Schenectady 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) | 110,600 | 20,126 | 10,663 | 857 | 14,130 | 162,261 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 68.2% | 12.4% | 6.6% | 0.5% | 8.7% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 22.9% | 8.4% | 10.5% | 13.6% | 5.7% | 18.2% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 85,650 | 51,910 | 95,248 | 68,000 | 59,538 | 79,623 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 5.3% | 31.5% | 12.1% | 30.7%* | 21.9% | 9.8% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 8.1% | 34.9% | 17.3% | 7.3% | 32.4% | 17.3% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 4.0% | 13.0% | 4.0%* | 0.0% | 9.3% | 5.8% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 2.3% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 8.3%* | 6.7% | 3.1% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 38.9% | 24.3% | 47.5% | 26.2%* | 25.2% | 36.1% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 11.2% | 41.5% | 3.8% | 62.0% | 46.6% | 15.9% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 13.1% | 17.8% | 5.1% | 17.0% | 12.2% | 13.1% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 0.9% | 1.6% | 23.3% | 12.5% | 12.4% | 0.9% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 8.3% | 12.5% | 7.5% | s | 19.0% | 10.0% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 14.7 | 90.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 36.1 | 25.6 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 798.7 | 982.1 | 428.4 | 129.9* | 647.7 | 834.7 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 36.7% | 75.6% | 56.2% | 66.7%* | 75.3% | 42.7% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 7,008.4 | 14,113.2 | 3,417.2 | 2,592.7 | 8,283.8 | 8,442.5 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 58.9 | 129.0 | 52.3 | s | 77.5 | 71.7 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 974 | 242 | 204 | 4 | 151 | 1,700 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 81.1% | 64.3% | 69.7% | s | 66.5% | 74.7% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 84.5% | 72.4% | 76.3% | s | 76.3% | 80.5% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 9.7% | 15.7% | 11.6% | s | 13.7% | 11.3% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 7.3% | 14.6% | 12.6% | s | 11.3% | 9.7% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 1.9 | 11.0 | 1.5* | NA | 6.0 | 4.4 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 59.3 | 102.9 | 118.5 | NA | 75.8 | 75.5 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 47.8 | 55.3 | 95.1 | 19.6 | 48.1 | 54.0 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 3.4 | 17.9 | 3.3* | s | 6.6* | 7.1 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 28.0% | 28.0% | 25.6% | s | 30.1% | 28.0% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 4.8 | 14.6* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 6.7* | 6.1 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 24.8 | 42.2 | 12.1* | 0.0* | 35.4 | 28.1 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 56.2 | 60.0 | 31.7 | 19.4* | 47.6 | 60.7 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 212.2 | 120.5 | 101.7 | s | 107.7 | 209.4 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 6.9 | 12.1 | 6.9 | 0.0* | 8.4 | 8.1 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 11.5 | 6.4* | 7.1* | 0.0* | 16.9* | 11.4 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 267.2 | 347.9 | 21.4* | 0.0* | 232.2 | 262.5 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 3.0 | 8.5 | 2.4* | s | 6.1 | 4.5 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 5.7 | 10.5 | s | s | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 33.9 | 37.5 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 7.9* | 33.1 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 8.2 | 18.0 | 4.4 | s | 10.2 | 10.1 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 53% | 35% | 42% | NA | 28% | 51% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 176.0 | 229.7 | 115.0 | 0.0* | 118.9 | 184.1 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 58.9 | 85.7 | 56.2 | s | 52.1 | 66.0 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 26.3 | 43.9 | 32.3* | 0.0* | 34.9* | 30.2 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 18.3 | 28.6 | 18.1 | 17.8* | 23.0 | 22.3 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 98.3 | 111.8 | 73.8 | 0.0* | 58.7 | 100.6 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 17.0 | 16.7 | 29.5 | s | 12.4 | 19.2 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 14.9 | 24.6 | 17.3* | 0.0* | 15.7* | 16.5 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 34.3 | 45.1 | 14.1 | s | 17.4 | 34.1 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 25.2 | 55.7 | 29.5* | 0.0* | 38.5* | 29.8 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 10.1 | 24.1 | 12.6 | 0.0* | 15.7 | 13.7 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 128.1 | 254.8 | 191.0 | 90.6 | 181.0 | 160.7 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 4.3 | 16.0 | 7.7 | 0.0* | 9.1 | 6.9 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 65.3 | 69.6 | s | NA | s | 64.0 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 9.9 | s | s | NA | s | 9.7 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 34.9 | s | s | NA | s | 32.5 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 20.4 | s | s | NA | s | 19.3 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 39.3 | s | s | NA | s | 39.1 |
| 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) | s | s | s | NA | s | 7.7 |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 38% | 28% | 26% | NA | 20% | 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. |
