Essex County Health Indicators by Race and Ethnicity, 2019-2021

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2022) 34,252 636 294 1,108 36,910
Percentage of population (2022) 92.8% 1.7% 0.8% 3.0% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2022) 27.6% 6.0% 12.9% 8.5% 26.4%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2018-2022)~ 68,822 NA NA 82,315 68,090
Percentage of families below poverty (2018-2022)~ 6.5% 0.0% 0.0% 7.4%* 7.0%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2018-2022)~ 11.8% 0.0% 0.0% 26.9% 12.7%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2018-2022)~ 4.9% 11.4%* 0.0% 10.7%* 5.1%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2018-2022)~ 4.1% 11.7%* 2.0%* 5.6%* 4.1%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2018-2022)~ 32.3% 4.2%* 54.1% 7.8%* 31.2%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2018-2022)~ 17.0% 0.0% 0.0% 22.1% 17.4%
Percentage of population with a disability (2018-2022)~ 16.8% 11.7%* 2.0%* 13.3%* 16.7%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2018-2022)~ 0.9% 3.6% 30.4% 24.6% 0.5%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2022-2023) s NA s NA 5.2%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2020-2022) 17.8 16.7 9.7 12.4 17.5
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 784.7 1,010.8 432.7* 234.8* 767.0
Percentage of deaths that are premature (< 75 years) 39.3% 54.5%* 33.3%* 40.0%* 39.5%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 7,368.2 4,176.5 1,219.6 1,397.3 6,903.6
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 64.5 37.7* s s 65.9
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 268 0 3 10 286
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 78.5% NA s s 78.2%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 80.8% NA s s 80.6%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 8.2% NA s s 8.9%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 6.5% NA s s 7.1%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years# 1.4* s s 0.0* 1.7*
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years# 58.3 24.8* 44.0 75.0 59.4
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 51.8 0.0* 41.7* 63.0 51.9
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 5.0* NA s s 4.7*
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 26.4% NA s s 26.0%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 3.7* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 3.4*
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 43.8 79.6* 0.0* 0.0* 41.0
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 42.3 s s s 44.1
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 148.5 0.0* s s 154.2
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 6.3 s 0.0* 0.0* 7.0
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 12.1 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 10.7
Overdose deaths involving opioids, and non-fatal opioid related hospital events per 100,000 population 93.2 s 0.0* s 95.6
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 0.8* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.7*
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0*
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 43.3 79.6* 0.0* 0.0* 42.5
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 8.3 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 8.1
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2022)~~ 48% 58% 0% 38% 49%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 154.9 39.7* 0.0* 100.1* 151.4
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 49.3 61.0 0.0* 33.2* 51.3
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 32.4 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 31.5
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 9.6 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 10.0
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 102.6 39.7* 0.0* 50.0* 100.8
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 13.0 s 0.0* s 13.8
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 15.1 0.0* 0.0* 50.0* 15.2
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 27.4 s 0.0* 0.0* 27.0
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 35.2 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 33.8
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 8.2 0.0* 0.0* s 8.8
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 102.3 s s 78.4 107.6
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 3.2 0.0* 0.0* s 3.4
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2018-2020) 61.3 s 0.0 s 60.8
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2018-2020) 12.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.7
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2018-2020) 32.9 s s 0.0 32.7
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2018-2020) s 0.0 0.0 0.0 s
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2018-2020) 33.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.1
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2018-2020) s 0.0 0.0 0.0 s
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2018-2020) s 0.0 0.0 0.0 s
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2022)~~ 35% NA 0% NA 35%
Symbol Meaning
* The rate or percentage is unstable. See the "About" 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), and Hispanic (of any race).
~~ White non-Hispanic, Black (including Hispanic), Asian / Pacific Islander (including Hispanic), and Hispanic (of any race).
# Essex and Hamilton County data are combined for confidentiality.
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 used to calculate rates for 2019 and 2020. Later years are from the most recent Vintage estimates.