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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 133,827 12,210 4,699 8,344 159,452
Percentage of population (2018) 83.9% 7.7% 2.9% 5.2% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 19.2% 7.5% 6.0% 4.1% 17.1%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 79,080 42,726 91,458 66,583 76,731
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 5.1% 32.8% 11.9%* 15.6% 7.5%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 8.9% 41.4% 23.9% 31.7% 16.1%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 4.6% 12.4% 2.2%* 8.6% 5.4%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 3.1% 5.1% 3.7% 6.6% 3.4%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 34.6% 17.7% 70.0% 31.2% 34.3%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 14.0% 56.5% 5.6% 37.6% 17.5%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 14.6% 20.2% 3.2%* 11.8% 14.4%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 1.1% 1.1% 32.9% 9.8% 0.9%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 4.3% 7.6% s 8.2% 5.1%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 14.0 94.5 4.6 37.2 20.2
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 744.5 973.0 296.0 687.6 758.8
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 41.4% 70.0% 47.6% 66.7% 43.6%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,130.3 11,453.1 1,838.3 6,325.0 6,703.0
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 95.7 257.9 21.1 120.3 106.8
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 1,158 189 69 126 1,591
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 82.6% 69.7% 74.3% 69.3% 79.4%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 84.4% 78.1% 76.7% 77.6% 82.5%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 9.4% 16.0% 7.2% 10.4% 10.2%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 7.3% 16.2% 8.7% 8.8% 8.6%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 2.7 12.9 5.5* 9.9 4.8
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 60.8 124.4 58.9 84.2 71.3
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 48.1 63.7 54.0 57.9 52.1
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 3.2 17.6 4.8* 13.3* 6.1
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 24.6% 29.8% 28.1% 20.8% 25.3%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 5.4 10.2* 0.0* 17.2* 5.5
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 25.3 32.0 0.0* 69.4* 26.6
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 63.1 73.8 12.1 34.7 65.6
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 208.4 168.1 s 87.5* 212.1
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 11.6 23.1 s 8.2 12.5
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 12.4 9.3* 0.0* 9.1* 11.8
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 288.9 543.3 s 179.8 312.5
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 3.0 10.2 s 5.6 3.9
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 6.6 15.1 s s 8.4
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 46.9 38.1* 0.0* 26.9* 46.1
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 13.5 25.8 s 17.0 14.8
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 53% 43% 48% 40% 52%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 171.8 223.5 76.0* 163.8 174.5
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 74.0 121.6 15.3 54.4 77.7
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 25.9 27.9* 0.0* 0.0* 25.4
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 19.5 35.2 12.9 12.2 21.2
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 105.4 135.5 41.1* 81.9* 105.7
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 17.3 14.0 s 14.5 17.8
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 16.0 22.8* 0.0* 17.4* 16.7
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 37.0 61.8 s 20.8 37.6
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 19.2 52.4 16.4* 27.1* 20.8
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 14.1 56.0 s 18.1 17.4
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 179.2 463.9 68.7 219.0 198.4
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 5.8 33.1 0.0* 6.9 7.8
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 82.8 81.1 84.1* s 81.4
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 9.8 s s s 10.3
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 34.5 46.0 s 75.9 36.6
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 21.8 s 0.0* s 21.3
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 33.9 48.9* s s 34.5
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) s s 0.0* 0.0* s
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 5.5 s 0.0* 0.0* 5.2
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 44% 33% 36% 31% 43%
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.