Columbia 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) | 50,779 | 2,587 | 1,461 | 107 | 4,129 | 60,299 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 84.2% | 4.3% | 2.4% | 0.2% | 6.8% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 30.0% | 16.2% | 12.7% | 28.6% | 9.0% | 27.2% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 85,939 | 33,281 | 119,250 | 63,958 | 54,479 | 81,528 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 8.0% | 38.0% | 2.8%* | 0.0% | 8.6%* | 9.0% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 15.7% | 51.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.0% | 15.1% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 5.6% | 9.1%* | 5.7%* | 0.0% | 1.9%* | 5.4% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 2.9% | 7.8%* | 0.2%* | 0.0% | 4.7%* | 3.4% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 39.6% | 30.5% | 52.5% | 0.0% | 34.6% | 39.4% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 10.7% | 49.1% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 20.9% | 12.9% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 16.6% | 15.2% | 9.6% | 29.4%* | 13.3% | 15.9% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 0.7% | 0.6% | 30.5% | 64.7% | 26.5% | 1.0% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 5.1% | 18.9% | 0.0% | s | 15.7% | 7.4% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 15.8 | 75.3 | 6.9 | 32.7 | 34.8 | 19.2 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 700.8 | 940.5 | 465.2 | 0.0* | 367.5 | 715.2 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 39.8% | 65.2% | 64.7% | NA | 65.6% | 41.2% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 8,148.7 | 12,570.6 | 3,645.4 | 0.0* | 4,547.7 | 7,967.1 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 55.8 | 143.0 | 23.4* | s | 48.3 | 65.3 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 354 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 50 | 463 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 75.6% | 75.9% | 70.2% | s | 61.3% | 73.4% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 78.2% | 78.4% | 64.7% | s | 66.9% | 76.4% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 10.5% | 5.1%* | 5.3%* | s | 9.4% | 10.0% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 7.8% | 5.1%* | 5.3%* | s | 6.7% | 7.7% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 2.0 | 0.0* | 0.0* | NA | 3.9* | 2.1 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 51.0 | 69.4 | 61.0 | NA | 80.8 | 55.7 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 45.8 | 43.4 | 54.7 | s | 72.7 | 48.6 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 10.4 | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 0.0* | 9.4 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 27.1% | s | s | s | 8.1%* | 27.3% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 10.1 | 45.6* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 10.4* | 11.6 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 56.0 | 166.4 | 20.6* | 0.0* | 10.4* | 56.8 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 53.1 | 65.9 | s | 0.0* | 41.7 | 62.4 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 154.6 | 144.3 | s | 0.0* | 129.0 | 182.3 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 5.7 | 13.0 | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 7.0 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 10.8 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 16.1* | 10.6 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 172.8 | 390.2 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 87.4 | 181.7 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 2.3 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 2.7 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 5.4 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 7.1 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 25.2 | 22.2* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 25.8 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 9.8 | 16.7 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 9.8* | 10.8 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 51% | 37% | 41% | NA | 48% | 51% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 158.1 | 197.2 | 192.2* | 0.0* | 74.2* | 161.8 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 48.1 | 60.7 | 19.3* | s | 40.2 | 59.8 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 23.7 | 31.6* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 25.3* | 25.1 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 14.1 | 38.9 | s | 0.0* | 20.0 | 18.3 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 109.8 | 170.3 | 171.8* | 0.0* | 66.3* | 113.6 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 13.3 | 9.8* | s | s | 8.6* | 17.3 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 10.9 | 0.0* | 20.4* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 11.3 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 31.7 | 47.1 | s | s | 8.5* | 34.5 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 22.3 | 37.9* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 17.1* | 22.2 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 11.1 | 29.0 | s | 0.0* | 7.2* | 13.3 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 107.6 | 318.2 | 66.7 | 116.7* | 104.1 | 136.7 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 3.7 | 21.1 | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 4.8 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 66.4 | s | s | NA | s | 66.7 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 14.7 | s | s | NA | s | 14.3 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 44.0 | s | s | NA | s | 41.6 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 12.8 | s | s | NA | s | 14.1 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 35.8 | s | s | NA | s | 34.4 |
| 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) | s | s | s | NA | s | s |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 41% | 34% | 20% | NA | 42% | 41% |
| 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. |
