Niagara 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) | 173,720 | 15,394 | 3,424 | 2,034 | 9,107 | 209,570 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 82.9% | 7.3% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 4.3% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 23.7% | 12.7% | 13.4% | 16.8% | 6.5% | 21.4% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 73,061 | 42,950 | 54,712 | 67,778 | 55,691 | 69,633 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 7.7% | 22.5% | 25.4% | 3.8%* | 21.3% | 9.7% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 12.9% | 31.8% | 61.6% | 11.9% | 29.9% | 19.4% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 5.2% | 11.0% | 10.6%* | 6.5%* | 9.9%* | 5.9% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 2.6% | 4.5% | 4.5%* | 2.7%* | 7.7%* | 2.9% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 28.9% | 15.6% | 48.7% | 15.0% | 20.6% | 28.0% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 13.8% | 48.5% | 8.9% | 10.9% | 33.8% | 16.9% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 15.6% | 18.9% | 5.3% | 22.7% | 16.3% | 15.7% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 0.9% | 2.3% | 28.3% | 1.0% | 20.0% | 0.9% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 5.7% | 9.2% | 0.0% | 15.9% | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 15.6 | 123.1 | 5.1 | 42.3 | 35.6 | 23.6 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 914.7 | 1,355.7 | 416.7 | 1,457.6 | 653.7 | 940.5 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 42.2% | 74.8% | 67.6% | 69.2% | 64.8% | 45.3% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 8,182.3 | 20,372.7 | 4,739.6 | 23,812.9 | 5,896.6 | 9,122.7 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 76.3 | 222.2 | 53.7 | 166.3 | 104.4 | 87.5 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 1,467 | 188 | 44 | 24 | 111 | 1,929 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 77.5% | 67.2% | 69.0% | 71.0% | 73.3% | 75.7% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 78.2% | 69.1% | 73.9% | 59.0% | 73.9% | 76.3% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 10.1% | 15.8% | 10.7% | 11.0%* | 15.2% | 11.0% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 8.2% | 15.8% | 10.0% | 8.2%* | 12.7% | 9.3% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 1.9 | 8.9 | 0.0* | NA | 4.8 | 3.5 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 55.2 | 92.1 | 80.5 | NA | 68.4 | 63.8 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 49.0 | 57.9 | 65.9 | 62.7 | 58.0 | 51.6 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 3.4 | 12.4* | 0.0* | 13.7* | 6.0* | 5.0 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 36.2% | 35.3% | 31.1% | s | 32.4% | 35.0% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 12.3 | 8.6* | 0.0* | 20.7* | 0.0* | 11.6 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 66.4 | 144.2 | 28.0* | 121.8* | 54.4 | 71.0 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 53.8 | 69.7 | 22.7 | 38.4 | 35.0 | 56.3 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 164.6 | 102.2 | 95.8 | 115.5 | 107.8 | 165.5 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 7.9 | 14.5 | s | s | 7.4 | 8.6 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 14.3 | 10.3* | 0.0* | 34.7* | 10.0* | 13.6 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 260.6 | 480.4 | 91.9* | 302.4 | 193.2 | 275.0 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 4.9 | 12.5 | s | s | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 13.7 | 34.2 | s | s | 19.7 | 15.4 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 46.2 | 42.5 | 0.0* | 59.5* | 0.0* | 45.4 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 13.5 | 28.0 | 6.0* | 22.4 | 16.3 | 14.7 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 38% | 26% | 34% | 26% | 27% | 37% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 206.2 | 315.3 | 88.3* | 369.4 | 147.1 | 212.0 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 74.3 | 148.9 | 59.5 | 90.5 | 64.0 | 79.8 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 34.7 | 35.1 | 13.1* | 26.5* | 54.9* | 34.9 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 23.3 | 55.3 | 23.2 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 25.3 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 119.8 | 202.1 | 33.1* | 258.8 | 103.4 | 124.9 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 20.9 | 33.5 | 19.6 | 21.6 | 20.0 | 22.0 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 48.2 | 25.0 | 23.8* | 16.5* | 37.1* | 46.7 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 34.4 | 75.5 | 18.0 | 61.7 | 12.1 | 36.7 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 22.7 | 57.2 | 0.0* | 131.6 | 28.2* | 25.4 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 17.1 | 50.5 | 9.4* | 40.5 | 24.9 | 20.1 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 153.1 | 397.6 | 121.3 | 347.4 | 208.5 | 173.4 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 6.8 | 27.2 | s | 14.9* | 16.3 | 8.6 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 67.5 | 65.7 | s | NA | s | 67.8 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 14.5 | s | s | NA | s | 14.7 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 41.7 | 42.9 | s | NA | s | 41.4 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 15.8 | s | s | NA | s | 16.8 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 39.9 | s | s | NA | s | 39.9 |
| 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) | 7.1 | s | s | NA | s | 7.1 |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 36% | 29% | 22% | 43% | 24% | 35% |
| 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. |
