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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 181,802 16,572 2,726 6,780 210,300
Percentage of population (2018) 86.4% 7.9% 1.3% 3.2% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 20.6% 9.9% 11.0% 5.6% 19.0%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 65,157 29,864 50,114 40,396 60,834
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 7.0% 27.7% 29.4%* 21.4% 9.1%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 11.5% 35.1% 47.6% 31.7% 16.8%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 5.5% 6.7% 11.1%* 6.3%* 5.8%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 2.6% 4.3% 6.5%* 2.2%* 2.7%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 27.2% 13.4% 44.3% 21.7% 26.3%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 13.4% 50.4% 19.5% 29.6% 16.4%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 14.6% 17.3% 9.5% 17.0% 14.9%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 0.9% 0.4% 34.2% 17.8% 0.9%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 7.6% 22.1% 2.2% 16.3% 10.2%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 16.1 112.8 6.8 46.1 23.9
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 817.4 1,197.7 348.2 889.9 846.6
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 39.5% 69.5% 47.6% 58.4% 42.2%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,992.5 15,634.8 1,786.6 7,257.3 7,866.9
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 119.5 310.5 52.3 108.4 132.4
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 1,583 215 34 110 2,051
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 76.3% 58.9% 71.7% 66.2% 73.0%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 74.8% 63.3% 73.5% 68.6% 72.7%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 9.4% 12.3% 10.9% 9.8% 10.0%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 7.4% 11.8% 4.0%* 9.5% 8.2%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 2.4 11.2 0.0* 6.0* 4.2
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 60.2 95.0 51.2 89.6 70.2
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 51.1 59.1 52.8 73.1 55.1
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 3.8 14.0* 0.0* 6.0* 5.4
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 33.3% 33.7% 43.6% 40.0% 33.9%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6.8 19.3 0.0* 18.5* 8.5
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 45.2 81.8 0.0* 68.0* 50.1
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 59.9 76.5 11.2* 41.6 62.3
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 191.7 119.9 s 141.5 189.0
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 10.2 16.4 s 12.2 11.0
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 12.7 8.3* 0.0* 8.3* 12.0
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 294.3 400.3 s 299.9 307.5
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 3.5 8.9 10.1* 7.2 4.3
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 8.5 9.2 29.6* 11.3* 9.1
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 45.2 43.8 18.5* 37.9* 45.2
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 20.6 39.4 14.3 20.3 22.0
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 41% 30% 45% 26% 40%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 204.6 328.2 159.1 176.8 213.1
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 85.0 168.4 42.5 77.1 91.2
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 34.3 49.5 26.7* 38.4* 35.1
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 22.1 50.1 9.4* 11.3 23.8
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 125.5 235.1 103.7* 99.1 132.5
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 25.8 39.1 11.8 27.4 27.5
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 46.6 31.9 8.4* 24.3* 45.7
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 44.0 91.6 19.5 14.5 46.7
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 19.7 63.1 0.0* 54.9* 22.8
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 17.4 58.3 9.9* 28.0 21.1
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 185.2 464.7 133.7 235.4 207.6
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 8.5 30.4 s 18.6 10.4
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 72.8 56.0 s 72.6* 71.8
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 12.8 19.8* 0.0* 0.0* 13.0
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 45.6 58.5 0.0* s 45.8
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 18.6 27.4* s 0.0* 19.2
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 42.5 49.0 s s 42.3
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 1.7* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 1.6*
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 11.7 s 0.0* s 11.6
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 42% 41% 32% 0% 42%
Symbol Meaning
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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.