Albany County Health Indicators by Race and Ethnicity, 2021-2023
| Health Indicator | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | Asian/Pacific Islander |
American Indian or Alaska Native |
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| Socio-Demographic Indicators | ||||||
| Population (2024) | 217,369 | 41,713 | 26,365 | 487 | 24,546 | 319,964 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 67.9% | 13.0% | 8.2% | 0.2% | 7.7% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 23.1% | 11.2% | 7.8% | 23.3% | 6.9% | 18.6% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 93,818 | 51,950 | 99,720 | NA | 61,004 | 85,333 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 3.6% | 20.9% | 12.5% | 8.6%* | 24.2% | 7.5% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 6.6% | 32.8% | 16.0% | 25.0% | 31.0% | 15.3% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 3.8% | 10.7% | 3.7% | 0.0% | 8.7% | 5.0% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 2.3% | 5.1% | 4.5% | 27.7%* | 7.2% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 49.4% | 22.4% | 63.5% | 26.1%* | 36.9% | 46.4% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 10.5% | 35.8% | 7.9% | 0.0% | 31.6% | 14.4% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 12.8% | 16.4% | 7.6% | 21.0%* | 13.5% | 12.9% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 1.5% | 3.6% | 27.0% | 30.7% | 14.8% | 1.6% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 4.0% | 10.3% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 17.1% | 6.1% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 12.8 | 78.4 | 3.8 | 61.4 | 34.9 | 22.0 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 743.0 | 1,067.3 | 426.0 | 342.7* | 467.5 | 763.0 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 37.7% | 71.6% | 47.4% | 85.7%* | 68.5% | 43.1% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 6,434.8 | 14,069.8 | 2,603.0 | 6,655.0 | 5,413.8 | 7,243.5 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 56.1 | 143.3 | 12.0 | 74.7 | 58.3 | 70.6 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 1,623 | 461 | 303 | 2 | 312 | 2,839 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 80.1% | 65.5% | 72.8% | s | 68.7% | 75.0% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 83.4% | 72.2% | 78.4% | s | 72.9% | 79.4% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 9.5% | 13.9% | 10.8% | s | 11.8% | 10.7% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 6.7% | 14.5% | 9.6% | s | 9.6% | 8.8% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 1.4 | 11.8 | 0.3* | NA | 6.8 | 3.9 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 45.4 | 96.6 | 55.8 | NA | 79.1 | 58.6 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 36.7 | 44.6 | 47.0 | 19.6* | 51.2 | 41.0 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 2.9 | 12.3 | 2.2* | s | 7.5* | 5.0 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 31.6% | 39.1% | 39.2% | s | 28.5% | 33.0% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 5.2 | 9.3 | 5.9* | 57.1* | 4.3* | 5.9 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 35.6 | 61.5 | 22.0 | 57.1* | 33.1 | 37.7 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 62.8 | 77.2 | 15.6 | 210.2 | 54.5 | 72.1 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 226.3 | 137.3 | 42.0 | 243.2* | 139.4 | 237.4 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 7.3 | 13.5 | 1.7 | s | 10.2 | 9.1 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 10.1 | 10.3 | 6.4* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 8.9 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 193.4 | 337.9 | 34.2 | s | 242.9 | 221.3 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 3.0 | 14.8 | 1.9 | s | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 7.6 | 28.6 | 6.5 | 0.0* | 12.1 | 13.9 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 28.1 | 27.5 | 5.2* | 0.0* | 12.5* | 27.3 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 8.1 | 26.8 | 2.7 | 57.6 | 8.3 | 11.4 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 57% | 37% | 50% | NA | 50% | 55% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 170.4 | 235.3 | 77.7 | 0.0* | 107.0 | 173.1 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 59.8 | 102.6 | 17.7 | 197.4 | 47.9 | 70.8 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 23.7 | 44.8 | 17.4* | 0.0* | 15.0* | 25.0 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 19.2 | 40.3 | 8.6 | 76.3 | 20.8 | 24.1 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 101.3 | 154.3 | 50.6 | 0.0* | 71.1 | 104.4 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 14.2 | 21.8 | 6.7 | 43.9* | 16.8 | 17.6 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 16.0 | 16.9 | 5.2* | 0.0* | 15.1* | 16.2 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 31.7 | 51.4 | 3.1 | 49.1* | 11.5 | 33.1 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 21.0 | 46.6 | 21.2* | 81.5* | 13.6* | 23.2 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 10.7 | 33.2 | 1.5* | 91.4 | 19.4 | 14.9 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 135.8 | 318.5 | 54.5 | 747.6 | 185.1 | 174.2 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 4.0 | 11.2 | s | 0.0* | 7.4 | 5.7 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 70.9 | 71.8 | s | NA | s | 68.4 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 11.7 | 22.8 | s | NA | s | 12.4 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 36.3 | 59.3 | 36.4 | NA | s | 38.4 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 14.8 | 30.3 | s | NA | s | 16.7 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 44.6 | 45.1 | s | NA | s | 43.3 |
| Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | s | s | s | NA | s | s |
| Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 6.8 | s | s | NA | s | 7.8 |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 41% | 36% | 30% | NA | 32% | 40% |
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| * | The rate or percentage is unstable. See the "Technical Notes" 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), American Indian or Alaska Native (including Hispanic), 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 and 2020. Later years are from the most recent Vintage estimates. |
