Fulton County Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, 2018-2020

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 50,007 1,293 421 1,801 53,654
Percentage of population (2018) 93.2% 2.4% 0.8% 3.4% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 20.4% 7.2% 13.1% 4.7% 19.5%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 55,833 17,434* 103,750* NA 55,240
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 10.0% 48.5%* 0.0% 22.7%* 11.1%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 20.9% 100.0% 0.0% 23.0% 20.7%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 4.9% 0.0% 11.9%* 6.4%* 5.1%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 4.0% 0.0% 0.0% 9.4%* 4.1%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 18.2% 19.5%* 65.4% 11.1%* 18.2%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 16.6% 48.5% 0.0% 31.9% 18.2%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 16.8% 31.5% 6.8%* 11.9% 16.7%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 0.2% 1.5% 18.0% 7.0% 0.2%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 11.3% 13.3% s 8.3% 11.3%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 18.2 81.9 7.0 33.1 20.0
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 852.4 907.9 684.3* 743.1 850.0
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 42.8% 62.5% 66.7%* 46.7%* 43.2%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 8,013.6 7,256.5 4,126.0 2,985.2 7,854.7
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 110.1 127.6 121.2* 46.0 111.9
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 451 7 4 19 492
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 80.4% s s 74.1% 79.3%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 84.9% s s 84.9% 84.2%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 9.0% s s 8.6%* 9.0%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 8.8% s s 5.2%* 8.8%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 4.8 0.0* s 2.5* 5.0
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 65.4 39.5 39.7 71.1 66.4
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 53.9 31.6 43.7 53.6 54.4
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 5.2* s s 0.0* 4.7*
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 23.7% s s s 24.5%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 10.6 26.9* 0.0* 0.0* 10.1
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 38.5 75.8* 0.0* 0.0* 38.2
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 58.7 47.3 s 25.0* 62.9
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 167.6 s s s 175.3
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 10.9 s s 12.3* 13.2
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 15.6 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 16.0
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 207.3 464.0 s s 213.7
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 1.7 s 0.0* 0.0* 1.9
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 3.4 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 3.7
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 51.0 82.1* 0.0* 40.0* 50.8
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 13.4 21.6* s 0.0* 13.8
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 46% 60% NA 52% 46%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 191.8 93.1* 0.0* 25.3* 190.6
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 71.1 52.6 s 62.6 74.8
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 30.3 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 29.6
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 20.4 s s s 22.1
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 110.2 93.1* 0.0* 25.3* 109.7
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 23.7 s s 39.1 25.1
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 24.1 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 24.0
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 39.8 30.8* 0.0* s 40.7
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 23.4 26.9* 0.0* 0.0* 23.8
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 18.3 30.9 43.9* s 20.6
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 182.9 219.1 215.2 145.2 196.0
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 8.5 20.6* s s 9.9
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 80.0 s 0.0* s 79.5
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 13.6 s 0.0* s 13.7
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 41.1 s 0.0* s 41.1
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 17.7 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 17.1
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 32.1 s 0.0* 0.0* 32.0
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) s 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* s
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 10.7* 0.0* 0.0* s 11.5
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 40% NA NA NA 39%
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).
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, 2020, and 2021.