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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 247,214 42,424 11,515 80,115 382,411
Percentage of population (2018) 64.6% 11.1% 3.0% 20.9% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 17.4% 9.4% 10.5% 6.7% 14.0%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 88,025 74,126 83,023 87,045 85,640
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 7.5% 9.8% 12.8%* 9.4% 8.3%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 19.7% 15.0% 13.9% 14.7% 17.4%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 4.4% 7.1% 6.8% 7.4% 5.4%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 3.4% 4.6% 10.8% 8.3% 4.7%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 34.1% 26.3% 51.3% 22.0% 31.4%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 8.9% 25.6% 10.1% 18.6% 12.7%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 11.7% 11.8% 5.3% 10.6% 11.4%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 8.6% 2.8% 25.6% 20.3% 4.8%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 3.4% 9.3% 1.3% 12.3% 6.9%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 14.8 57.8 4.4 31.6 22.8
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 745.8 812.6 364.3 625.2 739.1
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 39.7% 61.1% 57.8% 55.5% 43.6%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,293.0 8,645.5 2,354.7 4,976.2 6,302.3
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 111.3 210.2 40.5 107.6 129.1
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 3,269 403 124 1,211 5,166
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 76.3% 64.4% 60.1% 61.8% 70.9%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 71.6% 57.4% 58.3% 54.5% 65.5%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 6.6% 14.8% 10.8% 10.0% 8.3%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 5.6% 14.2% 7.5% 8.0% 7.0%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 0.9 3.2 1.0* 5.2 2.5
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 90.0 76.2 48.3 88.9 90.1
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 78.7 46.5 49.3 68.7 73.2
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 2.7 9.9 0.0* 4.7 3.9
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 21.9% 37.6% 33.8% 32.5% 26.3%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 8.8 10.0 0.0* 4.6 8.0
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 55.3 48.1 7.9* 32.9 48.7
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 69.2 57.2 19.1 45.9 71.5
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 226.5 116.7 46.8 117.1 221.2
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 9.7 9.8 2.1* 7.4 9.9
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 11.1 5.7* 4.8* 8.3 10.1
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 313.0 193.3 26.1* 141.0 269.2
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 4.5 14.9 s 6.4 6.7
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 7.8 25.3 s 9.1 11.4
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 39.5 17.9 12.5* 15.3 35.4
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 18.1 36.1 5.0 16.5 21.5
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 50% 41% 49% 43% 49%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 161.8 180.4 103.2 117.4 160.2
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 75.2 96.8 30.7 62.3 86.4
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 24.4 33.1 19.7* 25.7 25.7
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 17.2 28.9 11.3 16.4 22.2
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 110.6 123.3 86.3 85.1 110.2
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 23.3 26.2 11.6 22.3 27.2
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 15.6 21.6 9.8* 14.8 16.3
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 32.9 44.1 8.7 15.5 32.7
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 15.5 27.8 10.4* 29.5 17.4
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 13.2 31.7 6.4 15.6 16.9
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 175.6 319.3 94.7 218.5 217.2
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 5.1 12.4 2.6* 5.5 6.6
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 69.5 47.5 s 37.9 62.5
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 17.0 31.3 39.2 14.0 18.3
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 37.4 43.1 26.8 33.2 37.2
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 24.0 51.5 s 15.8 26.2
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 43.6 59.6 s 32.7 43.7
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 2.3 s s s 3.6
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 9.5 s s 7.1* 9.4
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 43% 41% 32% 41% 43%
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.