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

Health Indicator Non-Hispanic Hispanic Total
White Black Asian/Pacific
Islander
Socio-Demographic Indicators
Population (2018) 142,854 12,270 3,871 18,911 178,510
Percentage of population (2018) 80.0% 6.9% 2.2% 10.6% 100.0%
Percentage of population aged 65 years or older (2018) 22.5% 10.3% 10.3% 7.4% 19.8%
Median annual household income in US dollars (2017-2021)~ 72,969 63,460 99,167 57,905 71,040
Percentage of families below poverty (2017-2021)~ 5.0% 12.5%* 8.0%* 23.5% 7.1%
Percentage of children under age 18 below poverty (2017-2021)~ 12.5% 26.7% 15.2% 28.7% 15.9%
Percentage unemployed among the civilian labor force (2017-2021)~ 5.3% 5.3%* 3.9%* 5.4% 5.1%
Percentage of population with no health insurance (2017-2021)~ 4.4% 10.0% 7.4%* 8.8% 5.4%
Percentage of population aged 25 years or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (2017-2021)~ 36.9% 16.0% 58.3% 22.9% 34.5%
Percentage of population in single parent families (2017-2021)~ 13.0% 29.6% 9.8% 31.0% 15.5%
Percentage of population with a disability (2017-2021)~ 14.9% 9.6% 8.4% 14.8% 14.2%
Percentage of population who speak English less than very well (2017-2021)~ 0.9% 2.6% 21.1% 16.3% 1.3%
Percentage of high school students who dropped out (2021-2022) 5.6% 8.9% 1.8% 12.6% 7.5%
Arrests per 1,000 population aged 18 years or older (2019-2021) 16.6 70.3 5.3 30.3 21.3
General Health Indicators
Total mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 716.9 804.7 476.0 543.5 713.2
Percentage of premature deaths (< 75 years) 39.4% 65.2% 48.8% 55.4% 41.5%
Years of potential life lost per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 6,402.6 8,952.7 3,287.6 4,547.8 6,370.0
Potentially preventable hospitalizations among adults, age-adjusted rate per 10,000 108.0 148.4 25.0 96.9 114.0
Birth-Related Indicators
Number of births per year (3 year average) 1,091 88 33 249 1,513
Percentage of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care 76.1% 63.7% 63.3% 65.7% 72.9%
Percentage of births with adequate prenatal care (APNCU)^ 73.8% 63.3% 70.7% 69.9% 72.1%
Percentage of premature births (< 37 weeks gestation - clinical estimate) 9.1% 11.0% 4.0%* 7.4% 9.0%
Percentage of low birthweight births (< 2.5 kg) 7.6% 11.7% 3.0%* 7.0% 7.7%
Teen pregnancies per 1,000 females aged under 18 years 1.8 7.3 0.0* 8.1 3.5
Pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 57.0 70.3 33.9 78.5 62.2
Fertility per 1,000 females aged 15-44 years 45.3 39.4 31.1 61.1 48.0
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births 3.1 11.4* 0.0* 1.3* 3.3
Percentage of low-risk births delivered by cesarean section 31.9% 39.7% 25.0%* 35.2% 32.2%
Injury-Related Indicators
Motor vehicle-related mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 8.6 7.1* 0.0* 9.3* 8.1
Unintentional injury mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 58.7 51.6 16.1* 49.1 56.9
Unintentional injury hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 75.4 55.2 32.4 44.3 76.0
Fall hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 65 years or older 224.1 81.9 58.3* 114.9 222.7
Poisoning hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 10.0 8.3 s 5.1 10.0
Suicide mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 15.1 9.5* 15.7* 7.7* 13.8
Opioid burden per 100,000 population 451.7 456.4 68.9* 315.5 443.1
Respiratory Disease Indicators
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 4.6 9.9 s 3.9 5.7
Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, aged 0-17 years 7.2 7.3* s 6.0 10.4
Chronic lower respiratory disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 35.9 35.8 0.0* 23.7* 34.9
Chronic lower respiratory disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 18.3 31.4 s 13.4 20.3
Percentage of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees who had an annual flu vaccination (2021)~~ 51% 38% 44% 42% 50%
Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators
Diseases of the heart mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 169.6 203.7 102.5* 82.2 167.2
Diseases of the heart hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 70.4 62.8 20.5 49.5 77.3
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 23.6 30.1 14.0* 21.2* 24.2
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 18.4 20.9 7.7* 9.9 20.8
Coronary heart disease mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 106.3 110.6 78.8* 59.2 104.4
Coronary heart disease hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 20.7 14.8 9.7* 14.3 23.4
Congestive heart failure mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 15.2 2.6* 0.0* 2.7* 14.3
Potentially preventable heart failure hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 39.5 27.6 s 17.2 38.6
Diabetes Indicators
Diabetes mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted 14.9 24.6* 37.7* 19.7* 15.7
Diabetes (primary diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 11.3 18.6 s 13.4 13.0
Diabetes (any diagnosis) hospitalizations per 10,000 population, age-adjusted 162.8 257.7 79.0 183.4 184.5
Potentially preventable diabetes short-term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 population aged 18 years or older 4.7 9.8 s 6.2 5.5
Cancer Indicators
Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 63.1 77.5 s 23.0* 61.3
Colorectal cancer mortality per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 12.8 s s s 12.4
Colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 42.2 49.9 s 22.8* 40.3
Female breast cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 22.5 s s s 21.9
Female late stage breast cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 38.5 68.8* s 30.9* 40.1
Cervix uteri cancer mortality per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) s 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* s
Cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 female population, age-adjusted (2017-2019) 7.6 s 0.0* s 8.3
Percentage of female fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare enrollees aged 65-74 years who received an annual mammography screening (2021)~~ 40% 40% 32% 33% 39%
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.