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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 92,568 7,887 2,266 8,910 112,266
Percentage of population (2018) 82.5% 7.0% 2.0% 7.9% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 16.0% 1.9% 5.3% 1.4% 13.6%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 59,837 55,408 72,024 48,387 58,271
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 8.5% 10.5%* 16.8%* 8.6% 8.8%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 14.5% 33.7% 26.0% 25.0% 17.9%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 6.1% 4.6%* 10.2%* 5.5% 6.0%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 5.1% 3.6%* 9.5%* 3.8% 4.9%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 24.4% 23.6% 49.3% 17.0% 24.3%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 14.0% 20.7% 8.1% 20.8% 14.8%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 15.3% 11.6% 5.3%* 8.2% 14.4%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 0.9% 5.6% 26.8% 13.0% 0.5%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 7.1% 11.9% 8.3% 5.3% 7.4%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 20.5 48.8 5.1 18.0 22.1
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 832.0 512.2 310.4 568.9 813.4
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 43.1% 94.7% 80.0%* 85.3% 44.5%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 7,409.9 6,346.7 2,845.3 4,613.6 7,075.5
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 136.2 150.7 s 75.5 138.9
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 1,338 146 55 215 1,818
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 79.0% 69.9% 72.4% 73.0% 77.0%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 83.2% 80.4% 82.0% 76.8% 82.1%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 8.2% 13.2% 11.0% 8.8% 8.8%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 6.8% 14.1% 9.1% 5.7% 7.3%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 3.8 2.8* 0.0* 2.7* 3.8
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 89.3 106.4 61.0 116.2 99.3
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 79.2 84.3 97.1 105.1 85.0
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 4.5 15.9* 6.1* 9.3* 6.4
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 22.4% 27.6% 18.0% 21.7% 22.6%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 11.8 25.3* 0.0* 6.4* 11.2
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 52.0 45.7* 19.0* 33.2* 49.1
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 63.6 59.9 18.9 37.1 63.7
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 159.6 s 0.0* s 159.6
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 11.8 14.2 s 3.6 11.2
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 14.8 0.0* 8.0* 8.5* 13.8
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 210.7 93.0 s 33.7* 196.3
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 3.7 7.6 0.0* s 4.0
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 5.9 s 0.0* s 5.7
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 44.0 12.9* 0.0* 0.0* 42.9
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 20.8 13.3 0.0* 20.4 21.5
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 52% 28% 44% 27% 52%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 188.5 141.7* 29.7* 174.1* 185.7
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 88.7 77.6 26.1* 39.9 90.2
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 41.4 44.3* 0.0* 0.0* 40.7
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 24.3 22.1 s 28.1 25.5
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 130.8 49.0* 29.7* 87.1* 128.1
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 23.4 13.3 s 11.0* 23.9
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 13.7 0.0* 0.0* 13.2* 13.7
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 40.4 14.5 0.0* 4.0* 36.3
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 27.4 36.1* 0.0* 0.0* 26.6
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 18.9 38.3 0.0* 12.2 19.7
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 237.5 310.3 94.3 148.2 244.5
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 7.6 15.1 0.0* s 7.8
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 86.7 s s s 85.3
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 13.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 13.2
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 46.0 s s s 46.7
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 15.8 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 15.0
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 40.3 s 0.0* s 39.1
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) 9.1 0.0* 0.0* s 8.7
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 48% 55% 30% 37% 47%
Symbol Meaning
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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.