Allegany County Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, 2012-2014

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2014) 45,496 727 649 740 47,736
Percentage of population (2014) 95.3% 1.5% 1.4% 1.6% 100.0%
Median annual household income in US dollars~ 43,050 32,083 31,094 19,554 42,726
Percentage of families below poverty~ 11.8% 16.7% 0.0% 67.7% 12.0%
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 760.5 1,205.3* 961.0* 231.2* 756.5
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 38.3% 44.4%* 33.3%* 66.7%* 38.5%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,526 3,519 661 1,947 6,353
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 440 1 4 38 487
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 77.5% s s 13.2% 73.1%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck index) 75.4% s s 12.4% 71.1%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation) 9.9% s s 11.0% 9.9%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 7.0% s s 3.3%* 6.8%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-17 years 12.5 s s s 12.3
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 61.0 8.5* 27.8 211.5 63.0
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 51.1 6.8* 24.1 202.5 53.0
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 6.8* s s 0.0* 6.2*
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 7.7 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 7.5
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 29.3 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 28.5
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 57.0 66.5* s 61.1* 57.2
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 10.9 45.1* 0.0* s 11.4
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65+ years 154.7 0.0* s 382.2* 156.9
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 7.3 s 0.0* s 7.6
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 9.1 s 0.0* s 10.3
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 51.6 195.0* 0.0* 0.0* 51.4
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 27.0 72.8* 0.0* 51.7* 27.6
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 176.2 0.0* 373.7* 64.1* 174.9
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 85.1 125.7 0.0* 94.0 88.3
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 33.3 0.0* 0.0* 80.7* 33.4
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 20.1 0.0* 0.0* s 20.2
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 116.6 0.0* 373.7* 64.1* 115.9
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 29.6 s 0.0* 0.0* 30.7
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 21.5 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 21.2
Congestive heart failure hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 23.3 s 0.0* 42.9* 23.7
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 30.1 120.1* 0.0* 86.4* 30.5
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 12.3 s 0.0* s 12.1
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population , age-adjusted 177.2 551.6 246.6* 198.8 182.0
Diabetes short-term complications hospitalizations per 10,000 population aged 6-17 years 6.0 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 5.7
Diabetes short-term complications hospitalizations per 10,000 population aged 18+ years 3.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 3.7
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 79.1 s 0.0* s 80.0
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 15.5 s 0.0* 0.0* 16.4
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 43.4 s s 0.0* 45.0
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 23.1 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 22.7
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 44.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 43.9
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) s 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* s
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 9.6* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 9.4*
Substance Abuse and Mental Health-Related Indicators
Drug-related hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 14.5 54.3* 0.0* s 14.9
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 15.1 80.0* 0.0* 0.0* 15.0

Key

Symbol Meaning
* Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate or percentage is unstable
s Data are suppressed. The data do not meet the criteria for confidentiality
~ White non-Hispanic, Black (including Hispanic), Asian (including Hispanic, excluding Pacific Islanders), and Hispanic
NA Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability or data quality, or data not available