Lewis County Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, 2012-2014

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2014) 26,239 319 128 468 27,220
Percentage of population (2014) 96.4% 1.2% 0.5% 1.7% 100.0%
Median annual household income in US dollars~ 47,479 26,250 NA 45,341 46,990
Percentage of families below poverty~ 9.6% 26.3% 0.0% 0.0% 9.6%
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 673.8 1,494.7* 220.1* 0.0* 670.6
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 41.4% 0.0%* 100.0%* 0.0%* 41.5%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,716 0 2,804 0 6,619
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 310 3 1 21 339
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 81.5% s s 45.2% 79.4%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck index) 81.3% s s 55.3% 79.5%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation) 8.0% s s 9.3%* 8.2%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 6.9% s s 3.7%* 6.9%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-17 years 4.8* s s s 6.3
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 75.0 68.3 44.0* 239.7 80.0
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 69.0 55.9* 44.0* 232.2 72.6
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 6.5* s s 0.0* 5.9*
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 21.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 21.0
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 48.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 47.3
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 39.7 s 0.0* s 48.5
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 7.0 s 0.0* 0.0* 10.4
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65+ years 98.9 s 0.0* s 132.4
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 4.2 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 6.4
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 6.5 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 6.2
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 36.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 36.4
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 16.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 25.0
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 174.6 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 173.6
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 72.6 s s s 90.5
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 23.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 23.5
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 16.5 0.0* s 0.0* 19.6
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 122.2 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 120.9
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 29.5 0.0* 0.0* s 34.0
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 9.4 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 9.3
Congestive heart failure hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 14.0 s s 0.0* 19.2
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 21.4 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 21.2
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 7.3 0.0* s 0.0* 9.5
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population , age-adjusted 138.7 197.7* s 0.0* 175.8
Diabetes short-term complications hospitalizations per 10,000 population aged 6-17 years s 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* s
Diabetes short-term complications hospitalizations per 10,000 population aged 18+ years 3.0 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 3.7
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 64.1 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 63.3
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 28.7 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 28.3
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 60.4 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 59.5
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 21.0 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 20.7
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 27.0 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 26.6
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0*
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 7.4 s 0.0* 0.0* 12.9
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 21.3 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 20.6

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
NA Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability or data quality, or data not available