Jefferson 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) | 91,161 | 6,517 | 2,337 | 479 | 9,289 | 113,140 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 80.6% | 5.8% | 2.1% | 0.4% | 8.2% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 18.7% | 2.7% | 6.6% | 18.4% | 2.0% | 15.8% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 68,736 | 50,054 | 83,578 | 76,590 | 58,728 | 66,301 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 9.5% | 20.9%* | 11.5%* | 0.6%* | 6.6%* | 10.3% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 16.2% | 44.7% | 4.2% | 0.0% | 22.0% | 18.8% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 6.0% | 7.5%* | 5.1%* | 9.8%* | 5.9%* | 5.9% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 5.0% | 8.3%* | 9.3%* | 29.0%* | 10.2% | 5.5% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 26.6% | 16.8% | 58.1% | 5.3%* | 19.8% | 26.5% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 14.1% | 21.9% | 9.5% | 49.1% | 21.0% | 15.6% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 15.7% | 15.6% | 7.2%* | 19.0%* | 11.2% | 14.9% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 0.9% | 10.6% | 29.3% | 33.0% | 15.3% | 0.6% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 9.0% | 10.7% | 4.5% | 0.0% | 15.4% | 9.2% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 20.2 | 51.7 | 3.7 | 26.0 | 18.1 | 21.6 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 900.6 | 758.4 | 452.3 | 684.9 | 525.7 | 877.6 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 43.5% | 84.6% | 50.0%* | 81.8%* | 75.9% | 44.9% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 7,854.6 | 8,351.1 | 2,098.0 | 14,463.4 | 3,525.8 | 7,481.2 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 99.3 | 143.7 | 24.8* | s | 63.5 | 103.9 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 1,253 | 125 | 50 | 4 | 241 | 1,722 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 74.1% | 72.4% | 68.5% | s | 67.4% | 72.8% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 75.3% | 67.2% | 71.5% | s | 67.2% | 73.5% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 10.0% | 10.9% | 12.6% | s | 11.9% | 10.4% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 8.3% | 13.6% | 6.0%* | s | 8.0% | 8.6% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 2.0 | 2.6* | 0.0* | NA | 2.5* | 2.2 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 79.6 | 102.8 | 99.3 | NA | 133.7 | 87.6 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 72.9 | 82.5 | 89.2 | 41.0 | 122.9 | 78.3 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 3.7 | 16.0* | 0.0* | s | 1.4* | 4.8 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 23.3% | 25.5% | 28.6% | s | 19.9% | 23.4% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 13.9 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 11.7 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 58.4 | 14.7* | 70.4* | 0.0* | 33.9* | 52.8 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 63.6 | 41.3 | 19.5 | 33.7* | 29.0 | 64.3 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 179.8 | s | s | s | s | 185.3 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 8.1 | 10.0 | 0.0* | s | 6.5 | 8.9 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 15.6 | 5.5* | 8.3* | 49.9* | 6.8* | 15.2 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 166.0 | 71.8 | 0.0* | s | 38.5 | 152.0 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 3.0 | 6.0 | s | 0.0* | 2.0* | 3.3 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 4.1 | s | s | 0.0* | s | 4.2 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 48.0 | 10.8* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 46.5 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 15.1 | 7.9 | s | 0.0* | 2.0* | 15.3 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 48% | 26% | 51% | 0% | 35% | 47% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 180.2 | 218.9 | 113.4* | 0.0* | 54.9* | 176.2 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 72.5 | 49.3 | 13.9* | s | 55.7 | 75.0 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 31.4 | 50.8* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 18.3* | 30.8 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 21.1 | 26.9 | s | s | 13.0 | 23.5 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 125.8 | 94.9* | 72.3* | 0.0* | 54.9* | 121.9 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 20.0 | 13.9 | 13.9* | s | 15.9 | 21.0 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 12.0 | 37.8* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 11.7 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 35.0 | 10.2 | 0.0* | s | 4.6* | 32.0 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 28.5 | 59.2* | 0.0* | 42.9* | 0.0* | 28.7 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 19.5 | 50.5 | s | s | 16.5 | 21.0 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 199.1 | 237.5 | 90.1 | 70.2 | 177.2 | 209.7 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 5.9 | 19.7 | s | 0.0* | 3.5* | 6.8 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 76.2 | s | s | NA | s | 74.0 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 15.0 | s | s | NA | s | 14.7 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 47.0 | s | s | NA | s | 46.1 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 16.8 | s | s | NA | s | 15.9 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 47.7 | s | s | NA | s | 45.9 |
| 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)~~ | 43% | 36% | 40% | NA | 27% | 43% |
| 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. |
