Rensselaer 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) | 128,120 | 12,523 | 5,376 | 366 | 10,558 | 160,749 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 79.7% | 7.8% | 3.3% | 0.2% | 6.6% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 21.8% | 8.4% | 6.3% | 23.3% | 5.6% | 18.9% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 91,504 | 46,644 | 85,114 | 141,607 | 80,809 | 87,915 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 5.7% | 28.7% | 14.0%* | 0.0% | 12.7% | 7.9% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 8.7% | 47.9% | 35.4% | 0.0% | 32.8% | 17.8% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 4.0% | 13.4% | 2.0%* | 0.0% | 12.8% | 5.3% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 2.8% | 5.4% | 5.8% | 6.9%* | 5.2% | 3.4% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 37.3% | 31.9% | 61.9% | 26.7%* | 37.8% | 37.6% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 14.2% | 45.1% | 4.7% | 0.0% | 40.6% | 17.4% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 14.7% | 19.4% | 5.8% | 6.1%* | 13.2% | 14.6% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 0.9% | 2.0% | 30.8% | 17.1% | 15.6% | 1.0% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 5.3% | 8.6% | s | s | 8.5% | 6.1% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 13.4 | 86.5 | 3.9 | 23.0 | 28.8 | 19.2 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 834.8 | 1,158.7 | 317.4 | 333.2* | 579.0 | 850.6 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 39.8% | 74.7% | 63.0% | 60.0%* | 69.8% | 43.0% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 6,370.0 | 16,292.3 | 3,236.8 | 3,313.4 | 6,411.6 | 7,241.2 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 56.5 | 143.1 | 13.2* | 0.0* | 94.1 | 66.8 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 1,073 | 171 | 61 | 2 | 128 | 1,492 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 83.2% | 72.1% | 70.9% | s | 72.4% | 80.2% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 85.3% | 75.6% | 78.0% | s | 76.3% | 82.8% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 8.8% | 12.3% | 7.7% | s | 8.9% | 9.4% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 7.3% | 13.1% | 7.7% | s | 6.8% | 8.1% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 2.1 | 9.2 | 1.8* | NA | 5.3 | 3.2 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 57.9 | 120.5 | 54.7 | NA | 83.1 | 66.6 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 45.7 | 58.4 | 45.5 | 24.5* | 52.0 | 47.9 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 2.2* | 11.7* | 0.0* | s | 7.8* | 4.2 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 29.9% | 29.2% | 36.3% | s | 32.5% | 30.2% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 5.7 | 11.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 12.7* | 6.1 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 42.3 | 81.5 | 10.6* | 0.0* | 56.0 | 45.9 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 62.3 | 90.1 | 12.3 | 118.0 | 56.8 | 70.0 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 196.4 | 220.5 | s | 243.9* | 186.9 | 217.5 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 8.0 | 12.0 | s | s | 8.1 | 9.1 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 10.1 | 6.8* | 22.3* | 0.0* | 5.2* | 9.8 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 178.0 | 235.0 | s | s | 143.3 | 186.5 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 2.6 | 10.3 | s | 0.0* | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 6.9 | 25.8 | s | 0.0* | 7.9* | 10.6 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 43.5 | 22.7* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 41.5 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 8.2 | 21.9 | s | 0.0* | 11.5 | 10.4 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 49% | 37% | 38% | NA | 34% | 48% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 169.5 | 235.1 | 30.4* | 146.3* | 125.3 | 172.5 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 65.4 | 122.1 | 10.5 | 54.6* | 81.5 | 75.6 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 26.2 | 56.2 | 30.4* | 0.0* | 21.0* | 27.2 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 19.8 | 35.2 | 8.0* | s | 25.1 | 23.2 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 104.8 | 106.8 | 30.4* | 103.7* | 104.4 | 105.9 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 18.0 | 25.5 | s | s | 17.3 | 21.0 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 14.7 | 25.2* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 4.8* | 15.2 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 30.3 | 44.3 | s | 0.0* | 24.3 | 31.9 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 20.6 | 63.1 | 28.1* | 0.0* | 6.5* | 22.1 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 11.5 | 38.6 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 22.3 | 14.7 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 151.9 | 386.7 | 16.5 | 184.0 | 252.0 | 180.0 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 4.7 | 13.6 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 13.4 | 6.3 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 79.0 | 74.1 | s | NA | s | 77.7 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 10.0 | s | s | NA | s | 10.2 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 31.3 | s | s | NA | s | 31.5 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 16.7 | s | s | NA | s | 17.1 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 46.7 | s | s | NA | s | 47.5 |
| 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) | 7.4 | s | s | NA | s | 8.4 |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 40% | 30% | 17% | NA | 32% | 39% |
| 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. |
