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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 58,746 1,036 413 1,402 61,760
Percentage of population (2018) 95.1% 1.7% 0.7% 2.3% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 21.2% 7.8% 15.3% 5.5% 20.6%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 61,437 20,359 NA 78,396 60,561
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 7.4% 0.0% 51.2%* 33.1%* 8.1%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 17.9% 31.9% 38.3% 36.6% 19.8%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 5.1% 10.7%* 6.7%* 12.1%* 5.4%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 4.7% 7.0%* 2.8%* 5.3%* 4.7%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 21.7% 2.6%* 38.6%* 10.5%* 21.4%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 13.1% 74.1% 0.0% 36.9% 14.1%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 15.6% 14.3% 6.5%* 19.7% 15.4%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 0.9% 1.1% 48.7% 8.5% 0.5%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 7.4% 0.0% 0.0% 26.3% 7.6%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 15.9 102.3 19.7 35.8 17.5
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 747.3 1,628.9 288.6* 676.5 749.2
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 40.8% 74.1% 50.0%* 60.0%* 41.4%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,549.1 19,873.8 4,806.0 5,268.2 6,662.4
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 122.3 285.0 s 460.4 129.1
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 579 4 2 17 610
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 64.4% s s 47.8% 63.8%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 77.3% s s 64.3% 76.7%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 7.6% s s 6.7%* 7.5%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 6.2% s s 10.9%* 6.4%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 3.2 4.2* 0.0* 9.8* 5.2
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 63.5 23.2 17.2* 74.2 69.6
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 59.5 17.8 24.1* 63.3 58.8
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 4.0* s s 0.0* 4.4*
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 27.8% s s s 27.9%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 9.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 9.3
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 31.2 0.0* 0.0* 28.0* 30.4
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 57.1 67.7 s 189.3 62.1
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 176.5 0.0* s 735.9 188.9
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 8.8 s s s 9.5
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 11.8 32.7* 0.0* 0.0* 11.9
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 86.8 s s s 88.0
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 2.4 s 0.0* s 2.7
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 3.7 s 0.0* s 4.4
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 43.2 48.5* 0.0* 16.9* 43.4
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 22.9 51.3 s 35.9* 24.4
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 45% 22% NA 59% 45%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 182.3 277.9* 80.8* 155.7* 181.7
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 76.6 133.6 0.0* 315.7 84.8
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 22.9 0.0* 0.0* 39.8* 22.8
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 19.3 s s 32.1* 20.8
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 125.4 238.6* 80.8* 127.7* 124.9
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 23.1 30.5* 0.0* 95.1 26.8
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 9.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 9.6
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 40.7 44.1* 0.0* 52.8 42.7
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 23.0 0.0* 57.4* 0.0* 22.9
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 16.1 33.9* s 52.6 17.1
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 204.9 384.2 66.7* 704.9 219.4
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 4.2 0.0* 0.0* s 4.3
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 68.2 s s s 67.9
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 16.9 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 16.5
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 38.6 0.0* 0.0* s 38.7
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 17.7 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 17.3
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 27.5 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 26.8
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)~~ 50% NA NA NA 49%
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).
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.