Respiratory Diseases Indicators - Bronx County
Respiratory Diseases
Bronx County
2004-2006
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYC Rate | Sig.Dif. | Ranking Quartile |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLRD (COPD) mortality rate per 100,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 901 | 22.1 | 34.3 | Yes | 19.4 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 901 | 25.6 | 31.3 | Yes | 18.9 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| COPD (CLRD) hospitalization rate per 10,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 32,338 | 79.4 | 37.8 | Yes | 46.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 32,338 | 81.7 | 36.7 | Yes | 46.4 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Asthma Hospitalization rates per 10,000 | |||||||||
| Total Population - Crude | 26,321 | 64.6 | 21.0 | Yes | 32.7 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Total Population - Age-adjusted | 26,321 | 64.5 | 21.0 | Yes | 33.0 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| 0-4 years | 5,477 | 154.8 | 61.7 | Yes | 88.2 | Yes | 4th | 25.0 | No |
| 0-17 years | 10,414 | 86.8 | 31.5 | Yes | 51.6 | Yes | 4th | 17.3 | No |
| 5-64 years | 17,263 | 52.3 | 16.2 | Yes | 25.7 | Yes | 4th | 7.7 | No |
| 65+ years | 3,581 | 86.2 | 30.0 | Yes | 46.2 | Yes | 4th | 11.0 | No |
| Asthma mortality rate per 1,000,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 149 | 36.6 | 14.2 | Yes | 20.7 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 149 | 39.8 | 13.4 | Yes | 20.4 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2003) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | NYC | CI # | |||
| % of adults with current asthma | 10.8 | ± 2.9 | 7.9 | ± 0.6 | 8.0 | ± 1.2 | 4th | 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
