Queens 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) | 544,548 | 409,407 | 644,282 | 8,485 | 659,589 | 2,316,841 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 23.5% | 17.7% | 27.8% | 0.4% | 28.5% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 25.8% | 18.3% | 18.4% | 15.0% | 13.3% | 18.6% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 97,271 | 82,975 | 85,429 | 84,068 | 76,077 | 86,136 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 5.8% | 10.3% | 12.2% | 9.3% | 11.6% | 10.0% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 9.9% | 17.6% | 16.2% | 19.6% | 18.9% | 15.8% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 6.3% | 9.1% | 6.0% | 7.7% | 7.9% | 7.2% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 4.1% | 5.9% | 7.3% | 11.7% | 14.0% | 8.2% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 50.8% | 28.6% | 41.9% | 22.9% | 21.1% | 36.1% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 7.1% | 25.1% | 7.5% | 19.6% | 21.4% | 14.3% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 13.4% | 12.2% | 9.1% | 15.1% | 9.9% | 10.9% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 12.4% | 5.6% | 46.9% | 30.6% | 42.3% | 15.2% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 4.5% | 6.0% | 4.7% | 6.4% | 8.6% | 6.4% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 8.3 | 40.7 | 10.1 | 28.9 | 29.8 | 20.5 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 597.6 | 610.2 | 347.3 | 33.8 | 411.0 | 531.2 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 32.4% | 54.0% | 43.6% | 20.0%* | 51.5% | 43.7% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 4,759.5 | 7,120.6 | 2,776.7 | 87.1 | 4,361.4 | 4,983.1 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 53.8 | 109.4 | 34.5 | 51.2 | 71.5 | 80.9 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 4,669 | 3,207 | 6,434 | 17 | 8,133 | 23,772 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 83.7% | 65.3% | 77.3% | 77.6% | 67.7% | 73.3% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 80.9% | 70.0% | 78.2% | 75.0% | 70.2% | 74.5% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 6.9% | 13.8% | 9.7% | 8.0%* | 9.9% | 9.9% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 6.0% | 14.3% | 10.6% | 12.0%* | 8.1% | 9.5% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 0.8 | 3.8 | 0.7 | NA | 5.7 | 3.7 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 58.8 | 75.3 | 62.1 | NA | 86.9 | 80.5 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 48.6 | 38.9 | 50.6 | 9.0 | 62.2 | 53.1 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 2.2 | 8.1 | 1.4 | 0.0* | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 27.1% | 34.0% | 29.8% | s | 27.4% | 29.2% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 2.6 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 0.0* | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 40.4 | 42.5 | 15.4 | 2.6* | 33.0 | 34.0 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 51.7 | 51.4 | 30.9 | 38.7 | 54.0 | 62.2 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 191.8 | 104.7 | 86.1 | 81.3 | 106.8 | 157.7 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 4.7 | 5.5 | 2.4 | s | 5.1 | 6.3 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 8.7 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 0.0* | 4.3 | 5.8 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 182.5 | 215.8 | 18.9 | 39.0 | 128.6 | 147.5 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 3.6 | 12.8 | 4.6 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 8.8 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 8.2 | 29.6 | 12.0 | 22.6 | 19.9 | 19.8 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 16.5 | 10.8 | 5.7 | 4.5* | 8.5 | 11.6 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 9.0 | 19.3 | 6.6 | 11.6 | 12.9 | 14.4 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 46% | 32% | 47% | 30% | 33% | 42% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 179.7 | 179.5 | 91.0 | 18.0* | 99.1 | 149.7 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 52.1 | 72.7 | 36.8 | 50.2 | 45.5 | 66.3 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 20.9 | 23.0 | 16.0 | 0.0* | 15.5 | 20.7 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 11.0 | 21.2 | 12.0 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 18.1 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 153.4 | 148.6 | 78.9 | 18.0* | 85.2 | 127.2 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 14.6 | 15.8 | 16.8 | 25.2 | 13.8 | 21.7 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 8.1 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 0.0* | 3.8 | 6.6 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 32.4 | 46.5 | 14.5 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 32.9 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 10.8 | 21.4 | 10.9 | 2.6* | 9.8 | 13.7 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 8.7 | 25.2 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 16.0 | 16.2 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 119.9 | 230.9 | 124.7 | 175.7 | 170.7 | 199.0 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 2.5 | 9.7 | 1.7 | s | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 48.3 | 29.2 | 36.9 | NA | 20.1 | 36.2 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 10.2 | 12.2 | 6.7 | NA | 8.2 | 9.5 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 37.5 | 34.6 | 29.8 | NA | 26.8 | 33.5 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 17.5 | 18.2 | 8.0 | NA | 9.2 | 13.9 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 47.4 | 44.5 | 37.6 | NA | 28.1 | 40.3 |
| Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | NA | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 6.5 | 7.3 | 6.9 | NA | 9.1 | 7.8 |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 31% | 31% | 25% | 31% | 27% | 30% |
| 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. |
