Essex County Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, 2012-2014
| Health Indicator | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | Asian/Pacific Islander |
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| Socio-Demographic Indicators | |||||
| Population (2014) | 35,866 | 1,196 | 298 | 1,193 | 38,679 |
| Percentage of population (2014) | 92.7% | 3.1% | 0.8% | 3.1% | 100.0% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars~ | 50,620 | NA | 53,500 | 47,857 | 50,322 |
| Percentage of families below poverty~ | 6.9% | 33.3% | 4.8% | 45.1% | 7.2% |
| General Health Indicators | |||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 683.5 | 298.9* | 703.9* | 530.3* | 673.8 |
| Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) | 38.4% | 0.0%* | 50.0%* | 50.0%* | 38.5% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 6,917 | 0 | 7,843 | 2,628 | 6,620 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | |||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 306 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 314 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 73.8% | s | s | s | 73.7% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck index) | 74.2% | s | s | s | 74.1% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation) | 9.5% | s | s | s | 9.8% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 6.8% | s | s | s | 6.9% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-17 years# | 9.7 | s | s | s | 10.6 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years# | 62.0 | 23.5* | 35.9* | 44.7 | 61.5 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 54.5 | 14.1* | 26.4* | 32.0* | 53.6 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 0.0* | s | s | s | 2.1* |
| Injury-Related Indicators | |||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 11.2 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 10.5 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 36.6 | 0.0* | 113.9* | 0.0* | 34.8 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted | NA | NA | NA | NA | 39.0 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7.2 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65+ years | NA | NA | NA | NA | 135.1 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | |||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3.9 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3.9* |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 40.5 | 0.0* | 249.1* | 0.0* | 40.4 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted | NA | NA | NA | NA | 18.9 |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | |||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 177.2 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 164.9* | 174.7 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted | NA | NA | NA | NA | 60.0 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 25.4 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 25.0 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12.2 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 119.2 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 164.9* | 118.3 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted | NA | NA | NA | NA | 20.3 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 10.3 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 10.1 |
| Congestive heart failure hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted | NA | NA | NA | NA | 18.0 |
| Diabetes Indicators | |||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 22.2 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 21.5 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9.0 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population , age-adjusted | NA | NA | NA | NA | 120.3 |
| Diabetes short-term complications hospitalizations per 10,000 population aged 6-17 years | NA | NA | NA | NA | s |
| Diabetes short-term complications hospitalizations per 10,000 population aged 18+ years | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4.1 |
| Cancer Indicators | |||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) | 64.7 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | 64.8 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) | 12.5 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 12.0 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) | 40.2 | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 39.5 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) | 22.1 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 21.7 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) | 45.0 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 44.1 |
| 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) | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | s |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health-Related Indicators | |||||
| Drug-related hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9.6 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 16.2 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 14.8 |
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 |
| # | Essex and Hamilton County data are combined for confidentiality |
| NA | Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability or data quality, or data not available In selected counties, estimates for hospitalization-related indicators by racial and ethnic groups are suppressed due to anomalies in patient ethnicity data. See the "Facility Race/Ethnicity Concordance Report"http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/sparcs/reports/race_eth/2012/ethnicity/outside_nyc/medicaid/OutsideNYC-Medicaid-Ethnicity-Facility.pdf |
