Essex County Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, 2018-2020

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 34,740 982 317 1,134 37,309
Percentage of population (2018) 93.1% 2.6% 0.8% 3.0% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 24.7% 5.0% 11.7% 6.4% 23.4%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 62,267 NA NA 78,365 61,563
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 5.8% 83.3%* 0.0% 0.0% 6.3%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 10.7% 50.0% 100.0% 28.9% 12.3%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 5.2% 18.6%* 0.0% 15.4%* 5.4%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 4.0% 15.3%* 0.0% 11.3%* 4.2%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 32.1% 4.4%* 38.2%* 6.5%* 30.5%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 17.8% 83.3% 0.0% 8.6% 18.2%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 16.7% 11.7%* 2.4%* 11.9%* 16.6%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 0.7% 1.5% 45.1% 21.4% 0.4%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 6.0% s NA s 5.9%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 18.3 15.3 10.7 9.6 17.9
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 743.5 718.9* 213.5* 300.5* 728.0
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 38.1% 37.5%* 0.0%* 50.0%* 38.3%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,526.5 1,764.1 0.0* 2,398.6 6,132.2
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 71.9 s 0.0* s 71.4
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 280 1 4 10 299
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 77.8% s s s 77.1%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 81.8% s s s 81.2%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 8.1% s s s 8.9%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 6.5% s s s 7.3%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years# 1.2* s s 0.0* 1.3*
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years# 58.7 26.0* 34.5* 67.5 59.7
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 53.9 21.9* 48.9 64.9 54.4
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 3.6* s s s 3.3*
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 25.5% s s s 24.5%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 5.1* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 4.6*
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 35.1 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 33.0
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 38.0 s s s 40.2
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 135.0 0.0* s s 141.0
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 5.2 0.0* s 0.0* 6.2
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 7.8* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 6.9*
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 87.3 s 0.0* s 90.2
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 0.6* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.5*
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years s 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* s
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 45.5 73.4* 0.0* 0.0* 44.8
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 9.9 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 9.6
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 49% 52% NA 25% 49%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 153.4 0.0* 0.0* 103.4* 149.1
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 45.0 43.7* s 30.3* 46.6
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 27.7 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 27.1
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 8.3 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 8.6
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 103.3 0.0* 0.0* 51.7* 100.7
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 11.6 s s s 12.2
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 9.4 0.0* 0.0* 51.7* 9.6
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 27.7 s 0.0* 0.0* 26.9
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 30.7 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 30.4
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 8.7 s 0.0* s 9.0
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 99.9 s s 74.4 103.3
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 3.0 s 0.0* 0.0* 3.2
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 67.0 s 0.0* s 66.2
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 15.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 15.0
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 41.4 s 0.0* 0.0* 40.0
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 14.1 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 13.7
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 30.2 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 29.4
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) s 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* s
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) s 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* s
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 46% NA NA NA 46%
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 (of any race).
~~ White non-Hispanic, Black (including Hispanic), Asian / Pacific Islander (including Hispanic), and Hispanic (of any race).
# 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.
^ 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, 2020, and 2021.