Ulster 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) | 138,562 | 11,316 | 4,441 | 388 | 23,602 | 182,977 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 75.7% | 6.2% | 2.4% | 0.2% | 12.9% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 25.6% | 11.7% | 11.6% | 24.8% | 8.4% | 21.8% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 88,020 | 78,611 | 96,895* | 53,866 | 70,950 | 86,271 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 4.5% | 7.9%* | 9.6%* | 13.0%* | 19.4% | 6.3% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 7.9% | 6.5% | 15.3% | 40.8% | 30.0% | 13.5% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 5.4% | 5.7%* | 4.7%* | 10.7%* | 6.1% | 5.4% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 5.3% | 11.9% | 4.6%* | 15.8%* | 14.3% | 6.9% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 41.7% | 16.2% | 64.0% | 11.7%* | 22.3% | 38.2% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 11.8% | 26.8% | 14.1% | 14.7% | 30.9% | 14.8% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 15.2% | 12.4% | 6.0% | 12.0%* | 14.2% | 14.3% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 0.8% | 2.7% | 22.1% | 42.9% | 17.3% | 1.0% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 6.0% | 9.8% | s | s | 16.5% | 8.6% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 15.8 | 75.1 | 6.6 | 12.1 | 32.7 | 21.3 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 748.9 | 897.4 | 315.2 | 303.8* | 515.6 | 738.6 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 39.6% | 65.8% | 67.6% | 57.1%* | 57.6% | 41.9% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 6,436.1 | 11,324.0 | 4,314.9 | 1,721.3 | 4,899.7 | 6,564.1 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 81.6 | 148.1 | 17.2 | 63.0 | 70.0 | 87.8 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 1,073 | 80 | 35 | 2 | 253 | 1,501 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 70.3% | 58.2% | 68.3% | s | 61.2% | 67.9% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 68.1% | 59.2% | 67.4% | s | 61.5% | 66.5% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 9.2% | 13.0% | 10.6% | s | 11.0% | 9.9% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 7.1% | 13.0% | 6.7%* | s | 7.7% | 7.9% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 1.6 | 3.8* | 0.0* | NA | 5.7 | 2.7 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 51.3 | 59.5 | 37.4 | NA | 61.3 | 53.7 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 44.1 | 40.1 | 31.9 | 30.7* | 50.6 | 44.8 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 4.3 | 8.4* | 9.5* | s | 4.0* | 5.3 |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 34.7% | 35.6% | 43.2% | s | 32.0% | 34.6% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 7.8 | 11.5* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 10.4* | 8.2 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 59.6 | 100.0 | 28.6* | 39.3* | 46.7 | 60.7 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 75.9 | 71.0 | 30.0 | 27.9* | 47.8 | 76.8 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 220.2 | 133.5 | 81.0 | s | 125.4 | 221.2 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 10.2 | 11.3 | s | 0.0* | 4.8 | 9.6 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 14.0 | 13.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 1.7* | 12.7 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 300.3 | 553.1 | s | s | 177.0 | 300.0 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 4.0 | 14.2 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 8.9 | 17.3 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 7.3 | 10.0 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 32.0 | 34.2 | 0.0* | 94.7* | 17.7* | 31.2 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 12.8 | 27.7 | 0.0* | 21.3* | 10.3 | 13.8 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 48% | 34% | 41% | NA | 38% | 47% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 186.3 | 191.7 | 85.2* | 91.6* | 92.2 | 180.9 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 74.5 | 94.1 | 16.7 | 28.4* | 61.5 | 80.9 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 23.0 | 18.9* | 18.0* | 0.0* | 23.4 | 23.5 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 18.6 | 21.0 | 11.7 | s | 16.4 | 21.2 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 133.4 | 122.1 | 71.9* | 91.6* | 68.2 | 128.8 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 20.8 | 21.8 | 8.5 | 0.0* | 19.1 | 23.0 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 15.2 | 22.4* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 8.3* | 15.1 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 40.8 | 42.3 | s | 55.7* | 21.8 | 40.5 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 14.1 | 29.8* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 11.0* | 14.3 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 13.4 | 33.1 | 7.6* | 0.0* | 11.5 | 15.1 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 153.6 | 246.1 | 68.2 | 125.7 | 162.7 | 171.2 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 5.3 | 13.9 | s | 0.0* | 5.1 | 6.1 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 54.0 | 56.7 | s | NA | s | 52.0 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 12.8 | s | s | NA | s | 12.5 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 34.4 | s | s | NA | s | 32.9 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 18.9 | s | s | NA | s | 19.3 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 44.4 | s | s | NA | s | 46.7 |
| 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) | 6.5 | 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)~~ | 36% | 33% | 29% | NA | 33% | 36% |
| 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. |
