Respiratory Diseases Indicators - Essex County
Respiratory Diseases
Essex County
2007-2009
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYS Rate exc NYC | Sig.Dif. | County Ranking Group |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLRD (COPD) mortality rate per 100,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 89 | 78.4 | 34.2 | Yes | 46.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 89 | 56.1 | 30.7 | Yes | 39.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| COPD (CLRD) hospitalization rate per 10,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 404 | 35.6 | 38.4 | No | 33.9 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 404 | 27.8 | 36.8 | Yes | 31.0 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Asthma Hospitalization rates per 10,000 | |||||||||
| Total Population - Crude | 88 | 7.8 | 20.3 | Yes | 12.3 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Total Population - Age-adjusted | 88 | 6.9 | 20.4 | Yes | 12.3 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| 0-4 years | 9 | 16.7* | 58.8 | Yes | 35.8 | Yes | 1st | 25.0 | Yes |
| 0-17 years | 14 | 6.7* | 29.4 | Yes | 16.2 | Yes | 1st | 17.3 | Yes |
| 5-64 years | 44 | 5.0 | 15.5 | Yes | 9.4 | Yes | 1st | 7.7 | Yes |
| 65+ years | 35 | 18.1 | 31.2 | Yes | 19.0 | No | 3rd | 11.0 | No |
| Asthma mortality rate per 1,000,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | s | 8.8* | 12.1 | No | 8.3 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | s | 5.3* | 11.2 | No | 7.4 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2008-09) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | Upstate | CI # | |||
| % of adults with current asthma | 11.7 | ± 4.2 | 9.7 | ± 1.5 | 10.1 | ± 0.8 | 3rd | 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
