New York State (excluding NYC) Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, 2008-2010

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2010) 8,684,780 986,941 406,698 1,080,846 11,202,969
Percent of Population 77.5% 8.8% 3.6% 9.6% 100.0%
General Health Indicators
Total Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 692.7 770.4 264.1 466.1 700.5
Percent Premature Deaths (< 75 Years) 34.5% 62.2% 56.7% 62.6% 37.2%
Years of Potential Life Lost per 100,000, Age-adjusted 5,291 9,087 2,024 4,506 5,550
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of Births per Year (3 Year Average) 84,053 12,424 5,273 20,182 125,219
Percent Births with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care 80.4% 61.1% 75.2% 63.0% 75.2%
Percent Adequate Prenatal Care (Kotelchuck Index) 73.6% 52.3% 67.1% 56.6% 68.2%
Percent Premature Births (< 37 Weeks Gestation) 10.2% 16.4% 10.6% 12.5% 11.3%
Percent Low Birthweight Births (< 2.5 Kg) 6.8% 13.3% 8.5% 7.5% 7.7%
Teen (Age 15-17) Pregnancy Rate per 1,000 11.4 47.6 3.8 45.8 20.4
Total Pregnancy Rate per 1,000 Age 15-44 Females 64.9 103.4 67.3 123.6 78.1
Fertility Rate per 1,000 (All Births/Female Population 15-44) 52.5 58.4 58.4 96.7 59.0
Infant Mortality per 1,000 Live Births 4.5 14.9 2.4 5.3 5.7
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor Vehicle-Related Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 8.1 6.6 2.5 7.6 8.0
Unintentional Injury Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 26.9 20.1 9.4 20.7 26.4
Unintentional Injury Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 62.2 55.7 20.0 63.8 65.1
Poisoning Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 9.6 12.6 2.1 7.2 10.2
Fall Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 65+ Years 221.5 99.3 57.7 200.2 215.3
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 9.1 29.4 4.5 19.9 12.3
Asthma Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 0-17 Years 10.9 31.5 8.0 20.7 16.1
CLRD/COPD Mortality per 100,000, 18+ Years 69.7 24.6 4.9 9.5 59.5
COPD/CLRD Hospitalizations per 10,000, 18+ Years 41.6 50.5 5.2 28.1 40.8
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the Heart Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 194.7 216.8 79.8 126.0 196.5
Diseases of the Heart Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 102.9 130.0 37.0 120.5 109.2
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 31.2 39.3 15.6 23.4 31.9
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 23.3 37.7 9.7 28.5 25.3
Coronary Heart Disease Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 143.5 167.6 64.5 100.2 145.1
Coronary Heart Disease Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 41.4 42.0 19.4 48.0 43.7
Congestive Heart Failure Mortality per 100,000, 18+ Years 29.7 12.2 3.0 4.8 25.6
Congestive Heart Failure Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 18+ Years 42.7 53.8 6.4 23.2 41.7
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 14.0 26.0 7.5 14.3 14.9
Diabetes Hospitalizations per 10,000 (Primary Dx ICD9 250), Age-adjusted 11.4 38.8 3.7 19.3 14.3
Diabetes Hospitalizations per 10,000 (Any Dx ICD9 250), Age-adjusted 174.3 374.4 77.0 272.2 198.2
Diabetes Short-term Complications Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 6-18 Years 2.7 4.8 0.4~ 2.8 3.0
Diabetes Short-term Complications Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 18+ Years 3.9 14.1 0.7 4.8 4.8
Cancer Indicators
Lung Cancer Incidence per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 74.8 70.4 26.3 34.6 72.2
Colorectal Cancer Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 15.6 20.4 6.8 12.3 15.7
Female Breast Cancer Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 22.1 31.9 11.6 13.7 22.2
Cervix Uteri Cancer Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 1.7 4.6 s 2.3 1.9
Percent Early Stage Colorectal Cancer (2007-09) 45.2% 42.7% 45.7% 43.8% 45.1%
Percent Early Stage Female Breast Cancer (2007-09) 66.9% 54.0% 64.2% 58.8% 65.8%
Percent Early Stage Cervical Cancer (2007-09) 44.8% 38.6% 57.7%~ 49.2% 45.0%
Substance Abuse and Mental Health-Related Indicators
Drug-related Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 20.1 32.8 2.3 14.2 21.8
Suicide Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 8.5 4.0 3.4 4.5 8.1

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