Respiratory Diseases Indicators - Bronx County
Respiratory Diseases
Bronx County
2007-2009
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYC Rate | Sig.Dif. | County Ranking Group |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLRD (COPD) mortality rate per 100,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 868 | 20.8 | 34.2 | Yes | 18.2 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 868 | 23.3 | 30.7 | Yes | 17.5 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| COPD (CLRD) hospitalization rate per 10,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 32,998 | 79.0 | 38.4 | Yes | 44.3 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 32,998 | 81.5 | 36.8 | Yes | 44.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Asthma Hospitalization rates per 10,000 | |||||||||
| Total Population - Crude | 26,462 | 63.4 | 20.3 | Yes | 31.0 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Total Population - Age-adjusted | 26,462 | 63.9 | 20.4 | Yes | 31.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| 0-4 years | 5,423 | 164.3 | 58.8 | Yes | 84.0 | Yes | 4th | 25.0 | No |
| 0-17 years | 9,891 | 85.0 | 29.4 | Yes | 46.7 | Yes | 4th | 17.3 | No |
| 5-64 years | 16,854 | 49.6 | 15.5 | Yes | 23.6 | Yes | 4th | 7.7 | No |
| 65+ years | 4,185 | 94.2 | 31.2 | Yes | 49.7 | Yes | 4th | 11.0 | No |
| Asthma mortality rate per 1,000,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 144 | 34.5 | 12.1 | Yes | 17.1 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 144 | 36.7 | 11.2 | Yes | 16.7 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2008-09) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | NYC | CI # | |||
| % of adults with current asthma | N/A | N/A | 9.7 | ± 1.5 | 9.2 | ± 3.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
#: 95% confidence interval for BRFSS/Expanded BRFSS indicators
