St. Lawrence County Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, 2018-2020

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 100,690 2,828 1,303 2,583 108,534
Percentage of population (2018) 92.8% 2.6% 1.2% 2.4% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 18.4% 2.9% 10.4% 4.9% 17.5%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 54,472 81,875* 35,893* 58,125 54,351
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 11.2% 5.0%* 28.1%* 10.1%* 11.4%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 26.0% 25.4% 0.9% 29.2% 26.2%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 6.2% 7.3%* 12.2%* 7.4%* 6.3%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 5.7% 11.0%* 4.3%* 2.5%* 5.6%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 23.7% 5.5%* 55.1% 25.6% 23.6%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 15.6% 40.0% 0.0% 24.4% 15.5%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 16.3% 10.9% 10.1% 11.9% 16.0%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 2.0% 1.9% 35.5% 11.1% 0.9%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 6.6% 16.7% 0.0% 12.5% 7.1%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 14.7 40.8 2.8 16.7 19.9
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 774.4 551.9 377.9 229.5* 764.3
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 42.6% 94.4% 33.3%* 42.9%* 43.1%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,791.2 8,525.7 1,677.3 910.9 6,569.8
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 140.4 164.2 s 36.6 141.0
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 918 5 11 79 1,036
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 77.7% s 87.9% 33.6% 75.7%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 77.8% s 83.9% 59.3% 77.3%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 8.8% s 9.1%* 0.0%* 8.7%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 7.6% s 9.1%* 0.8%* 7.2%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 2.5 4.8* 0.0* 3.0* 2.6
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 55.6 23.4 30.2 153.7 58.0
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 49.6 13.0 29.3 145.7 51.6
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 5.8 s 0.0* 0.0* 5.5
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 28.2% s s s 29.2%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 9.9 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 9.4
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 34.1 28.5* 34.3* 0.0* 33.2
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 57.7 38.7 s 17.5 58.8
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 154.1 0.0* 0.0* s 159.3
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 8.3 s 0.0* s 8.4
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 11.4 5.2* 0.0* 0.0* 10.8
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 152.0 s 0.0* s 165.8
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 3.3 s 0.0* 0.0* 3.7
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 3.4 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 4.9
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 49.8 0.0* 30.2* 0.0* 49.3
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 26.4 25.2 0.0* s 27.7
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 48% 33% 61% 33% 48%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 184.0 54.3* 95.0* 109.5* 181.7
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 89.0 65.2 s 21.3* 91.8
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 28.2 0.0* 32.5* 0.0* 27.9
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 17.6 48.1 s s 18.4
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 138.4 41.5* 64.8* 65.5* 136.2
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 31.2 s 0.0* s 31.4
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 15.6 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 15.5
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 41.6 s s s 41.4
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 37.6 0.0* 32.5* 0.0* 37.3
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 17.7 s 0.0* 13.2* 18.2
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 211.3 177.6 30.8 93.8 219.1
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 7.7 s 0.0* s 7.7
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 75.0 s s s 73.6
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 15.3 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 14.7
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 37.7 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 36.8
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 10.4 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 10.5
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 34.9 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 33.6
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) 9.0 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 8.6
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 51% NA 40% NA 51%
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.