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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 44,604 1,069 583 1,325 47,721
Percentage of population (2018) 93.5% 2.2% 1.2% 2.8% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 17.1% 5.7% 9.6% 5.0% 16.4%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 63,339 27,442 53,555 40,795 62,163
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 6.2% 9.9%* 14.0%* 44.3%* 6.7%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 13.6% 0.0% 14.0% 30.6% 13.9%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 5.9% 6.6%* 12.4%* 2.2%* 5.9%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 3.7% 2.0%* 2.2%* 2.2%* 3.5%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 28.1% 7.4%* 47.1%* 25.9%* 28.1%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 16.3% 98.0% 14.0% 31.6% 17.2%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 13.4% 8.0%* 2.8%* 10.3%* 13.1%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 1.0% 3.3% 24.7% 3.8% 0.5%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 6.1% 8.3% s 33.3% 7.2%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 21.5 138.7 6.7 40.4 24.3
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 809.5 528.3* 291.0* 625.9 805.0
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 42.4% 57.1%* 50.0%* 92.3% 43.2%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,748.5 5,131.8 1,331.1 9,324.0 6,819.4
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 147.3 124.1 s 59.2* 146.0
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 406 9 3 26 457
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 80.1% s s 66.0% 80.2%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 84.3% s s 63.4% 83.6%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 8.9% s s 6.3%* 8.9%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 7.4% s s 6.3%* 7.5%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 2.2 0.0* s 0.0* 2.2
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 49.0 42.0 21.6 73.4 51.0
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 42.3 34.6 19.6 66.5 43.7
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 3.3* s s 0.0* 3.6*
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 21.3% s s s 21.7%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 7.5 0.0* 0.0* 38.2* 8.1
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 45.9 0.0* 0.0* 110.7* 46.7
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 79.4 43.5 s s 80.3
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 200.1 s 0.0* s 198.6
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 17.7 s s s 17.8
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6.6 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 6.3
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 207.0 s 0.0* s 203.3
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 4.9 s 0.0* s 5.1
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 6.3 s 0.0* s 7.6
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 44.3 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 43.1
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 23.2 35.9* 0.0* s 23.3
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 50% 31% 73% NA 50%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 165.7 218.2* 0.0* 46.9* 165.3
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 91.5 73.4 0.0* 48.6* 92.3
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 26.7 0.0* 0.0* 51.2* 26.4
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 22.7 44.5* s s 23.2
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 115.8 127.8* 0.0* 0.0* 114.6
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 24.9 s 0.0* s 25.6
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 10.1 40.4* 0.0* 0.0* 10.3
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 40.8 s 0.0* s 38.9
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 18.9 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 19.6
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 17.9 25.8* 0.0* s 18.5
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 217.0 142.4 s 123.4 220.0
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 8.0 s 0.0* s 8.2
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 84.8 0.0* 0.0* s 82.5
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 14.2 0.0* 0.0* s 14.3
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 45.6 0.0* s s 45.2
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 25.5 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 24.7
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 51.5 0.0* s 0.0* 50.5
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0*
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 12.1* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 11.4*
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 55% NA NA NA 55%
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.