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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 360,024 55,646 18,581 23,760 461,890
Percentage of population (2018) 77.9% 12.0% 4.0% 5.1% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 19.7% 8.6% 7.9% 4.9% 17.1%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 73,238 33,996 62,376 46,080 66,012
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 6.0% 32.8% 10.0% 27.1% 9.8%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 11.4% 51.6% 18.9% 38.4% 21.2%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 5.0% 12.3% 7.9% 9.4% 5.9%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 3.1% 4.2% 3.7% 6.1% 3.4%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 39.3% 14.0% 45.0% 26.8% 36.5%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 12.8% 50.6% 9.1% 42.7% 17.9%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 13.5% 16.0% 9.1% 11.6% 13.5%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 1.7% 5.2% 39.0% 15.8% 1.8%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 4.5% 10.5% 4.7% 11.0% 6.2%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 13.5 100.2 5.2 34.1 23.4
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 724.8 1,048.6 360.5 656.6 752.9
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 35.9% 64.3% 37.6% 65.5% 39.4%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 5,884.8 11,965.6 1,556.6 7,101.8 6,725.5
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 110.0 296.5 63.1 161.1 131.4
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 3,141 911 272 397 5,049
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 85.6% 61.5% 67.6% 67.1% 77.9%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 87.9% 68.7% 75.8% 73.2% 81.8%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 7.8% 12.1% 7.7% 11.4% 9.2%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 6.1% 13.7% 6.6% 9.3% 8.2%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 2.0 12.6 1.2* 8.5 5.6
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 54.7 102.6 56.7 82.5 72.9
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 47.5 69.9 53.9 67.5 55.5
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 3.2 12.1 0.0* 9.2 5.1
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 26.4% 27.1% 28.3% 24.9% 26.4%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 7.0 8.8 0.0* 12.3* 7.5
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 53.4 67.6 9.9* 43.3 54.1
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 65.9 91.2 30.9 66.0 72.1
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 214.6 118.1 79.7 94.5 208.3
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 10.7 18.1 3.1 14.9 12.3
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 11.2 8.2 0.0* 7.8* 10.7
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 271.2 285.1 16.1* 371.8 276.9
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 2.9 15.2 2.2 13.1 5.7
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 6.3 25.2 3.9* 23.9 12.6
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 33.5 39.7 18.4* 19.6* 33.8
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 15.5 35.5 12.0 29.1 19.1
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 54% 38% 55% 30% 52%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 143.7 211.4 75.8 106.5 147.8
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 67.1 122.1 26.4 79.9 74.2
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 28.0 45.5 18.9* 42.4 29.8
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 19.1 44.1 15.5 29.6 22.2
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 95.8 145.0 56.1 68.5 98.7
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 17.9 23.1 9.2 23.9 19.2
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 11.6 11.9 0.0* 14.0* 11.4
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 39.9 67.2 8.6 24.1 42.0
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 17.7 42.8 17.2* 28.1* 20.0
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 15.8 57.6 3.5 30.9 21.2
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 161.5 434.8 98.9 298.4 196.4
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 7.9 35.0 1.5* 16.0 11.3
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 73.7 90.6 38.1 45.1 73.7
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 12.1 16.8 0.0* s 12.0
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 37.9 40.2 27.0 36.7 37.9
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 18.9 13.2 s 0.0* 18.2
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 37.2 41.0 s 35.3* 37.2
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 1.7 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 1.5
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 7.2 s s 0.0* 6.6
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 53% 42% 42% 31% 52%
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.