Fulton 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) | 47,037 | 930 | 446 | 140 | 2,536 | 52,073 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 90.3% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 4.9% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 22.6% | 10.5% | 15.0% | 22.8% | 5.9% | 21.3% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 67,258 | NA | 120,227* | NA | 46,678 | 66,533 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 8.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | NA | 17.9%* | 9.3% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 17.9% | 52.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.4% | 15.9% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 3.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | NA | 3.7%* | 3.5% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 3.8% | 0.4%* | 0.4%* | 0.0% | 5.5%* | 3.8% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 21.1% | 14.2%* | 48.2% | 0.0% | 8.4%* | 20.9% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 18.3% | 43.9% | 6.2% | 0.0% | 35.5% | 19.6% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 16.6% | 22.3%* | 1.5%* | 50.0%* | 13.2%* | 16.5% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 0.2% | 0.6% | 30.6% | 0.0% | 15.4% | 0.5% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 9.7% | 8.3% | s | s | 21.4% | 10.1% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 20.7 | 102.1 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 27.6 | 22.3 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 1,014.5 | 2,237.5 | 351.4* | 120.1* | 740.7 | 1,012.3 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 47.6% | 62.5% | 80.0%* | 100.0%* | 77.8% | 48.4% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 9,864.2 | 47,888.3 | 8,924.4 | 702.8* | 8,220.6 | 10,118.1 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 96.1 | 146.7 | s | s | 61.1 | 101.1 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 431 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 474 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 80.5% | 70.0% | s | NA | 69.8% | 79.7% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 82.1% | s | s | NA | 71.4% | 81.6% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 10.6% | 23.3%* | s | NA | 7.8%* | 10.8% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 9.0% | 16.7%* | s | NA | 7.6%* | 9.3% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 5.7 | 8.1* | s | NA | 3.2* | 5.8 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 64.4 | 79.9 | 27.2* | NA | 62.4 | 64.7 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 53.5 | 53.9 | 27.1* | s | 45.2 | 52.5 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 3.1* | 66.7* | s | NA | 28.2* | 5.6* |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 25.8% | s | s | NA | s | 26.3% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 9.4 | 72.4* | 61.9* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 11.1 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 55.8 | 107.9* | 61.9* | 0.0* | 14.9* | 54.9 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 69.0 | 64.1 | s | 0.0* | 48.8 | 73.7 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 188.3 | s | s | 0.0* | s | 198.8 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 11.1 | 22.4* | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 12.0 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 14.4 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 13.2 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 177.3 | 647.9 | s | s | 131.8* | 187.6 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 2.8 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 3.2 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 5.4 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 6.8 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 55.3 | 138.3* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 54.3 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 10.6 | s | 0.0* | s | s | 11.2 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 44% | 36% | NA | NA | 34% | 44% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 231.9 | 413.0* | 149.6* | 120.1* | 207.6* | 233.9 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 77.6 | 107.4 | 43.1* | s | 87.4 | 84.4 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 31.1 | 217.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 31.5 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 23.1 | s | s | s | 33.9 | 25.3 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 121.7 | 71.4* | 149.6* | 0.0* | 179.5* | 121.5 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 23.5 | 34.1* | s | s | 44.7 | 26.3 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 20.3 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 19.6 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 43.5 | 27.4* | s | 0.0* | 20.5* | 43.7 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 26.9 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 97.4* | 26.9 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 21.7 | 55.1 | s | 0.0* | 29.2 | 23.7 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 195.1 | 355.5 | 100.9 | 75.4* | 265.4 | 211.5 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 9.2 | 45.6 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 13.7* | 10.2 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 83.1 | s | s | NA | s | 81.9 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 12.3 | s | s | NA | s | 11.9 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 43.2 | s | s | NA | s | 42.3 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 33.9 | s | s | NA | s | 32.6 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 34.8 | s | s | NA | s | 35.1 |
| 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)~~ | 34% | 21% | NA | NA | 32% | 34% |
| 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. |
