Allegany County Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, 2008-2010

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2010) 47,058 612 486 670 48,946
Percent of Population 96.1% 1.3% 1.0% 1.4% 100.0%
Median Annual Household Income in US Dollars (2008-10) * 41,201 s s 47,313 41,096
Percent of Families Below Poverty (2008-10) * 11.6% s s s 11.3%
General Health Indicators
Total Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 742.2 761.1~ s s 738.6
Percent Premature Deaths (< 75 Years) 37.7% s 0.0%~ 0.0%~ 37.6%
Years of Potential Life Lost per 100,000, Age-adjusted 5,632 s 0~ 0~ 5,464
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of Births per Year (3 Year Average) 488 3 3 15 511
Percent Births with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care 83.2% 66.7%~ 62.5%~ 25.0%~ 81.7%
Percent Adequate Prenatal Care (Kotelchuck Index) 73.9% 50.0%~ 50.0%~ 22.9%~ 72.5%
Percent Premature Births (< 37 Weeks Gestation) 11.9% 0.0%~ s 8.3%~ 11.8%
Percent Low Birthweight Births (< 2.5 Kg) 7.2% 0.0%~ 0.0%~ 7.3%~ 7.2%
Teen (Age 15-17) Pregnancy Rate per 1,000 16.8 0.0~ s 0.0~ 17.3
Total Pregnancy Rate per 1,000 Age 15-44 Females 61.9 19.8~ 29.2~ 121.2 62.3
Fertility Rate per 1,000 (All Births/Female Population 15-44) 52.4 14.4~ 16.7~ 102.6 52.0
Infant Mortality per 1,000 Live Births 2.7~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 2.6~
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor Vehicle-Related Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 9.5~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 9.3~
Unintentional Injury Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 37.2 0.0~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 36.5
Unintentional Injury Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 61.9 107.3~ 34.7~ 12.0~ 62.9
Poisoning Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 6.6 37.2~ s 0.0~ 7.1
Fall Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 65+ Years 181.2 s s 0.0~ 179.6
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 10.8 s s 0.0~ 10.8
Asthma Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 0-17 Years 15.4 s 0.0~ 0.0~ 15.6
CLRD/COPD Mortality per 100,000, 18+ Years 80.4 s s 0.0~ 79.0
COPD/CLRD Hospitalizations per 10,000, 18+ Years 51.1 19.5~ s 0.0~ 49.8
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the Heart Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 203.6 s s 0.0~ 203.4
Diseases of the Heart Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 126.3 212.6~ 0.0~ s 129.7
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 37.8 0.0~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 37.4
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 24.3 s 0.0~ s 24.2
Coronary Heart Disease Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 148.3 s 0.0~ 0.0~ 148.3
Coronary Heart Disease Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 55.3 95.3~ 0.0~ s 57.7
Congestive Heart Failure Mortality per 100,000, 18+ Years 37.5 0.0~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 36.1
Congestive Heart Failure Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 18+ Years 47.3 s 0.0~ 0.0~ 45.7
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 18.3 0.0~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 18.1
Diabetes Hospitalizations per 10,000 (Primary Dx ICD9 250), Age-adjusted 16.8 s 0.0~ 0.0~ 16.9
Diabetes Hospitalizations per 10,000 (Any Dx ICD9 250), Age-adjusted 224.2 692.9 s 34.5~ 228.2
Diabetes Short-term Complications Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 6-18 Years 2.9~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 3.3~
Diabetes Short-term Complications Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 18+ Years 5.7 0.0~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 5.6
Cancer Indicators
Lung Cancer Incidence per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 70.5 s s s 69.9
Colorectal Cancer Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 15.7 s s s 15.5
Female Breast Cancer Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 24.4 s s s 23.9
Cervix Uteri Cancer Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) s s s s s
Percent Early Stage Colorectal Cancer (2007-09) 33.3% s s s 33.3%
Percent Early Stage Female Breast Cancer (2007-09) 65.1% s s s 65.4%
Percent Early Stage Cervical Cancer (2007-09) s s s s s
Substance Abuse and Mental Health-Related Indicators
Drug-related Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 11.2 42.4~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 11.9
Suicide Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 12.0~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 0.0~ 11.7~

Key

Symbol Meaning
s Total suppressed for confidentiality
~ Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
* Hispanics are not excluded from the Black and Asian/Pacific Islander categories. Pacific Islanders are not included in the Asian/Pacific Islander category