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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 115,893 18,744 8,373 11,488 155,334
Percentage of population (2018) 74.6% 12.1% 5.4% 7.4% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 20.6% 6.8% 8.8% 5.5% 17.1%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 77,343 40,101 74,432 41,147 69,891
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 4.9% 32.2% 4.6%* 22.8% 8.2%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 7.5% 38.9% 9.3% 38.5% 16.5%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 6.0% 11.7% 6.4% 11.7% 6.9%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 3.0% 6.6% 6.8% 6.1% 3.9%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 36.2% 16.2% 44.2% 22.6% 33.3%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 12.9% 36.5% 3.6% 42.1% 15.7%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 13.1% 11.0% 7.1% 12.0% 12.7%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 1.0% 1.6% 20.4% 14.0% 1.0%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 4.2% 9.4% 4.3% 15.4% 6.5%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 18.5 70.7 3.3 33.0 24.7
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 722.9 889.1 536.3 707.2 753.7
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 34.0% 74.0% 63.4% 68.5% 39.3%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,039.3 10,116.6 5,318.0 7,639.7 6,942.4
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 100.2 213.5 83.9 93.5 115.0
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 1,005 262 101 148 1,739
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 82.2% 65.3% 75.3% 69.6% 76.0%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 84.8% 73.4% 78.0% 75.9% 81.1%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 9.2% 13.6% 6.0% 13.9% 10.3%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 7.1% 14.4% 5.6% 12.8% 9.2%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 3.6 11.1 2.2* 8.9 6.7
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 64.2 114.5 64.7 90.4 85.0
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 49.0 62.2 50.6 56.8 58.9
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 5.6 11.4* 6.6* 11.2* 6.9
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 24.1% 22.8% 27.1% 30.7% 24.2%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 5.1 13.1* 10.6* 11.1* 7.0
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 18.3 25.7 21.8* 21.5* 20.9
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 62.8 62.5 34.6 30.7 66.5
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 223.0 122.6 139.6 47.8* 219.6
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 12.4 17.2 2.2* 11.3 13.3
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 8.7 2.7* 7.6* 4.0* 7.5
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 290.8 227.6 s 185.7 279.6
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 3.3 10.6 5.6 7.8 5.3
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 3.6 8.0 s 9.4 6.9
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 36.2 44.4 0.0* 29.7* 35.9
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 14.0 23.4 8.3 15.7 16.0
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 54% 37% 43% 33% 53%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 170.8 202.1 107.3 163.8 177.7
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 69.3 95.9 61.7 52.3 75.8
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 28.4 35.2 4.7* 35.7* 29.9
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 23.3 45.0 21.8 20.7 26.7
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 91.9 124.5 85.0 95.7 98.1
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 19.9 23.2 27.7 17.9 22.6
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 14.0 3.7* 0.0* 14.7* 14.1
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 44.7 44.8 20.8 19.4 43.6
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 21.9 55.5 55.3* 23.8* 25.9
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 13.8 42.3 10.4 18.4 18.0
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 167.6 382.2 212.7 194.5 204.9
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 5.9 20.4 s 10.1 8.4
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 71.0 79.0 s 66.7 69.8
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 9.0 s 0.0* s 8.7
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 34.7 25.1 34.9* 29.7* 34.6
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 17.6 s s s 18.0
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 38.5 35.1 s s 38.1
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) 5.9 s s 0.0* 7.2
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 45% 36% 26% 22% 44%
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.