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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 52,351 3,213 1,238 2,930 59,852
Percentage of population (2018) 87.5% 5.4% 2.1% 4.9% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 25.9% 11.5% 10.7% 7.7% 23.9%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 75,502 33,500 99,792* 53,828* 73,065
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 6.5% 29.1%* 12.2%* 3.3%* 7.1%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 13.2% 18.1% 15.9% 22.1% 13.9%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 5.7% 10.1%* 7.9%* 3.5%* 5.9%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 3.7% 9.3%* 3.8%* 8.4% 4.2%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 36.4% 16.7% 33.6% 18.9% 34.9%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 12.1% 39.2% 2.9% 20.8% 13.4%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 15.3% 11.5%* 5.6%* 13.8% 14.8%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 0.8% 6.3% 32.3% 27.0% 1.3%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 7.2% 9.8% 0.0% 9.3% 7.3%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 15.6 90.5 8.6 45.1 20.3
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 676.9 835.1 270.3* 469.1 682.5
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 38.6% 59.5% 77.8%* 76.7% 40.0%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,212.8 10,074.6 3,358.0 5,503.7 6,440.6
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 107.5 228.8 24.4* 119.4 116.2
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 356 20 18 53 472
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 77.2% 59.6% 66.0% 65.0% 73.5%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 76.1% 68.6% 77.6% 73.9% 75.5%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 9.9% 13.3%* 3.6%* 3.8%* 9.0%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 6.6% 10.0%* 14.5%* 4.4%* 6.9%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 2.3 4.0* 0.0* 5.4* 3.0
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 52.8 58.0 49.8 111.5 59.8
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 45.7 35.1 57.1 99.1 51.1
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 3.7* 0.0* 0.0* 6.3* 3.5*
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 26.6% s s 30.6% 27.1%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 9.5 15.7* 0.0* 0.0* 9.6
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 38.8 15.7* 0.0* 25.6* 37.9
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 64.9 78.0 21.4* 45.1 69.2
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 178.5 90.1 s 132.7* 184.7
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 13.9 10.0* 0.0* 11.0* 14.4
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 14.5 10.3* 0.0* 35.0* 14.9
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 266.8 311.2 s 147.9 275.7
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 3.5 24.3 0.0* s 5.3
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 2.9* s 0.0* 0.0* 5.8
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 36.0 43.4* 0.0* 16.1* 35.4
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 23.3 81.4 0.0* 19.4 27.3
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 53% 40% 46% 46% 53%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 163.4 184.2 79.0* 134.3* 163.1
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 66.3 65.3 24.6* 83.1 70.9
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 18.8 13.5* 25.8* 17.8* 19.4
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 14.3 18.0 s 13.0* 16.2
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 119.0 111.2 22.9* 118.2* 118.2
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 16.7 12.5 s 13.0* 18.5
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 10.6 11.5* 0.0* 0.0* 10.3
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 36.4 38.4 s 27.7 37.4
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 20.9 71.2* 27.5* 0.0* 22.3
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 13.3 38.9 s 17.0 15.3
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 156.4 366.9 60.8 228.9 174.4
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 4.2 22.1 s 12.1* 5.6
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 73.0 75.2* s s 71.3
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 13.9 s s 0.0* 14.0
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 35.8 s 0.0* 0.0* 33.6
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 18.5 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 17.3
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 47.7 s 0.0* s 45.9
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) 8.1* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 7.2*
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 43% 30% 14% 31% 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.