Respiratory Diseases Indicators - Schenectady County
Respiratory Diseases
Schenectady 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 | 298 | 65.6 | 34.2 | Yes | 46.2 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 298 | 47.5 | 30.7 | Yes | 39.2 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| COPD (CLRD) hospitalization rate per 10,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 1,666 | 36.7 | 38.4 | No | 33.9 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 1,666 | 32.4 | 36.8 | Yes | 31.0 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Asthma Hospitalization rates per 10,000 | |||||||||
| Total Population - Crude | 555 | 12.2 | 20.3 | Yes | 12.3 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Total Population - Age-adjusted | 555 | 12.3 | 20.4 | Yes | 12.3 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| 0-4 years | 134 | 47.8 | 58.8 | Yes | 35.8 | Yes | 4th | 25.0 | No |
| 0-17 years | 193 | 18.8 | 29.4 | Yes | 16.2 | No | 4th | 17.3 | No |
| 5-64 years | 338 | 9.5 | 15.5 | Yes | 9.4 | No | 3rd | 7.7 | No |
| 65+ years | 83 | 11.8 | 31.2 | Yes | 19.0 | Yes | 1st | 11.0 | No |
| Asthma mortality rate per 1,000,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 5 | 11.0* | 12.1 | No | 8.3 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 5 | 10.2* | 11.2 | No | 7.4 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2008-09) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | Upstate | CI # | |||
| % of adults with current asthma | 13.4 | ± 3.4 | 9.7 | ± 1.5 | 10.1 | ± 0.8 | 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


