Richmond 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) | 271,298 | 44,427 | 75,503 | 735 | 97,813 | 498,212 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 54.5% | 8.9% | 15.2% | 0.1% | 19.6% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 22.6% | 12.6% | 14.6% | 21.6% | 9.3% | 17.7% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 109,374 | 66,495 | 91,424 | 102,500 | 82,764 | 98,333 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 4.9% | 19.3% | 10.7% | 13.5%* | 14.9% | 8.6% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 7.4% | 31.4% | 17.6% | 20.1% | 21.7% | 14.5% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 5.4% | 7.5% | 3.8% | 5.9%* | 6.4% | 5.6% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 2.5% | 3.5% | 5.1% | 14.0%* | 8.6% | 4.1% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 40.6% | 28.5% | 35.3% | 19.2% | 21.9% | 35.7% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 8.1% | 34.3% | 11.8% | 24.3% | 26.3% | 13.7% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 12.2% | 10.5% | 8.6% | 17.6% | 9.7% | 11.1% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 8.4% | 3.1% | 46.3% | 31.0% | 19.8% | 6.8% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 3.0% | 13.6% | 2.4% | 7.7% | 11.0% | 6.7% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 9.9 | 90.0 | 5.5 | 49.4 | 28.0 | 19.6 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 719.7 | 826.7 | 390.4 | 97.5* | 544.1 | 691.7 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 38.6% | 69.6% | 45.9% | 25.0%* | 59.6% | 44.3% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 5,669.3 | 11,260.3 | 2,772.2 | 138.5* | 5,229.7 | 5,962.8 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 86.2 | 226.3 | 24.3 | 605.9 | 95.0 | 100.6 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 2,353 | 480 | 611 | 0 | 1,186 | 4,897 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 89.7% | 81.6% | 78.6% | s | 83.9% | 85.4% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 86.1% | 82.5% | 78.8% | s | 82.6% | 83.5% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 8.5% | 14.1% | 8.0% | s | 10.9% | 9.6% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 6.3% | 13.9% | 9.0% | s | 9.4% | 8.4% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 0.7 | 9.7 | 0.2* | NA | 4.9 | 2.9 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 60.2 | 92.5 | 51.3 | NA | 75.9 | 69.8 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 49.7 | 48.7 | 46.0 | 2.9* | 55.5 | 52.4 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 3.7 | 11.1 | 3.8* | s | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 32.4% | 33.3% | 26.1% | NA | 29.3% | 30.8% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 3.3 | 5.7* | 3.0* | 0.0* | 5.1 | 4.3 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 51.8 | 67.9 | 12.1 | 0.0* | 40.4 | 46.7 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 83.1 | 96.5 | 25.1 | 521.2 | 61.4 | 84.6 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 265.7 | 193.7 | 69.5 | 1,764.7 | 139.6 | 242.0 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 9.3 | 13.0 | 2.3 | 60.8 | 6.9 | 9.5 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 6.7 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 0.0* | 3.2* | 6.1 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 246.5 | 385.3 | 7.6 | 373.0* | 190.5 | 230.4 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 4.5 | 26.7 | 2.1 | 79.7 | 12.0 | 8.5 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 7.3 | 47.1 | 2.9 | 151.5* | 12.5 | 13.9 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 31.8 | 33.0 | 11.4 | 0.0* | 19.1 | 29.1 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 12.9 | 47.1 | 3.7 | 127.3 | 20.2 | 17.7 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 44% | 32% | 48% | NA | 36% | 43% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 218.4 | 213.3 | 98.3 | 24.6* | 150.6 | 205.1 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 83.6 | 110.4 | 24.5 | 487.7 | 56.4 | 84.2 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 20.1 | 29.6 | 12.1 | 0.0* | 16.9 | 20.4 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 18.6 | 41.7 | 10.5 | 251.1 | 16.7 | 22.1 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 191.2 | 195.7 | 84.9 | 24.6* | 132.2 | 180.2 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 21.2 | 19.2 | 9.7 | 166.4 | 16.1 | 22.5 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 5.3 | 3.0* | 0.7* | 0.0* | 3.6* | 4.5 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 43.2 | 63.9 | 6.2 | 213.4 | 18.4 | 37.7 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 26.2 | 55.9 | 19.0 | 23.7* | 25.0 | 28.0 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 14.3 | 49.5 | 4.9 | 89.5 | 22.9 | 19.1 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 182.5 | 402.3 | 87.7 | 1,824.8 | 228.1 | 219.4 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 4.4 | 21.3 | 1.3 | s | 6.9 | 6.6 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 63.1 | 50.1 | 50.1 | NA | 37.0 | 57.7 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 12.8 | 15.3 | 9.6 | NA | 12.8 | 12.5 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 43.2 | 42.8 | 32.3 | NA | 44.5 | 41.9 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 18.6 | 23.3 | s | NA | s | 17.5 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 49.3 | 48.3 | 47.7 | NA | 24.9 | 44.8 |
| Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | s | s | s | NA | s | 1.6 |
| Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 4.9 | s | s | NA | s | 6.7 |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 36% | 29% | 26% | NA | 29% | 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. |
