Herkimer 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) | 55,196 | 933 | 471 | 175 | 1,866 | 59,585 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 92.6% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 3.1% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 23.6% | 9.8% | 14.3% | 18.0% | 5.7% | 22.6% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 70,176 | 22,866 | 47,375* | 93,750* | 60,000* | 68,515 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 9.1% | 42.9%* | 23.9%* | 20.0%* | 19.4%* | 9.6% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 14.9% | 0.0% | 18.8% | 0.0% | 15.1% | 16.7% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 4.0% | 19.4%* | 4.1%* | 20.0%* | 6.5%* | 4.3% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 4.9% | 3.6%* | 5.5%* | 22.2%* | 5.4%* | 4.9% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 23.1% | 13.2%* | 22.5%* | 47.6%* | 17.1%* | 22.7% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 13.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.0% | 14.0% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 16.2% | 8.9%* | 7.4%* | 2.2%* | 13.6% | 15.8% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 1.3% | 0.3% | 33.8% | 0.0% | 11.0% | 0.5% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 6.5% | 5.9% | s | s | 13.5% | 7.0% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 21.3 | 147.5 | 14.4 | 12.0 | 35.9 | 23.3 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 878.9 | 807.9 | 214.8* | 165.1* | 503.7 | 864.8 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 43.4% | 78.6% | 66.7%* | 100.0%* | 70.6% | 43.9% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 8,206.0 | 11,731.7 | 2,767.7 | 966.3* | 7,002.4 | 8,162.9 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 58.1 | 59.1* | s | s | 121.8 | 99.5 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 514 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 568 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 74.0% | s | s | s | 52.7% | 73.1% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 83.6% | s | s | s | 73.8% | 83.3% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 8.8% | s | s | s | 10.8%* | 9.2% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 6.6% | s | s | s | 7.0%* | 7.0% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 2.4 | 0.0* | s | NA | 5.3* | 3.5 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 59.2 | 33.8 | 45.6 | NA | 96.2 | 67.0 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 55.7 | 24.8 | 44.7 | 20.4* | 89.2 | 56.3 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 6.5 | s | s | s | 10.4* | 7.0 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 22.6% | s | s | s | 16.1%* | 22.4% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 9.9 | 34.1* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 9.8 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 48.3 | 34.1* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 28.0* | 47.2 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 35.0 | 25.0* | s | s | 61.9 | 65.4 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 109.5 | s | s | 0.0* | s | 215.3 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 3.6 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 7.4 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 16.7 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 15.5 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 78.4 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | 117.5* | 92.7 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 0.8 | s | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | 1.7 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | s | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 2.2* |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 47.2 | 51.6* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 67.9* | 46.5 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 6.5 | s | s | 0.0* | s | 11.1 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 40% | 0% | 0% | NA | 35% | 40% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 178.4 | 209.2* | 130.9* | 0.0* | 40.0* | 175.8 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 48.6 | 104.3 | s | s | 68.0 | 85.8 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 31.6 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 23.1* | 30.9 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 9.6 | s | s | 0.0* | s | 21.5 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 105.0 | 209.2* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 40.0* | 104.1 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 13.9 | 54.5* | s | s | 22.6* | 25.9 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 15.4 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 14.8 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 25.3 | s | s | 0.0* | 28.3 | 42.4 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 27.9 | 42.6* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 23.1* | 27.6 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 11.5 | s | s | s | 41.5 | 20.9 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 120.7 | 291.2 | 89.0 | 92.6* | 308.1 | 214.6 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 2.9 | 0.0* | s | 0.0* | 17.0* | 8.1 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 60.1 | s | s | NA | s | 60.0 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 12.7 | s | s | NA | s | 12.3 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 45.8 | s | s | NA | s | 46.7 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 13.4 | s | s | NA | s | 13.1 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 43.9 | s | s | NA | s | 45.2 |
| 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% | 21% | 33% | NA | 23% | 40% |
| 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. |
