Nassau County Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, 2017-2019

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 815,851 162,349 145,971 231,042 1,357,423
Percentage of population (2018) 60.1% 12.0% 10.8% 17.0% 100.0%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2015-2019)~ 123,545 96,652 140,916 90,681 116,100
Percentage of families below poverty (2015-2019)~ 2.1% 7.0% 3.1% 9.3% 3.8%
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 583.0 586.2 307.6 408.8 563.2
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 28.1% 51.5% 42.2% 50.1% 32.3%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 4,160.1 6,068.7 1,885.4 3,404.6 4,169.5
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 6,570 1,535 1,921 3,794 14,078
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 93.0% 77.4% 84.9% 77.4% 85.8%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 88.9% 79.7% 83.9% 82.3% 85.3%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 7.7% 12.7% 8.3% 10.6% 9.1%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 6.2% 11.9% 9.1% 8.3% 7.8%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 0.3 5.2 0.3* 8.3 2.6
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 59.0 80.7 67.5 96.8 74.0
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 50.5 44.4 62.9 77.0 57.5
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 1.7 9.3 1.0* 2.9 2.9
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 3.9 7.8 4.1 6.2 5.2
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 37.0 24.1 13.1 22.4 30.9
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 64.6 51.9 34.2 52.1 66.5
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65+ years 262.1 107.8 105.0 124.2 242.5
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 5.8 8.5 2.6 4.3 6.3
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 217.7 141.2 19.5 85.7 171.3
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6.6 4.1 5.8 3.5 5.7
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 4.6 19.1 6.2 11.6 8.4
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 7.2 26.9 15.4 22.8 15.3
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 24.5 12.0 4.9 10.5 21.4
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 16.7 35.0 11.1 20.6 20.8
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 188.9 205.4 92.1 126.8 184.3
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 89.7 113.7 61.5 74.1 96.2
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 21.6 23.5 17.8 22.4 22.7
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 16.0 32.3 14.6 17.3 19.5
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 154.8 175.9 78.3 104.3 151.6
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 26.3 29.9 27.5 24.2 29.7
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 10.8 6.0 4.9 5.5 10.0
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population - Aged 18 years and older (2017-2018) 47.4 56.5 17.0 21.8 43.8
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 9.5 26.0 10.3 9.2 11.3
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 10.4 34.2 7.8 19.0 15.0
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 153.4 341.1 167.0 216.3 196.3
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population - Aged 18+ Years 2.4 8.6 1.6 4.4 3.7
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 59.3 37.4 32.6 26.3 52.7
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 11.7 10.5 6.6 5.3 10.5
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 39.8 41.5 27.1 29.0 38.1
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 19.0 19.2 7.4 12.8 17.8
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 43.8 46.2 32.6 28.0 40.8
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 1.2 4.1 0.0* 2.8* 1.5
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2016-2018) 5.6 9.8 4.1 8.8 6.6
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.
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 and 2020.