Suffolk 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) | 944,671 | 122,761 | 75,850 | 3,047 | 366,299 | 1,535,909 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 61.5% | 8.0% | 4.9% | 0.2% | 23.8% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 24.0% | 11.8% | 12.7% | 17.3% | 7.7% | 18.4% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 134,217 | 113,857 | 146,047 | 83,912 | 121,634 | 130,686 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 3.1% | 6.9% | 5.4% | 7.0%* | 6.3% | 4.0% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 4.2% | 14.4% | 7.8% | 6.9% | 9.5% | 7.1% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 4.5% | 5.8% | 4.4% | 5.3%* | 4.8% | 4.7% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 2.4% | 4.6% | 5.5% | 15.2% | 11.0% | 4.7% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 45.5% | 29.7% | 59.3% | 20.2% | 20.6% | 40.2% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 6.7% | 23.3% | 5.9% | 14.8% | 19.2% | 10.1% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 11.7% | 11.8% | 6.5% | 9.8% | 8.1% | 10.5% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 1.8% | 6.5% | 26.0% | 29.4% | 30.9% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 1.4% | 3.3% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 10.8% | 4.5% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 8.1 | 48.0 | 3.8 | 16.1 | 20.4 | 13.6 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 700.5 | 822.3 | 412.7 | 406.5 | 486.8 | 684.7 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 35.2% | 56.1% | 44.2% | 63.0% | 60.5% | 39.1% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 5,659.3 | 8,284.2 | 3,120.3 | 5,420.1 | 5,192.8 | 5,833.5 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 79.6 | 185.6 | 40.3 | 96.3 | 80.7 | 92.1 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 8,112 | 1,144 | 812 | 15 | 5,438 | 15,819 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 87.2% | 74.8% | 80.5% | 76.7% | 70.7% | 80.1% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 81.9% | 74.6% | 77.6% | 74.4% | 71.6% | 77.5% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 9.2% | 14.2% | 8.9% | 15.6%* | 10.4% | 10.0% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 7.0% | 14.3% | 10.2% | 15.6%* | 8.4% | 8.2% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 0.8 | 3.7 | 0.4* | NA | 5.0 | 2.4 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 58.6 | 68.6 | 56.9 | NA | 88.7 | 69.2 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 51.2 | 44.4 | 51.4 | 23.7 | 75.3 | 57.0 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 1.9 | 8.7 | 3.3* | 22.2* | 5.3 | 3.9 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 39.3% | 41.9% | 40.0% | s | 33.8% | 37.8% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 8.2 | 13.5 | 5.5 | 14.3* | 14.3 | 10.1 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 66.6 | 65.7 | 24.6 | 45.6* | 52.3 | 62.8 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 86.6 | 85.4 | 35.7 | 58.2 | 60.0 | 90.3 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 290.9 | 151.0 | 110.7 | 157.9 | 115.9 | 277.9 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 7.6 | 9.3 | 2.4 | 6.4* | 5.2 | 7.8 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 9.8 | 4.4 | 4.0* | 0.0* | 4.8 | 8.2 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 255.6 | 260.7 | 18.6 | 143.4 | 124.8 | 221.4 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 3.4 | 11.8 | 3.2 | s | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 6.9 | 21.2 | 8.2 | s | 11.9 | 10.8 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 26.8 | 20.4 | 5.6 | 16.1* | 8.0 | 24.2 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 10.7 | 21.7 | 4.5 | 9.8 | 8.3 | 12.1 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 52% | 37% | 51% | 37% | 37% | 51% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 170.0 | 186.9 | 96.7 | 110.5 | 94.2 | 163.6 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 80.4 | 112.3 | 44.8 | 55.6 | 56.8 | 84.7 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 23.4 | 42.5 | 20.5 | 0.0* | 20.2 | 24.4 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 18.6 | 39.9 | 14.3 | 18.6 | 18.7 | 22.0 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 129.1 | 137.9 | 70.9 | 96.7 | 72.9 | 123.9 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 22.3 | 25.3 | 19.6 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 24.1 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 11.8 | 12.9 | 6.9 | 13.8* | 6.0 | 11.5 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 41.1 | 60.1 | 12.7 | 25.0 | 16.3 | 37.8 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 12.9 | 33.8 | 15.9 | 0.0* | 15.0 | 14.5 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 12.2 | 37.9 | 6.3 | 27.5 | 17.1 | 15.7 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 158.1 | 363.2 | 141.7 | 257.9 | 191.8 | 189.8 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 4.0 | 14.7 | 1.6 | s | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 60.3 | 48.5 | 28.9 | NA | 25.6 | 55.2 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 12.0 | 17.4 | 7.3 | NA | 8.3 | 11.7 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 39.6 | 42.4 | 32.7 | NA | 33.3 | 39.0 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 17.5 | 23.2 | s | NA | 8.2 | 16.7 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 43.3 | 49.4 | 43.8 | NA | 36.3 | 42.7 |
| Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 0.9 | s | s | NA | s | 1.0 |
| Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 5.4 | 9.3 | s | NA | 8.9 | 6.2 |
| Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2023)~~ | 38% | 33% | 29% | 19% | 30% | 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. |
