Essex County Health Indicators by Race and Ethnicity, 2020-2022

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2023) 34,168 622 302 1,062 36,775
Percentage of population (2023) 92.9% 1.7% 0.8% 2.9% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) 28.6% 6.9% 13.6% 9.8% 27.4%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2018-2022)~ 68,822 NA NA 82,315 68,090
Percentage of families below poverty (2018-2022)~ 6.5% 0.0% 0.0% 7.4%* 7.0%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2018-2022)~ 11.8% 0.0% 0.0% 26.9% 12.7%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2018-2022)~ 4.9% 11.4%* 0.0% 10.7%* 5.1%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2018-2022)~ 4.1% 11.7%* 2.0%* 5.6%* 4.1%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2018-2022)~ 32.3% 4.2%* 54.1% 7.8%* 31.2%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2018-2022)~ 17.0% 0.0% 0.0% 22.1% 17.4%
Percentage of population with a disability (2018-2022)~ 16.8% 11.7%* 2.0%* 13.3%* 16.7%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2018-2022)~ 0.9% 3.6% 30.4% 24.6% 0.5%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2022-2023) s NA s NA 5.2%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2021-2023) 19.7 35.5 11.0 14.5 19.7
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 793.2 864.1 410.8* 276.4* 779.3
Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) 38.7% 70.0%* 25.0%* 33.3%* 39.1%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 7,433.6 5,422.3 1,170.1 1,293.0 7,136.5
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 61.7 61.9* s 36.6* 64.4
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 249 0 2 13 269
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 81.7% NA s s 80.8%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 82.2% NA s s 81.3%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 9.5% NA s s 10.4%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 7.2% NA s s 7.6%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years# 1.4* s s 8.3* 2.0*
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years# 55.9 22.7* 28.7* 95.5 57.1
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 48.7 0.0* 23.7* 84.6 49.1
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 8.0* NA s 0.0* 7.4*
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 25.7% NA s s 25.9%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6.6* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 6.0*
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 47.8 82.5* 0.0* 27.0* 47.0
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 40.3 s s s 42.0
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 139.7 0.0* s s 145.2
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 7.0 s 0.0* s 7.8
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 13.2 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 11.9
Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population 107.2 s 0.0* s 110.5
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 1.3 0.0* 0.0* s 1.4
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years s 0.0* 0.0* s s
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 46.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 45.3
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 8.3 0.0* 0.0* s 8.4
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2022)~~ 48% 58% 0% 38% 49%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 165.2 95.6* 0.0* 101.3* 161.9
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 47.8 67.2 0.0* 41.5 50.4
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 29.2 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 28.4
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 9.4 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 9.8
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 112.4 95.6* 0.0* 101.3* 111.2
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 13.4 35.7* 0.0* s 14.5
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 16.6 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 16.1
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 25.8 s 0.0* s 25.8
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 26.6 0.0* 0.0* 105.1* 26.6
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 9.1 s s s 9.7
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 99.9 75.0 s 76.1 106.7
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 3.6 s 0.0* s 3.9
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2019-2021) 66.4 s s s 67.5
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2019-2021) 12.4 s 0.0 0.0 12.4
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2019-2021) 29.7 0.0 s 0.0 28.8
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2019-2021) 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.3
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2019-2021) 39.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.8
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2019-2021) s 0.0 0.0 0.0 s
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2019-2021) s 0.0 0.0 0.0 s
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2022)~~ 35% NA 0% NA 35%
Symbol Meaning
* The rate or percentage is unstable. See the "About" 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), and Hispanic (of any race).
~~ White non-Hispanic, Black (including Hispanic), Asian / Pacific Islander (including Hispanic), and Hispanic (of any race).
# Essex and Hamilton County data are combined for confidentiality.
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 used to calculate rates for 2019 and 2020. Later years are from the most recent Vintage estimates.