Health Indicator |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic |
Total |
White |
Black |
Asian/Pacific Islander |
Socio-Demographic Indicators |
Population (2018) |
11,013,650 |
2,941,357 |
1,788,621 |
3,728,743 |
19,544,098 |
Percentage of population (2018) |
56.4% |
15.0% |
9.2% |
19.1% |
100.0% |
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) |
20.3% |
13.4% |
12.6% |
9.8% |
16.5% |
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ |
85,520 |
53,697 |
83,399 |
55,621 |
75,157 |
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ |
5.7% |
16.5% |
11.3% |
17.6% |
9.8% |
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ |
12.1% |
28.0% |
16.7% |
25.9% |
18.4% |
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ |
4.9% |
9.2% |
5.7% |
8.3% |
6.2% |
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ |
3.3% |
6.0% |
6.5% |
10.1% |
5.3% |
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ |
44.7% |
25.2% |
48.3% |
21.0% |
38.1% |
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ |
9.9% |
32.6% |
7.7% |
28.1% |
16.0% |
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ |
12.1% |
12.8% |
6.9% |
11.4% |
11.6% |
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ |
4.5% |
6.2% |
41.3% |
32.9% |
6.7% |
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) |
4.0% |
9.8% |
4.0% |
12.2% |
7.3% |
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) |
11.2 |
49.5 |
6.7 |
25.2 |
19.1 |
General Health Indicators |
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
678.3 |
807.8 |
398.1 |
609.2 |
686.3 |
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) |
35.5% |
56.2% |
42.6% |
53.5% |
41.3% |
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
5,415.3 |
8,735.1 |
2,613.9 |
5,585.4 |
5,904.5 |
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 |
90.8 |
200.1 |
45.1 |
124.8 |
117.6 |
Birth-Related Indicators |
Number of births per year (3 year average) |
106,880 |
31,062 |
23,143 |
50,132 |
217,763 |
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care |
82.0% |
65.8% |
78.5% |
70.0% |
76.2% |
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ |
79.6% |
67.7% |
77.4% |
69.8% |
75.1% |
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) |
7.6% |
13.1% |
8.4% |
10.0% |
9.1% |
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) |
6.2% |
13.1% |
8.7% |
8.5% |
8.1% |
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years |
1.5 |
7.7 |
0.9 |
6.6 |
4.2 |
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years |
62.7 |
86.2 |
61.2 |
82.1 |
76.3 |
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years |
53.5 |
48.7 |
55.0 |
60.4 |
55.8 |
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births |
3.2 |
8.4 |
1.6 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section |
26.8% |
33.3% |
28.5% |
29.2% |
28.5% |
Injury-Related Indicators |
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
5.5 |
5.1 |
2.5 |
4.7 |
5.2 |
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
39.8 |
35.0 |
11.0 |
33.2 |
36.1 |
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
61.3 |
61.2 |
26.5 |
52.3 |
66.0 |
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older |
205.0 |
100.6 |
87.0 |
121.0 |
192.6 |
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
8.6 |
13.2 |
2.3 |
8.8 |
10.0 |
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
10.3 |
4.5 |
5.3 |
4.6 |
8.1 |
Opioid burden per 100,000 population |
247.1 |
269.4 |
20.8 |
253.3 |
254.0 |
Respiratory Disease Indicators |
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
3.0 |
18.1 |
3.5 |
13.4 |
8.5 |
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years |
5.0 |
32.8 |
8.2 |
19.6 |
15.9 |
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
31.4 |
21.2 |
8.8 |
15.6 |
27.3 |
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
14.1 |
34.1 |
6.9 |
24.0 |
20.7 |
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ |
52% |
33% |
50% |
36% |
49% |
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators |
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
170.5 |
224.2 |
104.3 |
144.6 |
174.6 |
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
68.1 |
96.2 |
37.6 |
67.3 |
79.5 |
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
23.4 |
28.3 |
17.2 |
22.5 |
24.3 |
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
16.6 |
29.0 |
12.4 |
17.1 |
20.9 |
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
128.5 |
190.4 |
93.2 |
123.5 |
137.0 |
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
19.7 |
20.6 |
15.5 |
20.3 |
23.2 |
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
12.3 |
7.8 |
2.6 |
5.6 |
10.6 |
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older |
35.9 |
59.0 |
12.9 |
27.2 |
39.5 |
Diabetes Indicators |
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted |
15.4 |
35.9 |
13.3 |
21.1 |
19.2 |
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
11.9 |
36.6 |
5.6 |
23.2 |
18.7 |
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted |
149.0 |
324.1 |
118.5 |
249.5 |
210.4 |
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older |
4.5 |
14.9 |
1.4 |
7.4 |
7.1 |
Cancer Indicators |
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
64.3 |
47.1 |
46.6 |
31.9 |
56.9 |
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
11.8 |
14.3 |
8.0 |
9.4 |
11.7 |
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
38.0 |
39.1 |
33.3 |
31.5 |
37.2 |
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
18.2 |
24.8 |
9.7 |
13.5 |
18.2 |
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
42.2 |
51.9 |
32.4 |
31.3 |
41.4 |
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
1.6 |
3.1 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) |
6.6 |
9.8 |
8.4 |
8.8 |
7.7 |
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ |
45% |
37% |
33% |
34% |
43% |