Rockland 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) | 209,988 | 35,862 | 21,189 | 417 | 75,899 | 348,144 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 60.3% | 10.3% | 6.1% | 0.1% | 21.8% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 18.1% | 16.8% | 21.7% | 19.4% | 7.7% | 15.9% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 112,859 | 103,352 | 159,816 | 95,938 | 90,277 | 109,959 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 11.7% | 7.9% | 3.1% | 15.4%* | 14.7% | 11.1% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 31.4% | 10.8% | 6.1% | 21.6% | 23.3% | 26.1% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 5.3% | 6.5% | 3.9% | 6.6%* | 6.3% | 5.6% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 2.2% | 4.2% | 3.0% | 8.4% | 10.5% | 4.1% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 47.0% | 35.7% | 62.8% | 18.2% | 25.6% | 42.7% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 5.0% | 21.1% | 2.8% | 30.1% | 26.8% | 10.4% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 9.1% | 11.7% | 9.3% | 8.9%* | 7.5% | 9.0% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 15.7% | 17.7% | 26.9% | 35.5% | 36.6% | 9.3% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 1.1% | 4.1% | 0.4% | s | 14.3% | 6.3% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 5.4 | 26.2 | 3.4 | 15.3 | 30.0 | 12.9 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 582.8 | 470.9 | 301.6 | 248.0* | 478.4 | 565.6 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 29.7% | 55.8% | 39.8% | 100.0%* | 57.6% | 36.0% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 4,276.9 | 5,559.0 | 2,996.9 | 4,644.1 | 4,918.5 | 4,769.4 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 61.7 | 127.8 | 26.4 | 88.2 | 81.0 | 79.9 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 4,327 | 317 | 204 | 1 | 1,330 | 6,460 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 74.2% | 64.6% | 79.1% | s | 60.7% | 71.1% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 73.1% | 66.3% | 80.6% | s | 67.2% | 71.6% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 5.3% | 11.9% | 7.7% | s | 8.4% | 6.5% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 4.8% | 11.8% | 8.2% | s | 6.8% | 5.8% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 0.1* | 2.8 | 0.7* | NA | 7.0 | 1.9 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 129.3 | 63.6 | 55.3 | NA | 106.9 | 115.5 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 123.5 | 44.3 | 52.3 | 14.0* | 91.8 | 105.0 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 2.5 | 5.3* | 1.6* | s | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 14.6% | 35.8% | 28.3% | NA | 22.7% | 18.9% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 4.0 | 5.7* | 3.8* | 0.0* | 10.9 | 6.2 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 39.3 | 30.4 | 10.8* | 0.0* | 45.7 | 38.9 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 69.4 | 74.6 | 18.7 | s | 64.1 | 78.8 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 208.2 | 91.7 | 41.9 | s | 111.5 | 194.4 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 3.7 | 4.5 | 1.7 | s | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 6.6 | 2.8* | 1.8* | 0.0* | 3.1* | 5.0 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 152.8 | 142.8 | 35.4 | 0.0* | 165.8 | 158.2 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 2.7 | 8.2 | 1.1 | 0.0* | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 5.6 | 14.4 | s | 0.0* | 6.4 | 7.6 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 21.9 | 8.8 | 3.1* | 0.0* | 11.4 | 18.6 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 8.2 | 15.7 | 3.1 | 0.0* | 9.9 | 10.6 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 52% | 33% | 53% | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 132.5 | 123.7 | 68.0 | 43.0* | 86.3 | 127.4 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 50.2 | 69.8 | 24.9 | 46.5* | 48.1 | 59.9 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 18.5 | 23.3 | 18.1 | 0.0* | 26.9 | 20.7 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 11.3 | 23.3 | 7.5 | s | 16.4 | 17.7 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 90.6 | 99.9 | 48.3 | 43.0* | 63.7 | 89.8 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 12.3 | 11.0 | 10.3 | s | 13.8 | 15.2 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 16.6 | 7.1* | 8.2* | 0.0* | 9.7 | 14.6 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 29.1 | 46.0 | 11.7 | s | 15.3 | 30.2 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 10.9 | 24.6 | 16.4 | 0.0* | 11.4 | 13.8 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 8.5 | 27.0 | 3.5 | s | 18.1 | 14.0 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 110.8 | 242.0 | 82.3 | 256.5 | 181.1 | 161.3 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 2.1 | 11.5 | s | s | 5.9 | 4.7 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 47.4 | 33.3 | 26.3 | NA | 30.6 | 42.2 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 8.4 | 12.6 | s | NA | s | 8.7 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 38.7 | 36.0 | 25.2 | NA | 32.2 | 36.8 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 14.1 | s | s | NA | s | 16.1 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 43.8 | 50.9 | 50.3 | NA | 40.6 | 43.7 |
| 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) | 5.9 | s | s | NA | s | 7.2 |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 38% | 35% | 31% | NA | 35% | 37% |
| 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. |
