.9 Yes 3,546.7 Yes 2nd
Total hospitalization rate per 10,000 (Table) (Trend) (Map) 334,846 1,222.9 1,290.5 Yes 1,223.2 No 3rd
Age-adjusted total hospitalization rate per 10,000 (Table) (Trend) (Map) 334,846 1,138.1 1,242.5 Yes 1,167.6 Yes 2nd

N/A: Data not available

*: Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate is unstable

#: Data not available for NYC counties

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