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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2010) 138,461 10,774 3,759 6,080 159,429
Percent of Population 86.8% 6.8% 2.4% 3.8% 100.0%
Median Annual Household Income in US Dollars (2008-10) * 58,272 25,181 45,556 27,250 54,261
Percent of Families Below Poverty (2008-10) * 5.9% 36.6% s s 8.9%
General Health Indicators
Total Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 808.9 998.4 432.7~ 668.5 818.8
Percent Premature Deaths (< 75 Years) 35.4% 65.3% 71.4%~ 67.5% 37.0%
Years of Potential Life Lost per 100,000, Age-adjusted 5,676 11,525 2,660~ 5,830 5,948
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of Births per Year (3 Year Average) 1,349 153 67 105 1,724
Percent Births with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care 80.0% 60.0% 76.3% 67.0% 76.7%
Percent Adequate Prenatal Care (Kotelchuck Index) 74.5% 51.3% 67.9% 57.1% 70.6%
Percent Premature Births (< 37 Weeks Gestation) 9.5% 18.2% 9.7%~ 10.5% 10.4%
Percent Low Birthweight Births (< 2.5 Kg) 6.3% 15.3% 5.0%~ 7.3% 7.2%
Teen (Age 15-17) Pregnancy Rate per 1,000 15.5 71.4 29.4~ 43.7~ 24.3
Total Pregnancy Rate per 1,000 Age 15-44 Females 63.5 130.5 85.9 129.4 73.7
Fertility Rate per 1,000 (All Births/Female Population 15-44) 51.1 71.0 77.8 94.2 56.3
Infant Mortality per 1,000 Live Births 4.4~ 15.3~ s s 5.6
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor Vehicle-Related Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 8.1 s s 0.0~ 7.8
Unintentional Injury Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 23.6 8.2~ s 0.0~ 23.1
Unintentional Injury Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 60.9 60.7 12.2~ 17.3 62.2
Poisoning Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 9.3 12.6 s 4.6~ 9.9
Fall Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 65+ Years 226.4 147.9 s s 223.1
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 11.2 49.7 6.8~ 20.5 15.0
Asthma Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 0-17 Years 10.6 46.7 28.1~ 18.7~ 17.8
CLRD/COPD Mortality per 100,000, 18+ Years 92.0 27.5~ s s 85.6
COPD/CLRD Hospitalizations per 10,000, 18+ Years 53.6 82.6 s 43.3 54.3
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the Heart Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 224.8 272.5 s 148.1~ 226.5
Diseases of the Heart Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 93.0 127.8 7.3~ 58.9 97.7
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 36.6 62.2~ s s 37.5
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 26.0 42.1 21.3~ 11.5~ 27.4
Coronary Heart Disease Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 145.5 201.7 s 55.1~ 146.8
Coronary Heart Disease Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 34.4 32.8 s 16.5~ 36.4
Congestive Heart Failure Mortality per 100,000, 18+ Years 39.0 27.5~ 0.0~ s 37.1
Congestive Heart Failure Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 18+ Years 32.8 50.1 0.0~ 11.4~ 32.7
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 18.3 44.0~ 0.0~ s 19.6
Diabetes Hospitalizations per 10,000 (Primary Dx ICD9 250), Age-adjusted 13.8 43.3 s 21.2~ 15.3
Diabetes Hospitalizations per 10,000 (Any Dx ICD9 250), Age-adjusted 204.0 480.2 30.9~ 206.8 219.9
Diabetes Short-term Complications Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 6-18 Years 4.1 s 0.0~ 0.0~ 3.6
Diabetes Short-term Complications Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 18+ Years 5.7 16.0 s 5.7~ 6.2
Cancer Indicators
Lung Cancer Incidence per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 93.3 128.0 s s 94.5
Colorectal Cancer Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 15.8 s s s 15.5
Female Breast Cancer Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 20.9 s s s 21.3
Cervix Uteri Cancer Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) s s s s s
Percent Early Stage Colorectal Cancer (2007-09) 37.7% s s s 36.4%
Percent Early Stage Female Breast Cancer (2007-09) 59.9% 60.0%~ s s 59.7%
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 20.0 34.5 s 42.4 22.4
Suicide Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 8.0 0.0~ 0.0~ s 7.6

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