Washington 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) | 55,503 | 1,211 | 426 | 158 | 1,772 | 59,839 |
| Percentage of population (2024) | 92.8% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 3.0% | 100.0% |
| Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2023) | 23.6% | 5.6% | 11.8% | 24.5% | 6.4% | 22.4% |
| Median annual household income in US dollars (2020-2024)~ | 73,267 | NA | 94,432* | 103,750 | 92,462* | 73,495 |
| Percentage of families below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 7.1% | 37.1%* | 0.0% | 13.3%* | 5.1%* | 7.6% |
| Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2020-2024)~ | 12.4% | 12.3% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 7.6% | 13.7% |
| Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2020-2024)~ | 4.9% | 10.4%* | 3.0%* | 5.9%* | 3.2%* | 5.0% |
| Percentage of population with no health insurance (2020-2024)~ | 4.7% | 8.2%* | 0.0% | 16.2%* | 16.3%* | 4.9% |
| Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2020-2024)~ | 22.6% | 8.8%* | 51.8% | 30.0%* | 19.9% | 22.4% |
| Percentage of population in single parent families (2020-2024)~ | 13.4% | 48.4% | 0.0% | 13.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| Percentage of population with a disability (2020-2024)~ | 15.1% | 34.7%* | 2.2%* | 10.8%* | 5.7%* | 15.0% |
| Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2020-2024)~ | 0.7% | 6.4% | 24.9% | 16.2% | 26.6% | 1.2% |
| Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2023-2024) | 10.9% | 20.0% | s | s | 20.0% | 11.5% |
| Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 18.9 | 56.7 | 11.5 | 9.3 | 22.2 | 20.0 |
| General Health Indicators | ||||||
| Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 903.4 | 872.6 | 452.4* | 179.4* | 248.7 | 884.9 |
| Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) | 41.6% | 87.5% | 60.0%* | 0.0%* | 80.0%* | 42.3% |
| Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 8,496.3 | 10,206.9 | 8,919.7 | 0.0* | 5,065.1 | 8,245.1 |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 (2022-2024) | 69.0 | 48.1 | 0.0* | s | 28.7* | 68.5 |
| Birth-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Number of births per year (3 year average) | 494 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 533 |
| Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care | 82.4% | s | s | s | 76.4% | 81.8% |
| Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ | 87.1% | s | s | s | 80.9% | 86.5% |
| Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) | 11.1% | s | s | s | 13.5% | 11.4% |
| Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) | 8.4% | s | s | s | 10.7%* | 8.6% |
| Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years | 3.4 | s | s | NA | 7.7* | 3.8 |
| Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 67.8 | 67.6 | 43.5 | NA | 119.0 | 69.4 |
| Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years | 54.7 | 36.9 | 31.4* | s | 97.7 | 55.2 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | 5.4* | s | s | s | 12.8* | 5.6* |
| Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section | 28.0% | s | s | NA | s | 29.2% |
| Injury-Related Indicators | ||||||
| Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 20.3 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 18.9 |
| Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 39.9 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 37.0* | 38.5 |
| Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 57.7 | 42.8 | s | s | 23.6 | 59.4 |
| Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older (2022-2024) | 176.7 | 0.0* | s | s | s | 179.3 |
| Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 6.8 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 7.3 |
| Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 13.7 | 17.4* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 13.4 |
| Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population | 131.1 | s | s | 0.0* | s | 128.3 |
| Respiratory Disease Indicators | ||||||
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 3.0 | 14.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 3.2 |
| Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years (2022-2024) | 7.0 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 6.9 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 44.2 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 42.9 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 14.3 | 17.4* | 0.0* | s | s | 14.4 |
| Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2023)~~ | 40% | 31% | 0% | NA | 64% | 40% |
| Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators | ||||||
| Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 174.7 | 70.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 38.9* | 170.6 |
| Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 57.8 | 38.0 | s | s | s | 58.5 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 34.5 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 33.3 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 16.3 | s | 0.0* | s | 21.4* | 17.7 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 111.3 | 32.1* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 38.9* | 109.2 |
| Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 16.1 | s | s | 0.0* | s | 17.0 |
| Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 13.9 | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 13.5 |
| Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 36.1 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 33.8 |
| Diabetes Indicators | ||||||
| Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted | 30.9 | 255.3* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 0.0* | 30.7 |
| Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 11.7 | 27.8* | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 12.2 |
| Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted (2022-2024) | 132.2 | 182.8 | s | s | 110.0 | 135.8 |
| Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older (2022-2024) | 5.3 | s | 0.0* | 0.0* | s | 5.5 |
| Cancer Indicators | ||||||
| Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 74.7 | s | s | NA | s | 73.6 |
| Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 12.9 | s | s | NA | s | 13.0 |
| Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 33.9 | s | s | NA | s | 33.9 |
| Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 17.1 | s | s | NA | s | 17.3 |
| Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2020-2022) | 26.3 | s | s | NA | s | 26.4 |
| 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)~~ | 36% | 50% | NA | NA | 40% | 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. |
