Erie County Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, 2017-2019

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 699,654 125,737 35,673 53,013 919,941
Percentage of population (2018) 76.1% 13.7% 3.9% 5.8% 100.0%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2015-2019)~ 65,710 31,402 50,725 31,298 58,121
Percentage of families below poverty (2015-2019)~ 5.4% 25.9% 25.8% 32.8% 9.8%
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 744.7 968.0 343.5 629.7 768.6
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 35.8% 60.8% 50.8% 67.9% 39.8%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,007.1 11,434.9 2,219.3 7,389.3 6,824.7
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 5,980 1,867 605 800 9,774
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 85.0% 70.5% 71.6% 77.2% 79.9%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 80.0% 69.1% 71.4% 74.2% 76.3%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 8.8% 13.8% 8.7% 13.8% 10.1%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 6.9% 14.0% 8.2% 12.7% 8.8%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 1.7 13.7 1.8 9.2 5.5
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 56.6 98.2 66.1 82.7 76.7
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 48.2 66.8 62.6 62.3 55.6
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 4.0 9.6 1.7* 9.6 5.6
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 4.5 7.6 0.7* 6.3* 4.8
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 43.9 47.3 6.5* 47.8 43.2
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 53.5 69.3 18.8 43.2 56.9
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65+ years 198.3 132.9 56.5 109.6 191.4
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 7.1 13.3 1.5 7.2 8.0
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 244.9 177.2 13.2 272.9 242.0
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 12.3 5.8 3.5* 8.2 11.0
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 3.9 19.6 6.1 17.6 7.5
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 9.0 39.0 14.0 32.8 17.5
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 38.8 38.4 9.7* 21.9 38.3
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 17.1 52.7 13.7 33.7 23.0
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 168.4 199.5 70.1 132.3 171.2
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 75.5 141.8 45.4 92.5 84.8
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 32.8 43.7 37.8 38.8 34.5
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 23.6 45.4 21.1 26.0 26.5
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 111.2 128.9 50.7 90.7 112.7
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 23.1 29.7 19.2 30.7 24.9
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 18.3 17.3 8.2* 9.9* 18.1
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population - Aged 18 years and older (2017-2018) 34.4 88.4 11.5 29.1 40.7
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 18.9 50.7 8.5* 29.1 22.7
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 12.7 50.3 5.1 32.8 18.5
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 150.7 419.6 118.8 307.1 190.7
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population - Aged 18+ Years 4.9 23.2 2.4 11.7 7.6
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 71.3 81.0 29.0 45.4 71.1
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 11.9 17.8 s 7.2* 12.4
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 36.1 48.0 42.2 44.0 38.0
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 21.7 34.1 s s 23.0
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 41.3 62.9 34.1 42.7 43.4
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 1.7 3.0* 0.0* s 1.9
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 7.1 10.3 s s 7.1
Symbol Meaning
* The rate or percentage is unstable. See the "About" page
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.
^ APNCU: Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index.
In 2015, SPARCS transitioned from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes. These two are not comparable, so ED and hospitalization data for 2016-and-forward should not be compared with earlier data.
The 2018 population estimates are also used to calculate rates for 2019 and 2020.