Kings 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) | 975,527 | 734,735 | 345,494 | 4,951 | 498,945 | 2,617,631 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 37.3% | 28.1% | 13.2% | 0.2% | 19.1% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 16.4% | 18.7% | 15.3% | 15.9% | 12.8% | 16.0% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 106,099 | 63,164 | 89,381 | 62,945 | 60,923 | 80,263 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 10.7% | 16.4% | 15.9% | 21.5% | 21.1% | 15.1% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 23.7% | 28.7% | 23.8% | 39.7% | 30.7% | 26.1% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 6.4% | 10.2% | 6.6% | 6.8% | 8.7% | 7.9% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 3.7% | 5.7% | 5.0% | 14.5% | 10.8% | 5.8% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 61.7% | 27.4% | 40.5% | 21.9% | 25.1% | 42.1% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 7.6% | 29.0% | 8.5% | 28.0% | 28.1% | 18.0% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 10.3% | 13.7% | 8.1% | 13.4% | 13.2% | 11.5% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 21.3% | 5.8% | 52.0% | 34.7% | 35.8% | 11.6% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 5.3% | 7.7% | 4.2% | 7.6% | 12.2% | 8.0% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 8.3 | 47.6 | 8.8 | 32.5 | 33.8 | 24.7 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 533.0 | 657.2 | 400.5 | 84.9 | 587.3 | 582.2 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 34.6% | 56.9% | 42.3% | 50.0%* | 53.2% | 47.1% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 3,841.8 | 8,532.0 | 2,665.7 | 947.7 | 5,861.6 | 5,652.0 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 40.1 | 98.5 | 24.1 | 38.8 | 91.7 | 93.2 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 15,965 | 6,401 | 3,583 | 16 | 5,776 | 33,215 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 76.0% | 62.3% | 76.3% | 61.7% | 67.1% | 71.1% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 70.5% | 66.3% | 76.3% | 54.5% | 69.4% | 69.4% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 5.9% | 13.6% | 8.2% | 10.6%* | 10.3% | 8.6% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 5.3% | 13.3% | 8.9% | 14.9%* | 8.4% | 7.9% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 0.6 | 6.9 | 0.5 | NA | 6.3 | 4.0 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 83.8 | 85.6 | 54.0 | NA | 78.9 | 83.7 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 75.5 | 39.8 | 46.5 | 14.1 | 52.9 | 58.0 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 1.6 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 0.0* | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 21.0% | 34.2% | 27.8% | s | 28.5% | 26.1% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 2.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 0.0* | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 31.2 | 43.7 | 14.1 | 22.8* | 52.0 | 38.0 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 34.6 | 36.6 | 23.2 | 24.5 | 51.0 | 57.8 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 125.1 | 50.3 | 74.1 | 42.4 | 102.9 | 132.5 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 3.2 | 6.8 | 1.9 | s | 6.1 | 7.6 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 6.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 0.0* | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 163.1 | 250.5 | 19.8 | 127.2 | 251.2 | 219.7 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 1.6 | 14.2 | 1.9 | 7.2 | 9.3 | 9.6 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 3.5 | 32.8 | 4.5 | s | 14.3 | 19.0 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 11.7 | 12.7 | 8.3 | 5.2* | 11.5 | 11.8 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 4.7 | 21.2 | 3.6 | 8.2 | 15.1 | 16.3 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 38% | 27% | 45% | 10% | 32% | 35% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 167.8 | 176.0 | 102.4 | 22.9* | 150.0 | 165.4 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 40.5 | 60.7 | 23.4 | 26.9 | 56.6 | 67.4 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 14.2 | 25.5 | 16.3 | 0.0* | 21.6 | 19.8 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 9.2 | 18.2 | 12.1 | 6.4 | 14.7 | 20.7 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 145.7 | 144.2 | 91.4 | 11.4* | 123.7 | 140.0 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 10.8 | 12.0 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 16.0 | 17.2 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 7.4 | 8.7 | 2.8 | 4.2* | 7.4 | 7.5 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 20.4 | 41.6 | 8.9 | 14.6 | 27.7 | 37.2 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 10.0 | 26.9 | 10.8 | 7.2* | 20.1 | 17.7 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 6.5 | 21.8 | 4.3 | 8.9 | 21.2 | 19.4 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 96.3 | 185.1 | 90.8 | 84.7 | 215.9 | 205.0 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 1.5 | 8.3 | 1.5 | s | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 40.7 | 32.7 | 56.0 | NA | 24.2 | 37.6 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 9.4 | 12.0 | 8.9 | NA | 7.9 | 10.1 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 36.7 | 35.0 | 33.1 | NA | 27.8 | 34.6 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 16.0 | 20.3 | 8.0 | NA | 10.3 | 15.9 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 46.5 | 49.6 | 35.8 | NA | 29.8 | 43.8 |
| Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 1.1 | 2.9 | s | NA | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 4.8 | 8.3 | 7.6 | NA | 7.9 | 7.0 |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 27% | 29% | 18% | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 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. |
