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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2014) 84,041 3,289 758 3,710 92,051
Percentage of population (2014) 91.3% 3.6% 0.8% 4.0% 100.0%
Median annual household income in US dollars~ 52,473 26,680 76,250 48,833 51,597
Percentage of families below poverty~ 7.8% 22.4% 7.9% 11.4% 8.3%
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 733.4 647.7 1,058.7 440.3 728.8
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 40.4% 60.4% 50.0%* 57.7% 41.1%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,557 7,529 5,563 3,665 6,462
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 860 24 8 51 966
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 75.6% 67.1% s 59.2% 74.2%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck index) 66.2% 61.4% s 55.2% 65.3%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation) 10.0% 15.3% s 15.5% 10.4%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 6.9% 11.1%* s 8.1% 7.0%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-17 years 7.7 17.6* s 6.7* 8.9
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 67.7 65.6 45.5 75.8 70.5
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 59.5 48.2 43.6 68.1 60.7
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 5.0 13.9* s 6.6* 5.2
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 14.2 43.1* 0.0* 6.9* 15.1
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 34.7 69.2* 0.0* 47.8* 35.8
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 63.8 41.1 44.9* 39.7 64.6
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 11.2 13.0 s 8.0* 11.8
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65+ years 178.7 63.2* s 112.5* 182.0
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 6.2 7.4* s s 6.5
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 6.1 s s s 7.1
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 42.2 19.9* 62.0* 0.0* 41.5
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 26.4 25.2 27.0* 13.9 27.3
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 163.7 125.8 311.7* 42.8* 162.1
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 96.9 135.9 s 90.4 100.7
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 34.7 61.8* 0.0* 0.0* 35.0
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 27.2 36.3 s 19.3 28.0
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 110.8 93.7* 263.2* 0.0* 109.4
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 30.8 37.1 s 16.8 31.7
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 19.7 0.0* 0.0* 42.8* 19.6
Congestive heart failure hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 28.7 51.9 s 42.0 30.2
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 22.0 67.7* 72.6* 34.5* 23.2
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 10.5 27.4 0.0* 16.7 11.5
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population , age-adjusted 190.6 333.2 79.0 257.4 201.7
Diabetes short-term complications hospitalizations per 10,000 population aged 6-17 years 2.4* s 0.0* 0.0* 2.5
Diabetes short-term complications hospitalizations per 10,000 population aged 18+ years 4.2 16.5 0.0* s 4.7
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 76.3 74.9* s s 76.3
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 14.3 0.0* 0.0* s 14.0
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 40.2 67.8* s s 40.8
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 22.9 s 0.0* s 23.6
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 44.6 0.0* 0.0* s 43.5
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 4.8* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 4.5*
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2011-2013) 10.9 s 0.0* 0.0* 11.2
Substance Abuse and Mental Health-Related Indicators
Drug-related hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 10.3 11.7 0.0* s 10.8
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 11.3 9.0* 0.0* 0.0* 10.8

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