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        • Students Receiving Special Education Services
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        • Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Race/Ethnicity
      • Learning Outcomes
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        • Education Levels of Adults
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    • Financial Stability
      • Financial Resources
        • Median Household Income
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        • People Living in Poverty
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        • People living with AIDS
        • Mental health clinic visits
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        • Homeownership Rates
        • Homelessness
      • Affordable Housing
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  • Ulster County Profile
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      • Family Support
        • Children Living in Poverty
        • Children Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity
        • Single-Parent Families
        • Single-Parent Families, by Race/Ethnicity
        • Rate of Child Abuse and Neglect
        • Rate of Foster Care Admissions
      • Youth Risk Behavior
        • Teen Pregnancy
        • Live Births to Teen Mothers
        • Juvenile Delinquency Intakes
        • Bullying
    • Community Engagement
      • Philanthropic Support
        • Average Charitable Giving
      • Civic Participation
        • Voter Registration Rate
        • Voter Participation Rate
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      • Population Characteristics
        • Total Population
        • Population by Age
        • Population by Race/Ethnicity
        • Household Types
    • Economy
      • Health of the Economy
        • Change in Total Jobs
        • Employment by Sector
      • Cost of Government
        • Spending for County Government
      • Exciting Regional Destinations
        • Tourism Revenue
    • Education
      • School Readiness
        • Preschoolers Receiving Special Education Services
        • Prekindergarten Participation
        • Students Receiving Special Education Services
      • Public Support for Education
        • Per-Student Spending
      • Academic Achievement
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 English
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Economic Background
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Race/Ethnicity
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 Math
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Economic Background
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Race/Ethnicity
      • Learning Outcomes
        • High School Cohort Graduation Rate
        • High School Cohort Dropout Rate
        • High School GED Rate
        • Plans of High School Graduates
        • Education Levels of Adults
        • Education Levels of Adults, by Race/Ethnicity
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        • Babies with Low Birth Weights
        • Infant Mortality
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        • People living with AIDS
        • Mental health clinic visits
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      • Healthy Neighborhoods
        • Homeownership Rates
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7 | Health, Ulster County Profile | Key Trends

Healthy communities are built on a foundation of healthy children, youth and adults.

In this section, we highlight the trends several indicators: 1) individuals without health insurance; 2) early prenatal care; 3) low birth rate and; 4) infant mortality.

In all cases, comparisons to state statistics reflect the state excluding New York City.

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Key Trends

Healthy communities are built on a foundation of healthy children, youth and adults.

In this section, we highlight the trends several indicators: 1) individuals without health insurance; 2) early prenatal care; 3) low birth rate and; 4) infant mortality.

In all cases, comparisons to state statistics reflect the state excluding New York City.

Overview

About 8% of Ulster residents lacked health insurance in 2015. Rates of early prenatal care varied by racial and ethnic group, and low birth weight babies and infant mortality rates have fluctuated up and down over the past 15 years but overall been close to state averages. Less people are living with HIV and AIDS along with fewer visits to mental health clinics.

Access to Care

In 2015, 8% of Ulster County residents under age 65 lacked health insurance, higher than the region and state rate (7% and 6% respectively), but below the nation (11%). 

Healthy Start

Early prenatal care varied among racial and ethnic groups in Ulster, similar to statewide trends. In 2015, 81% of white mothers in Ulster received early prenatal care, compared to 78% of Hispanic mothers and 63% of African American mothers. Rates for most racial/ethnic groups in Ulster were below state rates.

The rate of low birth weight babies in Ulster County were above the region but lower than the state. In 2015, 7.1% of babies born in Ulster had low birth weights, above the 6.2% in 2000 and the second highest rate in the region. Since 2000, Ulster has averaged 7.0% low weight babies, below the state’s 7.6% average.

Ulster County’s infant mortality rate has fluctuated since 2000, surpassing the rates for the region and state for some years. In 2015, there were 5.7 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, above the region (4.2) and state (5.1). Infant mortality since 2000 has averaged 5.6 similar with the state’s average over that time period.

Health Challenges

The rate of people living with HIV has decreased since 2002 in Ulster, to 99 per 100,000 residents in 2015. This compared to 91 in the region and 87 in the state.  The rate has decreased by 8% in Ulster since 2002, similar to regional trends.

Ulster County’s rate of people living with AIDS declined from 2002. In 2015, 141 people per 100,000 were living with AIDS in Ulster, a 4% increase from 2002. Ulster had the highest rate in the region (131) and the state (115). 

The rate of mental health clinic visits in Ulster declined over the decade. There were 5.2 mental health clinic visits per 1,000 residents in Ulster in 2015.  Ulster’s rates have consistently fallen between the rates of Dutchess and Orange, but Ulster had the second largest rate of decline at 22% since 2001.

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People Without Health Insurance


The percentage of people under 65 who are not covered by some form of health insurance, including public programs such as Medicaid and Medicare.

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