Bronx 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) | 122,886 | 410,192 | 64,648 | 4,201 | 767,477 | 1,384,724 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 8.9% | 29.6% | 4.7% | 0.3% | 55.4% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 28.2% | 15.7% | 15.4% | 15.1% | 12.9% | 15.2% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 78,005 | 50,010 | 74,012 | 47,392 | 41,962 | 48,676 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 8.7% | 20.9% | 14.6% | 27.9% | 26.5% | 22.5% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 20.0% | 34.6% | 23.8% | 37.0% | 39.5% | 35.9% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 8.0% | 12.0% | 6.2% | 8.6% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 3.4% | 6.2% | 5.0% | 12.7% | 8.3% | 7.1% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 41.9% | 23.7% | 38.4% | 15.8% | 16.1% | 22.4% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 9.2% | 36.1% | 9.0% | 36.6% | 36.1% | 32.0% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 19.2% | 17.1% | 12.2% | 16.6% | 18.3% | 17.7% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 10.8% | 9.8% | 42.3% | 33.1% | 37.7% | 14.7% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 5.0% | 9.7% | 2.8% | 10.5% | 11.9% | 10.3% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 13.4 | 62.2 | 12.8 | 25.5 | 35.9 | 40.6 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 717.6 | 773.6 | 259.9 | 69.2* | 644.5 | 714.5 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 36.9% | 64.8% | 46.8% | 75.0%* | 58.1% | 56.7% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 7,883.8 | 10,559.6 | 1,872.6 | 2,232.8 | 7,411.9 | 8,610.7 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 79.3 | 163.3 | 52.3 | 69.4 | 155.4 | 175.3 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 932 | 4,277 | 875 | 7 | 9,658 | 16,536 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 70.3% | 54.5% | 64.0% | s | 58.9% | 58.2% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 69.9% | 59.3% | 70.9% | s | 63.0% | 62.4% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 9.1% | 13.9% | 10.4% | s | 10.4% | 11.2% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 8.8% | 14.5% | 13.3% | s | 9.1% | 10.8% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 1.5 | 5.8 | 1.7 | NA | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 61.7 | 91.8 | 78.9 | NA | 89.7 | 96.3 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 45.8 | 49.1 | 65.2 | 7.3 | 56.8 | 56.1 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 5.0 | 7.5 | 1.5* | s | 2.9 | 5.1 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 31.1% | 34.5% | 32.1% | s | 30.0% | 31.4% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 5.5 | 4.7 | 2.5* | 0.0* | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 86.9 | 78.9 | 8.0 | 6.9* | 73.8 | 76.0 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 70.7 | 66.5 | 31.5 | 24.2 | 75.7 | 100.1 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 212.3 | 119.7 | 96.9 | 65.8 | 157.7 | 211.3 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 13.5 | 15.2 | 2.5 | s | 13.8 | 18.1 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 9.7 | 5.5 | 2.9* | 0.0* | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 792.2 | 507.2 | 23.4 | 266.9 | 393.4 | 507.4 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 5.6 | 22.5 | 8.5 | 13.1 | 25.2 | 27.8 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 9.1 | 42.7 | 18.6 | 30.7* | 43.7 | 54.0 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 24.2 | 17.6 | 6.0 | 0.0* | 16.6 | 18.7 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 16.2 | 35.9 | 12.1 | 19.7 | 36.4 | 42.1 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 47% | 32% | 43% | 35% | 31% | 37% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 191.3 | 209.6 | 62.7 | 6.9* | 142.9 | 178.7 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 56.3 | 89.1 | 44.8 | 43.3 | 82.1 | 98.1 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 22.1 | 30.3 | 12.2 | 8.7* | 26.9 | 27.9 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 14.1 | 29.3 | 11.5 | 7.4 | 22.0 | 29.5 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 164.0 | 175.5 | 53.4 | 6.9* | 118.3 | 149.7 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 14.8 | 16.5 | 20.3 | 13.2 | 21.3 | 24.1 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 8.0 | 8.7 | 1.9* | 0.0* | 7.4 | 8.2 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 40.4 | 61.5 | 17.4 | 22.8 | 44.6 | 58.7 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 15.7 | 24.6 | 8.9 | 0.0* | 21.8 | 22.2 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 14.8 | 35.3 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 33.5 | 37.1 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 170.6 | 336.0 | 184.2 | 188.6 | 348.9 | 381.7 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 3.9 | 11.8 | 1.5 | 0.0* | 9.8 | 11.8 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 53.6 | 43.8 | 34.4 | NA | 30.6 | 38.5 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 16.5 | 10.7 | s | NA | 8.3 | 10.3 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 42.3 | 36.0 | 22.1 | NA | 30.4 | 33.8 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 16.7 | 20.2 | s | NA | 12.2 | 16.0 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 45.9 | 51.1 | 33.9 | NA | 36.2 | 42.4 |
| Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | s | 3.5 | s | NA | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 8.4 | 7.8 | s | NA | 10.3 | 9.0 |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 30% | 29% | 22% | 0% | 24% | 28% |
| 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. |
