Essex County Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, 2014-2016
| Health Indicator | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | Asian/Pacific Islander |
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| Socio-Demographic Indicators | |||||
| Population (2016) | 35,259 | 1,128 | 297 | 1,288 | 38,102 |
| Percentage of population (2016) | 92.5% | 3.0% | 0.8% | 3.4% | 100.0% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2012-2016)~ | 53,629 | NA | 41,500 | 35,795* | 53,244 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2012-2016)~ | 6.2% | 22.2%* | 19.0%* | 20.0%* | 6.4% |
| General Health Indicators | |||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 663.0 | 593.0* | 1,019.1* | 674.6 | 658.1 |
| Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) | 39.8% | 60.0%* | 83.3%* | 54.5%* | 40.1% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 5,551.5 | 1,364.2 | 15,302.8 | 2,819.6 | 5,310.0 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | |||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 290 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 300 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 71.6% | s | s | s | 71.4% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 79.4% | s | s | s | 79.4% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 6.8% | s | s | s | 7.1% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 5.5% | s | s | s | 5.7% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-17 years# | 13.8 | s | s | s | 14.4 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years# | 59.2 | 33.3* | 26.1* | 42.6 | 58.8 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 52.9 | 17.5* | 37.8* | 37.4 | 52.1 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 1.1* | s | s | s | 1.1* |
| Injury-Related Indicators | |||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 8.4 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 7.5 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 39.1 | 0.0* | 117.9* | 13.6* | 37.7 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 39.0 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7.2 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65+ years (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 135.1 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 12.4 | 0.0* | 130.2* | 19.7* | 12.9 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | |||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3.9 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3.9* |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 42.4 | 0.0* | 373.7* | 0.0* | 42.8 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 18.9 |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | |||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 152.9 | 155.4* | 0.0* | 103.4* | 151.9 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 60.0 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 24.0 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 23.6 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12.2 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 104.1 | 155.4* | 0.0* | 103.4* | 104.3 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 20.3 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 11.8 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 11.5 |
| Congestive heart failure hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 18.0 |
| Diabetes Indicators | |||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 24.7 | 249.1* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 24.5 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9.0 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 120.3 |
| Diabetes short-term complications hospitalizations per 10,000 population aged 6-17 years (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | s |
| Diabetes short-term complications hospitalizations per 10,000 population aged 18+ years (2012-2014) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4.1 |
| Cancer Indicators | |||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2013-2015) | 71.3 | 0.0* | s | 0.0* | 70.3 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2013-2015) | 12.8 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 13.4 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2013-2015) | 38.0 | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 37.3 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2013-2015) | 16.6 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 16.3 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2013-2015) | 38.3 | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 40.0 |
| Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2013-2015) | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* |
| Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2013-2015) | s | 0.0* | s | 0.0* | 7.9* |
| 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 |
| # | 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 |
| ^ | APNCU: Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index |
