Health Indicator |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic |
Total |
White |
Black |
Asian/Pacific Islander |
Socio-Demographic Indicators |
Population (2018) |
8,246,187 |
1,048,950 |
508,198 |
1,300,235 |
11,147,484 |
Percentage of population (2018) |
74.0% |
9.4% |
4.6% |
11.7% |
100.0% |
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) |
20.7% |
11.0% |
10.9% |
6.9% |
17.7% |
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ |
11.0% |
28.8% |
12.9% |
20.0% |
14.7% |
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ |
3.1% |
4.9% |
4.9% |
9.0% |
4.1% |
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ |
38.9% |
24.9% |
60.7% |
22.9% |
37.0% |
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ |
10.7% |
34.3% |
7.2% |
24.1% |
13.8% |
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ |
12.8% |
13.1% |
6.3% |
9.1% |
12.1% |
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ |
2.1% |
4.7% |
29.7% |
27.0% |
2.8% |
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) |
3.9% |
9.4% |
2.3% |
12.0% |
6.0% |
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) |
12.5 |
57.4 |
4.0 |
24.0 |
17.6 |
General Health Indicators |
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
714.0 |
834.2 |
356.7 |
570.1 |
714.6 |
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) |
36.2% |
59.5% |
44.9% |
58.8% |
39.3% |
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
5,927.9 |
9,160.3 |
2,347.4 |
5,212.7 |
6,139.4 |
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 |
97.8 |
220.6 |
42.5 |
106.2 |
112.5 |
Birth-Related Indicators |
Number of births per year (3 year average) |
72,974 |
11,783 |
6,412 |
20,488 |
115,439 |
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care |
81.9% |
69.6% |
78.0% |
72.8% |
78.4% |
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ |
80.6% |
70.0% |
77.6% |
71.9% |
77.5% |
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) |
8.2% |
13.5% |
8.6% |
10.2% |
9.2% |
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) |
6.5% |
13.7% |
8.3% |
8.4% |
7.7% |
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years |
1.6 |
7.7 |
0.7 |
6.4 |
3.4 |
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years |
60.0 |
83.0 |
54.7 |
87.0 |
70.8 |
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years |
51.8 |
52.1 |
52.9 |
71.2 |
56.3 |
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births |
3.7 |
10.7 |
1.7 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section |
28.2% |
33.5% |
31.6% |
29.6% |
29.2% |
Injury-Related Indicators |
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
6.6 |
8.2 |
2.7 |
7.4 |
6.8 |
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
44.6 |
43.3 |
12.1 |
35.3 |
42.6 |
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
65.1 |
68.8 |
26.2 |
51.5 |
69.4 |
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older |
209.0 |
109.3 |
75.9 |
124.5 |
209.4 |
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
9.7 |
13.0 |
2.6 |
6.3 |
10.1 |
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
11.3 |
5.1 |
4.6 |
5.1 |
9.8 |
Opioid burden per 100,000 population |
242.3 |
227.0 |
19.7 |
167.7 |
234.3 |
Respiratory Disease Indicators |
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
3.2 |
14.4 |
2.9 |
7.6 |
5.4 |
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years |
5.2 |
22.5 |
6.4 |
11.6 |
9.7 |
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
35.3 |
25.2 |
6.6 |
14.6 |
33.2 |
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
15.4 |
33.2 |
5.7 |
16.2 |
18.3 |
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators |
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
166.4 |
199.3 |
84.3 |
118.1 |
166.2 |
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
71.9 |
106.4 |
37.4 |
63.2 |
79.5 |
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
26.1 |
34.2 |
19.4 |
25.8 |
27.0 |
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
17.8 |
33.7 |
11.7 |
17.6 |
20.7 |
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
116.8 |
147.6 |
69.3 |
89.6 |
117.5 |
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
20.7 |
23.3 |
15.8 |
19.5 |
23.0 |
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
14.6 |
12.9 |
4.1 |
8.5 |
14.2 |
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older |
38.4 |
57.7 |
10.3 |
18.9 |
39.2 |
Diabetes Indicators |
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
16.6 |
36.0 |
14.2 |
18.4 |
18.3 |
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
13.0 |
39.5 |
5.1 |
17.4 |
16.4 |
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
158.0 |
358.6 |
112.3 |
211.8 |
190.4 |
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older |
5.2 |
17.6 |
1.3 |
6.3 |
6.8 |
Cancer Indicators |
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
67.8 |
56.2 |
30.3 |
35.1 |
64.1 |
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
12.0 |
14.5 |
8.4 |
8.2 |
11.9 |
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
37.9 |
42.3 |
30.8 |
32.8 |
37.7 |
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
18.2 |
24.0 |
9.8 |
13.2 |
18.3 |
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
41.2 |
49.6 |
32.9 |
34.0 |
40.9 |
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
1.7 |
3.1 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
6.5 |
7.8 |
5.5 |
7.9 |
6.7 |
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |