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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2010) 1,079,974 109,090 54,383 246,239 1,493,350
Percent of Population 72.3% 7.3% 3.6% 16.5% 100.0%
Median Annual Household Income in US Dollars (2008-10) * 88,435 69,449 90,005 67,066 84,235
Percent of Families Below Poverty (2008-10) * 2.5% 9.7% 3.9% 8.6% 3.8%
General Health Indicators
Total Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 681.5 703.1 238.4 433.5 681.0
Percent Premature Deaths (< 75 Years) 36.2% 62.3% 62.3% 61.5% 39.1%
Years of Potential Life Lost per 100,000, Age-adjusted 4,954 7,884 1,945 4,399 5,113
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of Births per Year (3 Year Average) 9,792 1,382 720 5,144 17,324
Percent Births with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care 83.6% 57.8% 73.4% 57.8% 73.1%
Percent Adequate Prenatal Care (Kotelchuck Index) 75.5% 48.0% 65.7% 50.6% 65.2%
Percent Premature Births (< 37 Weeks Gestation) 10.9% 18.8% 10.5% 12.6% 12.0%
Percent Low Birthweight Births (< 2.5 Kg) 6.9% 13.5% 8.8% 7.0% 7.6%
Teen (Age 15-17) Pregnancy Rate per 1,000 7.6 34.5 1.1~ 43.4 15.9
Total Pregnancy Rate per 1,000 Age 15-44 Females 61.8 97.5 65.0 137.1 78.9
Fertility Rate per 1,000 (All Births/Female Population 15-44) 48.4 55.3 57.3 116.1 60.7
Infant Mortality per 1,000 Live Births 3.0 11.1 1.4~ 3.8 3.9
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor Vehicle-Related Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 9.6 11.8 4.1~ 11.6 9.9
Unintentional Injury Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 32.9 25.5 7.4~ 24.9 32.1
Unintentional Injury Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 69.6 61.1 17.8 86.3 75.5
Poisoning Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 9.8 10.3 1.3 7.4 10.4
Fall Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 65+ Years 229.9 94.6 42.1 264.5 224.8
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 11.0 28.7 2.8 20.6 14.4
Asthma Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 0-17 Years 13.0 35.5 6.3 24.2 19.1
CLRD/COPD Mortality per 100,000, 18+ Years 53.5 21.9 5.6~ 10.7 44.5
COPD/CLRD Hospitalizations per 10,000, 18+ Years 41.5 47.3 3.1 34.1 40.7
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the Heart Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 204.1 200.5 68.5 109.2 203.2
Diseases of the Heart Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 124.8 142.2 37.9 150.6 134.1
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 26.7 32.6 12.9~ 20.6 27.1
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 24.5 35.8 8.9 37.0 27.2
Coronary Heart Disease Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 154.3 160.4 49.7 85.2 153.9
Coronary Heart Disease Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 54.2 51.7 19.6 55.3 57.5
Congestive Heart Failure Mortality per 100,000, 18+ Years 29.2 9.3 5.6~ 4.3~ 24.1
Congestive Heart Failure Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 18+ Years 43.2 54.4 6.6 32.0 42.4
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 12.3 22.8 9.2~ 13.9 12.8
Diabetes Hospitalizations per 10,000 (Primary Dx ICD9 250), Age-adjusted 11.6 37.6 4.1 21.6 14.9
Diabetes Hospitalizations per 10,000 (Any Dx ICD9 250), Age-adjusted 172.7 359.0 66.9 294.2 201.5
Diabetes Short-term Complications Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 6-18 Years 2.3 3.3 s 2.3 2.4
Diabetes Short-term Complications Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age 18+ Years 2.9 12.7 0.6~ 5.1 4.0
Cancer Indicators
Lung Cancer Incidence per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 78.7 62.2 27.1 25.0 73.1
Colorectal Cancer Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 16.8 24.7 5.6~ 14.3 16.8
Female Breast Cancer Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 23.1 28.8 14.1~ 12.2 22.5
Cervix Uteri Cancer Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted (2007-09) 1.6 5.6~ s s 1.9
Percent Early Stage Colorectal Cancer (2007-09) 45.5% 41.6% 58.8% 47.7% 45.7%
Percent Early Stage Female Breast Cancer (2007-09) 63.4% 48.7% 75.8% 50.6% 62.1%
Percent Early Stage Cervical Cancer (2007-09) 45.0% 33.3%~ s 58.8% 47.3%
Substance Abuse and Mental Health-Related Indicators
Drug-related Hospitalizations per 10,000, Age-adjusted 26.0 16.7 1.8 9.0 25.2
Suicide Mortality per 100,000, Age-adjusted 6.8 7.2 2.7~ 3.3 6.9

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