Essex 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) | 34,052 | 614 | 318 | 133 | 1,112 | 36,744 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 92.7% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 3.0% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 28.4% | 7.2% | 13.1% | 34.1% | 9.1% | 27.3% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 72,311 | NA | 130,662 | 98,250 | 82,708 | 71,661 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 6.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | NA | 6.6%* | 7.4% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 12.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 34.6% | 13.8% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 4.0% | 25.6%* | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.7%* | 4.0% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 5.1% | 4.6%* | 1.4%* | 0.0% | 4.2%* | 5.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 34.0% | 3.4%* | 64.8% | 5.4%* | 9.9%* | 32.8% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 13.9% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.1% | 14.6% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 17.7% | 19.8%* | 9.9%* | 30.0%* | 19.4% | 17.7% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 0.4% | 7.3% | 32.5% | 62.7% | 22.9% | 0.5% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 6.4% | s | s | NA | 20.0% | 7.3% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 20.9 | 46.0 | 7.9 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 21.4 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 792.1 | 765.2* | 387.3* | 596.7* | 237.1* | 775.2 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 38.9% | 75.0%* | 25.0%* | 100.0%* | 50.0%* | 39.4% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 7,126.2 | 4,782.4 | 1,090.3 | 16,155.5 | 2,135.7 | 6,858.4 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 59.5 | 63.3* | s | s | 73.9 | 63.5 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 229 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 247 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 81.6% | s | s | s | s | 80.5% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 83.4% | s | s | s | s | 82.3% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 10.1% | s | s | s | s | 10.5% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 8.2% | s | s | s | s | 8.3% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years# | 0.7* | s | s | NA | 8.5* | 1.1* |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years# | 53.2 | 77.9 | 25.1* | NA | 97.1 | 54.8 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 45.2 | 16.5* | 9.6* | s | 84.1 | 45.5 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 5.8* | s | s | s | 0.0* | 5.4* |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 29.2% | s | NA | NA | s | 29.5% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 9.0 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 8.3 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 57.5 | 81.5* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 45.2* | 56.9 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 35.4 | s | s | 0.0* | 20.6* | 39.1 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 124.8 | s | s | 0.0* | s | 134.1 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 4.5 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 5.3 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 12.7 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 11.6 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 108.7 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 116.4 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 1.3 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 1.5 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | s |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 43.5 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 42.0 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 8.5 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 8.9 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 43% | 0% | 0% | NA | 40% | 43% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 148.9 | 103.8* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 57.5* | 145.7 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 45.1 | 86.9 | 0.0* | s | 32.9 | 47.5 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 29.4 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 28.4 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 9.7 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 10.7 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 104.7 | 103.8* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 57.5* | 102.7 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 13.9 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 14.7 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 13.9 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 13.4 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 26.5 | s | 0.0* | s | s | 26.6 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 27.0 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 100.7* | 26.7 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 10.4 | 44.9* | s | 0.0* | 24.4* | 12.1 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 102.2 | 205.6 | 82.2* | 79.9* | 116.7 | 112.6 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 3.0 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 3.3 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 57.1 | s | s | NA | s | 57.6 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 11.2 | s | s | NA | s | 11.3 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 29.5 | s | s | NA | s | 29.2 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 15.8 | s | s | NA | s | 15.4 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 47.2 | s | s | NA | s | 45.5 |
| 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)~~ | 36% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 36% |
| 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). |
| # | 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. |
