Asbestosis hospitalization rate per 100,000 - Ages 15 years and older

Source:2008-2010 SPARCS Data as of May, 2012

(Click on a county name for trend graph data)

  Hospitalizations Average population Crude
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 6 14 18 38 22,033 57.5
Cattaraugus 13 17 11 41 38,200 35.8
Chautauqua 7 4 11 22 61,000 12.0
Erie 22 17 5 44 435,400 3.4
Genesee 5 12 3 20 30,767 21.7
Niagara 7 7 14 28 103,800 9.0
Orleans 28 39 42 109 17,733 204.9
Wyoming 22 22 18 62 19,300 107.1
Region Total 110 132 122 364 728,233 16.7
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 10 11 9 30 37,933 26.4
Livingston 80 73 69 222 29,733 248.9
Monroe 7 9 7 23 349,133 2.2
Ontario 67 45 59 171 53,033 107.5
Schuyler 12 28 15 55 13,767 133.2
Seneca 28 25 41 94 35,833 87.4
Steuben 32 29 28 89 41,800 71.0
Wayne 3 2 0 5 44,100 3.8*
Yates 23 7 13 43 12,433 115.3
Region Total 262 229 241 732 617,767 39.5
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 7 13 13 33 38,467 28.6
Cortland 5 13 0 18 22,167 27.1
Herkimer 1 0 0 1 28,800 1.2*
Jefferson 3 5 6 14 45,367 10.3
Lewis 1 7 5 13 11,600 37.4
Madison 0 4 0 4 33,367 4.0*
Oneida 259 355 256 870 102,900 281.8
Onondaga 14 25 29 68 217,000 10.4
Oswego 4 8 8 20 54,533 12.2
St Lawrence 13 24 10 47 91,567 17.1
Tompkins 8 2 7 17 53,467 10.6
Region Total 315 456 334 1,105 699,233 52.7
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 44 55 74 173 89,800 64.2
Chenango 13 13 9 35 22,433 52.0
Tioga 2 0 0 2 24,167 2.8*
Region Total 59 68 83 210 136,400 51.3
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 33 42 31 106 148,600 23.8
Clinton 1 3 0 4 36,133 3.7*
Columbia 5 6 6 17 29,267 19.4
Delaware 1 0 0 1 20,667 1.6*
Essex 172 212 205 589 16,800 1,168.7
Franklin 1 3 0 4 21,067 6.3*
Fulton 6 13 13 32 24,867 42.9
Greene 7 7 2 16 22,333 23.9
Hamilton 7 0 7 14 2,833 164.7
Montgomery 2 1 3 6 22,233 9.0*
Otsego 33 40 50 123 29,400 139.5
Rensselaer 37 33 58 128 77,900 54.8
Saratoga 163 139 150 452 85,333 176.6
Schenectady 28 30 21 79 32,833 80.2
Schoharie 81 127 94 302 10,900 923.5
Warren 327 368 300 995 33,500 990.0
Washington 15 10 11 36 30,067 39.9
Region Total 919 1,034 951 2,904 644,733 150.1
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 4 5 3 12 134,967 3.0
Orange 20 15 26 61 167,433 12.1
Putnam 10 8 4 22 51,767 14.2
Rockland 8 5 5 18 144,333 4.2
Sullivan 4 5 7 16 32,467 16.4
Ulster 6 10 21 37 83,433 14.8
Westchester 5 2 2 9 456,933 0.7*
Region Total 57 50 68 175 1,071,333 5.4
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 9 7 7 23 477,867 1.6
Kings 7 6 18 31 1,026,233 1.0
New York 60 55 57 172 870,067 6.6
Queens 4 5 3 12 1,051,800 0.4
Richmond 1 4 0 5 229,467 0.7*
Region Total 81 77 85 243 3,655,433 2.2
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 43 40 39 122 650,067 6.3
Suffolk 30 31 35 96 740,000 4.3
Region Total 73 71 74 218 1,390,067 5.2
New York State Total 1,876 2,117 1,958 5,951 8,943,200 22.2

*: Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate is unstable

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