St. Lawrence 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) | 97,265 | 2,114 | 1,391 | 1,074 | 2,756 | 106,198 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 91.6% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 2.6% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 20.3% | 2.9% | 11.1% | 16.4% | 6.5% | 19.3% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 63,257 | 54,231* | 61,292 | 36,065 | 63,152 | 62,850 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 11.3% | 39.1%* | 17.0%* | 23.3%* | 2.4%* | 11.5% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 21.7% | 14.7% | 0.6% | 20.0% | 8.9% | 20.9% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 5.2% | 4.8%* | 5.8%* | 1.7%* | 5.1%* | 5.3% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 6.0% | 8.9%* | 6.6%* | 2.2%* | 2.5%* | 6.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 24.9% | 4.3%* | 75.5% | 8.9%* | 38.1% | 25.3% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 16.6% | 30.4% | 0.0% | 15.9% | 13.2% | 16.3% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 18.0% | 14.7% | 8.9%* | 18.4%* | 14.5% | 17.7% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 1.7% | 5.4% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 11.9% | 0.9% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 6.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 14.3% | 0.0% | 6.8% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 22.6 | 48.9 | 5.5 | 67.5 | 12.5 | 23.3 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 907.6 | 1,455.2 | 288.6 | 678.7 | 396.5 | 894.5 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 44.4% | 83.3% | 40.0%* | 64.0% | 65.0% | 45.0% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 8,604.7 | 11,547.1 | 2,919.0 | 6,260.7 | 6,477.4 | 8,466.6 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 92.9 | 53.0 | s | 87.2 | 47.5 | 96.1 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 844 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 94 | 980 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 71.2% | s | s | s | 43.9% | 69.7% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 76.7% | s | s | s | 52.8% | 75.5% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 9.0% | s | s | s | 1.3%* | 8.7% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 8.2% | s | 3.3%* | s | 2.7%* | 7.8% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 3.2 | 0.0* | 0.0* | NA | 4.8* | 3.3 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 52.9 | 38.5 | 31.0 | NA | 163.4 | 56.1 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 46.2 | 15.8 | 28.4 | 33.8 | 154.9 | 48.7 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 11.1 | s | 0.0* | s | 3.6* | 10.2 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 33.4% | s | s | s | s | 33.6% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 14.2 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 20.8* | 23.6* | 13.4 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 60.1 | 58.0* | 0.0* | 91.1* | 38.1* | 58.5 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 52.1 | 32.7 | s | 48.2 | 30.6 | 54.1 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 149.0 | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 131.1* | 153.4 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 9.6 | 13.5* | 29.1* | s | s | 10.1 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 14.0 | 52.2* | 12.4* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 14.8 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 159.7 | 275.3 | 0.0* | 255.4* | s | 177.2 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 2.5 | 11.1* | s | s | 0.0* | 2.9 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 4.4 | 0.0* | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | 4.5 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 49.3 | 25.7* | 0.0* | 51.1* | 0.0* | 48.3 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 14.0 | 11.1* | s | 16.8* | 0.0* | 14.5 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 45% | 38% | 61% | 14% | 44% | 44% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 197.9 | 160.3* | 93.9* | 152.0* | 103.2* | 195.3 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 73.8 | 58.5* | s | 62.9 | 45.7 | 75.4 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 31.9 | 153.9* | 64.7* | 20.3* | 35.0* | 32.8 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 17.7 | 27.4* | s | s | s | 18.8 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 135.0 | 160.3* | 93.9* | 95.6* | 75.1* | 133.6 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 22.9 | s | s | 31.1 | 11.4* | 23.7 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 24.8 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 23.8 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 35.0 | s | 0.0* | 23.7* | 12.4* | 34.3 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 24.3 | 131.6* | 0.0* | 51.1* | 0.0* | 24.8 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 14.3 | 18.4* | s | 23.6 | 8.5* | 15.5 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 182.7 | 184.8 | 26.9* | 210.3 | 115.3 | 193.0 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 5.1 | s | 0.0* | s | s | 5.6 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 67.6 | s | s | NA | s | 67.1 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 15.5 | s | s | NA | s | 15.2 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 33.8 | s | s | NA | s | 34.1 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 21.2 | s | s | NA | s | 21.5 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 36.5 | s | s | NA | s | 36.2 |
| 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) | s | s | s | NA | s | s |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 44% | 22% | 23% | 38% | NA | 43% |
| 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. |
