Health Indicator |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic |
Total |
White |
Black |
Asian/Pacific Islander |
Socio-Demographic Indicators |
Population (2018) |
2,767,463 |
1,892,407 |
1,280,423 |
2,428,508 |
8,396,614 |
Percentage of population (2018) |
33.0% |
22.5% |
15.2% |
28.9% |
100.0% |
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) |
19.1% |
14.7% |
13.2% |
11.3% |
14.9% |
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ |
102,960 |
53,075 |
76,832 |
49,275 |
70,663 |
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ |
6.8% |
16.6% |
12.9% |
19.9% |
13.6% |
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ |
15.6% |
27.6% |
18.5% |
29.8% |
23.2% |
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ |
5.3% |
9.7% |
6.1% |
9.3% |
7.5% |
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ |
3.7% |
6.5% |
7.1% |
10.7% |
6.9% |
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ |
61.2% |
25.3% |
44.0% |
20.1% |
39.6% |
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ |
7.3% |
31.8% |
7.8% |
30.0% |
19.1% |
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ |
10.1% |
12.7% |
7.1% |
12.6% |
10.9% |
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ |
11.4% |
6.9% |
46.0% |
36.0% |
11.8% |
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) |
4.9% |
10.0% |
4.9% |
12.3% |
9.3% |
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) |
7.2 |
45.4 |
7.7 |
25.8 |
21.1 |
General Health Indicators |
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
575.3 |
796.3 |
411.4 |
624.5 |
645.1 |
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) |
32.9% |
54.7% |
42.0% |
51.7% |
44.8% |
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
4,186.8 |
8,486.8 |
2,715.9 |
5,746.5 |
5,706.4 |
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 |
70.6 |
190.9 |
46.0 |
133.0 |
125.3 |
Birth-Related Indicators |
Number of births per year (3 year average) |
33,906 |
19,279 |
16,731 |
29,644 |
102,324 |
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care |
82.1% |
63.6% |
78.7% |
68.0% |
73.7% |
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ |
77.7% |
66.4% |
77.4% |
68.4% |
72.7% |
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) |
6.4% |
12.9% |
8.4% |
9.9% |
9.1% |
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) |
5.7% |
12.7% |
8.9% |
8.6% |
8.5% |
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years |
0.9 |
7.8 |
1.0 |
6.7 |
5.3 |
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years |
68.9 |
88.0 |
63.8 |
79.5 |
82.3 |
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years |
57.5 |
46.8 |
55.9 |
54.7 |
55.3 |
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births |
2.1 |
7.0 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
3.7 |
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section |
24.2% |
33.1% |
27.5% |
28.9% |
27.7% |
Injury-Related Indicators |
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
2.5 |
3.4 |
2.4 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
28.1 |
30.7 |
10.6 |
32.3 |
28.4 |
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
50.9 |
57.5 |
26.6 |
53.4 |
61.3 |
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older |
192.2 |
97.0 |
90.6 |
119.8 |
166.1 |
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
6.2 |
13.1 |
2.1 |
10.0 |
10.1 |
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
7.8 |
4.2 |
5.6 |
4.3 |
5.9 |
Opioid burden per 100,000 population |
246.5 |
292.6 |
21.4 |
301.2 |
277.1 |
Respiratory Disease Indicators |
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
2.7 |
20.3 |
3.8 |
16.4 |
12.8 |
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years |
4.6 |
39.7 |
9.0 |
25.0 |
24.3 |
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
18.8 |
19.7 |
9.4 |
16.1 |
17.9 |
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
10.3 |
35.2 |
7.3 |
27.9 |
24.0 |
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators |
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
183.5 |
234.3 |
110.2 |
153.6 |
187.9 |
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
56.4 |
91.8 |
37.7 |
69.3 |
79.6 |
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
15.1 |
26.0 |
16.5 |
21.4 |
20.2 |
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
12.6 |
26.8 |
12.6 |
17.1 |
21.1 |
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
164.3 |
208.3 |
100.3 |
135.1 |
167.4 |
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
16.7 |
19.3 |
15.5 |
20.6 |
23.5 |
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
5.1 |
5.8 |
2.1 |
4.7 |
5.0 |
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older |
28.6 |
59.7 |
13.8 |
31.3 |
39.9 |
Diabetes Indicators |
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
11.5 |
35.9 |
13.0 |
22.2 |
20.7 |
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
9.1 |
34.9 |
5.7 |
25.6 |
22.2 |
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
122.5 |
308.2 |
120.6 |
265.5 |
241.2 |
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older |
2.4 |
13.5 |
1.4 |
7.9 |
7.5 |
Cancer Indicators |
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
52.4 |
43.1 |
52.0 |
30.9 |
45.6 |
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
11.2 |
14.3 |
7.9 |
9.9 |
11.4 |
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
38.6 |
37.7 |
34.1 |
31.2 |
36.5 |
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
18.7 |
25.0 |
9.7 |
13.6 |
18.2 |
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
45.9 |
53.1 |
32.3 |
30.4 |
42.1 |
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
1.3 |
3.1 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
7.1 |
10.7 |
9.3 |
9.1 |
9.0 |
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |