Erie 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) | 687,839 | 121,715 | 52,957 | 5,293 | 62,787 | 950,602 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 72.4% | 12.8% | 5.6% | 0.6% | 6.6% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 23.4% | 13.7% | 6.6% | 14.8% | 7.3% | 19.8% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 81,728 | 43,847 | 55,614 | 45,347 | 44,280 | 72,839 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 5.5% | 21.5% | 21.6% | 14.5% | 26.3% | 9.2% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 8.9% | 34.2% | 32.0% | 15.2% | 35.8% | 18.5% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 4.1% | 8.7% | 4.6% | 5.4%* | 7.6% | 4.9% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 2.5% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 7.8% | 4.7% | 2.9% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 41.1% | 19.1% | 44.2% | 24.7% | 28.1% | 38.0% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 11.5% | 41.8% | 6.9% | 41.8% | 40.6% | 16.3% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 13.7% | 16.2% | 8.2% | 20.7% | 14.4% | 13.8% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 1.2% | 3.3% | 40.6% | 4.2% | 14.9% | 1.8% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 4.5% | 10.8% | 2.9% | 11.9% | 13.3% | 6.7% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 11.4 | 67.4 | 4.7 | 31.1 | 28.5 | 18.8 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 783.8 | 1,226.5 | 481.0 | 1,049.6 | 687.2 | 830.6 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 37.4% | 64.7% | 56.3% | 65.9% | 69.9% | 42.6% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 6,309.4 | 16,743.1 | 3,828.9 | 14,154.5 | 8,797.2 | 7,847.5 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 61.6 | 216.5 | 46.1 | 65.7 | 104.0 | 82.5 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 5,501 | 1,544 | 802 | 57 | 772 | 9,109 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 87.3% | 71.4% | 71.0% | 68.6% | 78.2% | 81.6% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 86.7% | 71.7% | 75.0% | 70.4% | 78.9% | 81.9% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 10.0% | 14.4% | 10.6% | 11.2% | 11.7% | 11.1% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 7.3% | 15.4% | 10.6% | 7.1% | 9.7% | 9.4% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 1.0 | 9.3 | 0.8* | NA | 4.6 | 3.7 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 49.9 | 84.7 | 74.1 | NA | 61.4 | 65.1 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 44.1 | 55.9 | 67.7 | 49.7 | 51.0 | 49.2 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 3.3 | 13.2 | 5.8 | 0.0* | 9.5 | 5.8 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 33.3% | 32.6% | 34.4% | 35.3% | 31.1% | 33.0% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 6.1 | 12.3 | 1.1* | 20.3* | 7.5 | 7.0 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 50.9 | 120.2 | 13.1 | 134.7 | 89.3 | 61.0 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 51.8 | 81.0 | 21.6 | 38.3 | 42.5 | 57.5 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 176.7 | 132.9 | 57.7 | 84.3 | 116.8 | 176.4 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 7.8 | 19.8 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.6 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 9.4 | 4.2 | 11.3 | 6.6* | 7.4 | 8.9 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 185.0 | 303.2 | 19.0 | 263.6 | 214.2 | 205.1 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 3.2 | 15.5 | 5.6 | s | 12.0 | 6.2 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 9.1 | 41.9 | 15.1 | s | 31.6 | 17.9 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 31.0 | 30.6 | 22.3 | 58.0* | 20.2 | 30.8 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 9.2 | 34.6 | 7.6 | 10.5 | 20.0 | 13.6 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 44% | 29% | 43% | 21% | 31% | 42% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 158.5 | 217.8 | 97.0 | 175.7 | 116.7 | 163.2 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 61.3 | 123.6 | 48.7 | 31.6 | 75.0 | 70.9 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 30.9 | 65.7 | 39.5 | 21.1* | 28.5 | 34.6 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 19.7 | 44.5 | 21.4 | 9.5 | 25.3 | 23.1 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 100.1 | 139.3 | 63.2 | 149.8 | 73.2 | 103.4 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 15.7 | 23.1 | 19.1 | 9.7 | 22.4 | 17.7 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 19.6 | 19.1 | 7.0* | 4.7* | 12.0 | 19.4 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 31.7 | 82.3 | 12.6 | 14.8 | 26.7 | 37.6 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 19.2 | 54.2 | 20.0 | 51.5* | 28.8 | 22.9 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 11.3 | 47.9 | 5.7 | 19.0 | 22.8 | 16.3 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 121.2 | 362.9 | 146.3 | 174.1 | 249.2 | 159.5 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 5.3 | 22.7 | 2.3 | s | 7.8 | 7.5 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 61.9 | 72.3 | 44.6 | NA | 34.1 | 62.2 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 12.3 | 17.5 | s | NA | s | 12.7 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 36.1 | 46.8 | 27.1 | NA | 32.9 | 37.2 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 15.0 | 26.8 | s | NA | s | 16.5 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 37.2 | 55.9 | 43.5 | NA | 38.6 | 40.5 |
| Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 2.4 | s | s | NA | s | 2.2 |
| Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 6.4 | s | s | NA | s | 6.4 |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 37% | 32% | 21% | 21% | 28% | 35% |
| 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. |
