Respiratory Diseases Indicators - Westchester County
Respiratory Diseases
Westchester County
2004-2006
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYS Rate exc NYC | Sig.Dif. | Ranking Quartile |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLRD (COPD) mortality rate per 100,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 908 | 32.2 | 34.3 | No | 45.2 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 908 | 27.0 | 31.3 | Yes | 39.3 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| COPD (CLRD) hospitalization rate per 10,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 8,093 | 28.7 | 37.8 | Yes | 31.7 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 8,093 | 26.3 | 36.7 | Yes | 29.6 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Asthma Hospitalization rates per 10,000 | |||||||||
| Total Population - Crude | 3,945 | 14.0 | 21.0 | Yes | 12.4 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Total Population - Age-adjusted | 3,945 | 13.5 | 21.0 | Yes | 12.4 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| 0-4 years | 657 | 34.8 | 61.7 | Yes | 37.8 | Yes | 3rd | 25.0 | No |
| 0-17 years | 1,123 | 16.1 | 31.5 | Yes | 16.6 | No | 3rd | 17.3 | Yes |
| 5-64 years | 2,409 | 10.7 | 16.2 | Yes | 9.3 | Yes | 4th | 7.7 | No |
| 65+ years | 879 | 22.5 | 30.0 | Yes | 19.5 | Yes | 4th | 11.0 | No |
| Asthma mortality rate per 1,000,000 | |||||||||
| Crude | 26 | 9.2 | 14.2 | No | 9.5 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-Adjusted | 26 | 8.5 | 13.4 | Yes | 8.6 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2003) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | Upstate | CI # | |||
| % of adults with current asthma | 7.5 | ± 2.4 | 7.9 | ± 0.6 | 7.9 | ± 0.6 | 1st | 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
