Southern Tier 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) | 361,339 | 18,302 | 24,408 | 1,061 | 23,435 | 439,540 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 82.2% | 4.2% | 5.6% | 0.2% | 5.3% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 23.5% | 8.9% | 7.2% | 23.0% | 6.7% | 20.8% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 14.9% | 52.5% | 10.4% | 18.2% | 31.0% | 17.9% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 3.2% | 4.9% | 5.8% | 6.9% | 10.3% | 3.8% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 33.6% | 21.8% | 64.4% | 17.1% | 35.5% | 34.4% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 14.9% | 51.4% | 11.6% | 15.4% | 31.6% | 16.6% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 16.1% | 14.5% | 7.7% | 0.3% | 12.0% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 0.8% | 3.5% | 25.7% | 14.9% | 12.1% | 1.0% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 7.1% | 13.8% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 19.4% | 8.2% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 19.2 | 119.1 | 4.0 | 13.1 | 28.5 | 22.6 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 820.8 | 1,164.8 | 377.8 | 350.4 | 526.7 | 810.6 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 41.0% | 72.2% | 46.2% | 68.8% | 63.2% | 42.4% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 8,175.4 | 14,729.1 | 2,386.7 | 4,985.8 | 6,151.6 | 8,054.4 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 75.4 | 171.0 | 14.5 | 22.3* | 60.7 | 80.0 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 2,919 | 194 | 143 | 6 | 265 | 3,657 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 75.8% | 62.8% | 72.8% | s | 63.0% | 73.6% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 83.2% | 72.8% | 80.7% | s | 75.2% | 81.8% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 8.7% | 13.8% | 8.4% | s | 9.4% | 9.0% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 7.1% | 14.8% | 8.1% | s | 8.9% | 7.7% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 3.0 | 10.2 | 0.6* | NA | 5.8 | 3.7 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 51.0 | 73.7 | 24.5 | NA | 54.9 | 52.1 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 42.6 | 41.4 | 19.6 | 28.1 | 43.3 | 40.8 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 4.9 | 5.1* | 0.0* | s | 8.8* | 5.1 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 27.3% | 30.0% | 24.3% | s | 35.5% | 27.8% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 9.5 | 6.6* | 5.9* | 0.0* | 4.4* | 8.8 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 64.1 | 140.5 | 7.5* | 73.9* | 61.8 | 64.4 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 69.4 | 102.5 | 19.5 | 26.5 | 55.4 | 72.4 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 179.5 | 115.0 | 53.0 | s | 104.3 | 182.0 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 7.4 | 14.4 | 2.0 | 19.7* | 6.3 | 7.9 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 13.7 | 6.4* | 6.7* | 0.0* | 6.3* | 13.0 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 184.2 | 463.6 | s | 415.6 | 139.6 | 188.9 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 2.5 | 9.2 | s | 0.0* | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 5.4 | 19.5 | s | 0.0* | 9.1 | 7.4 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 37.6 | 35.1 | 5.6* | 56.3* | 12.2* | 36.5 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 9.0 | 18.7 | s | s | 7.7 | 9.8 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 171.4 | 218.2 | 58.0 | 0.0* | 90.2 | 168.8 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 62.8 | 91.2 | 18.5 | 44.3 | 44.6 | 65.8 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 29.4 | 50.4 | 36.8 | 0.0* | 25.4* | 30.0 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 17.3 | 33.8 | 14.5 | s | 15.6 | 19.1 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 111.9 | 154.7 | 41.6 | 0.0* | 68.5 | 110.7 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 17.2 | 17.1 | 7.5 | s | 13.8 | 18.0 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 12.7 | 19.5* | 3.3* | 0.0* | 9.2* | 12.5 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 37.2 | 42.6 | 2.5 | s | 9.2 | 35.0 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 20.3 | 58.1 | 26.4* | 14.5* | 17.3* | 21.2 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 13.7 | 38.6 | 3.2 | s | 15.8 | 15.0 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 153.6 | 342.7 | 57.9 | 125.5 | 150.3 | 165.2 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 4.8 | 18.5 | s | s | 7.4 | 5.5 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 56.4 | 55.0 | s | NA | 47.6 | 55.4 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 11.9 | s | s | NA | s | 11.6 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 38.6 | s | s | NA | s | 37.8 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 18.0 | s | s | NA | s | 17.8 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 38.9 | 70.8 | s | NA | s | 39.2 |
| 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) | 9.4 | s | s | NA | s | 9.1 |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 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. |
