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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 41,348 900 448 1,800 44,624
Percentage of population (2018) 92.7% 2.0% 1.0% 4.0% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 25.7% 14.2% 15.0% 9.3% 24.7%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 53,686 NA 38,304* 42,153 52,757
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 10.8% 44.0%* 10.4%* 26.6%* 11.6%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 24.5% 21.3% 0.0% 33.0% 25.7%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 4.5% 0.6%* 0.0% 9.0%* 4.7%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 4.7% 6.6%* 7.3%* 10.5% 4.9%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 23.0% 27.2% 33.9% 17.5% 23.0%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 13.3% 56.0% 33.3% 51.7% 15.1%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 18.7% 11.3%* 5.7%* 14.2% 18.3%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 0.7% 3.3% 18.4% 17.1% 0.8%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 5.1% s s 9.1% 5.3%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 17.1 61.0 11.2 30.3 18.6
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 763.5 400.3 485.5* 568.9 758.8
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 40.1% 50.0%* 66.7%* 41.7% 40.5%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 7,928.8 5,066.0 6,496.4 5,291.1 8,055.3
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 85.2 61.2 s 49.3 84.0
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 333 7 7 19 372
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 66.8% s s 59.3% 65.3%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 81.5% s s 75.5% 79.9%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 8.8% s s 8.9%* 8.7%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 7.3% s s 5.4%* 7.2%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 3.5 0.0* s 11.9* 4.1
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 63.4 73.7 35.6 70.7 65.6
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 53.6 36.8 50.9 47.4 53.5
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 4.0* s s 17.5* 6.3*
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 21.3% s s s 21.5%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 12.3 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 11.5
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 58.4 0.0* 0.0* 30.6* 55.3
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 55.5 s s 36.1 57.6
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 159.3 s s 138.9* 165.7
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 7.2 0.0* 0.0* s 7.2
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 21.0 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 19.9
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 162.0 s 0.0* s 159.1
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 2.7 s s s 3.0
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years s s 0.0* s 3.6*
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 43.7 0.0* 0.0* 24.2* 42.4
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 16.1 s s s 16.4
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 48% 31% 22% 44% 47%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 198.9 112.3* 51.9* 138.3* 195.6
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 75.5 104.0 s 32.8 78.9
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 31.7 56.9* 129.2* 24.2* 32.3
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 15.5 26.8* 34.9* s 17.2
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 130.8 28.7* 51.9* 89.2* 128.7
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 23.4 33.5* s s 24.1
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 18.6 0.0* 0.0* 32.5* 18.3
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 30.7 s 0.0* s 29.9
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 19.8 0.0* 0.0* 30.6* 20.7
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 13.0 s 0.0* 15.6* 13.3
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 167.3 188.6 41.4* 103.1 171.2
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 2.6 s 0.0* s 3.0
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 59.3 s s 0.0* 57.6
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 11.5 0.0* s 0.0* 11.8
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 34.9 s s s 36.1
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 14.5 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 13.9
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 44.2 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 41.8
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) 13.5* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 12.5*
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 47% 31% 38% NA 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.