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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2014) 29,751 512 268 972 31,566
Percentage of population (2014) 94.3% 1.6% 0.8% 3.1% 100.0%
Median annual household income in US dollars~ 51,076 57,143 87,717 59,813 51,873
Percentage of families below poverty~ 9.4% 8.1% 9.8% 2.3% 9.4%
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 658.6 616.4* 0.0* 490.3* 650.0
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 43.0% 60.0%* NA 16.7%* 42.9%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,358 4,590 0 962 6,106
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 239 1 3 10 258
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 80.5% s s s 79.3%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck index) 76.4% s s s 75.4%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation) 8.1% s s s 7.8%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 6.6% s s s 6.2%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-17 years 9.0 s s s 9.1
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 58.8 19.2* 69.4 49.6 59.6
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 45.6 5.5* 46.3 45.0 45.6
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 2.8* s s s 2.6*
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 12.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 12.0
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 25.4 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 24.1
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 55.7 s s s 58.0
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 12.4 s 0.0* 0.0* 13.6
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65+ years 124.9 0.0* 0.0* s 132.4
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 5.2 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 5.2
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 6.5 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 6.0
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 49.4 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 48.0
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 26.8 s 0.0* 0.0* 28.3
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 160.2 275.7* 0.0* 0.0* 159.9
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 72.5 s 0.0* s 76.3
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 24.4 103.2* 0.0* 86.2* 25.1
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 18.0 s 0.0* s 18.8
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 96.6 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 94.1
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 25.2 0.0* 0.0* s 26.6
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 14.5 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 14.1
Congestive heart failure hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 21.2 s 0.0* s 22.7
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 21.6 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 21.0
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 9.0 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 9.9
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population , age-adjusted 160.7 s s s 168.7
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 5.5 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 6.3
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 61.7 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 60.0
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 14.2 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 13.7
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 44.7 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 43.3
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 10.8* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 10.5*
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 46.4 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 44.7
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) s 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* s
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 16.8 s 0.0* s 17.7
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 17.2 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 16.3

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