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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 223,571 41,690 21,907 18,943 306,691
Percentage of population (2018) 72.9% 13.6% 7.1% 6.2% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 20.2% 9.6% 6.6% 5.9% 16.9%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 81,843 42,050 84,393 53,944 73,810
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 3.7% 21.8% 10.1% 15.5% 6.8%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 7.2% 29.4% 15.6% 26.6% 14.8%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 3.6% 10.5% 4.0% 8.0% 4.9%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 2.3% 5.0% 2.5% 6.1% 3.0%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 46.7% 24.7% 61.3% 32.4% 44.3%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 12.2% 49.6% 6.5% 36.9% 17.3%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 11.2% 14.8% 6.2% 11.9% 11.4%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 1.5% 3.0% 36.1% 14.9% 1.8%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 4.2% 10.6% 2.8% 14.2% 6.5%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 12.4 69.1 3.3 34.4 20.4
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 705.2 901.9 403.6 528.5 724.4
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 35.6% 71.1% 44.2% 69.0% 40.7%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 5,710.3 11,577.4 2,267.8 6,306.0 6,486.5
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 87.9 251.6 28.0 75.3 107.3
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 1,662 524 326 275 2,935
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 83.8% 68.0% 75.6% 69.4% 78.0%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 85.7% 70.8% 80.8% 72.5% 80.7%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 8.3% 13.2% 8.6% 11.3% 9.7%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 6.3% 12.2% 8.6% 10.7% 8.2%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 2.0 15.6 0.3* 13.1 5.9
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 48.2 97.9 54.5 79.1 62.6
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 37.8 49.8 51.1 54.2 44.4
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 3.6 12.1 1.0* 9.7* 5.9
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 26.7% 33.8% 28.9% 25.5% 27.9%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 4.2 11.8 1.5* 6.0* 5.3
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 29.4 46.4 15.4* 40.8 31.7
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 69.1 86.2 22.5 49.6 74.2
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 245.9 138.9 71.5 89.6 238.1
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 10.5 17.4 3.6 11.0 11.6
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 11.5 3.5* 5.6* 5.4* 9.7
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 289.4 306.2 22.8 160.1 288.3
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 3.0 20.5 2.3 7.3 6.5
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 5.4 27.5 7.5 15.9 12.7
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 29.7 41.4 13.7* 18.7* 30.3
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 12.9 49.4 3.1 17.1 18.1
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 58% 36% 52% 40% 56%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 160.6 216.3 95.4 108.4 165.8
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 67.7 119.7 27.9 33.4 75.4
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 23.3 38.0 34.4 13.0* 25.4
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 19.1 40.5 13.4 15.5 23.1
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 98.1 141.4 73.4 41.1 101.9
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 16.2 27.1 9.7 11.4 18.4
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 16.4 18.0 3.5* 12.1* 16.1
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 35.1 53.6 5.0 8.0 35.1
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 16.0 44.1 17.9* 54.9 19.3
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 11.6 49.8 2.0 12.4 16.5
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 164.2 463.8 78.7 165.2 202.4
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 4.5 18.3 s 4.5 6.2
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 70.8 86.4 28.1 28.7* 70.1
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 9.7 9.5* 22.5* s 9.9
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 35.9 41.7 30.7 30.0* 35.5
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 19.4 27.3 s s 19.7
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 40.9 68.0 39.7 s 42.0
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 1.3* s s 0.0* 1.6*
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 6.6 s s s 6.5
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 47% 38% 34% 30% 46%
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.