Asthma (Age 65+) - Discharge Rate Per 10,000 Population Age 65+

Source: 2007-2009 SPARCS Data as of Februray, 2011

(Click on a county name for a ten-year trend)

  Discharges Population Crude
Region/County 2007 2008 2009 Total 2008 Rate
Reg-1 Western New York
Allegany 9 11 10 30 7,531 13.3
Cattaraugus 12 15 21 48 12,129 13.2
Chautauqua 43 40 40 123 21,351 19.2
Erie 228 250 272 750 141,691 17.6
Genesee 17 17 11 45 9,079 16.5
Niagara 54 65 56 175 33,035 17.7
Orleans 7 12 15 34 5,721 19.8
Wyoming 14 11 14 39 5,540 23.5
Region Total 384 421 439 1,244 236,077 17.6
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 23 25 40 88 13,467 21.8
Livingston 13 18 15 46 8,146 18.8
Monroe 137 187 155 479 99,525 16.0
Ontario 14 20 11 45 15,156 9.9
Schuyler 3 4 7 14 3,027 15.4
Seneca 8 3 4 15 4,989 10.0
Steuben 23 26 30 79 15,010 17.5
Wayne 11 20 16 47 12,372 12.7
Yates 9 6 4 19 4,105 15.4
Region Total 241 309 282 832 175,797 15.8
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 13 22 16 51 11,802 14.4
Cortland 3 2 3 8 6,226 4.3
Herkimer 14 16 17 47 10,065 15.6
Jefferson 6 15 6 27 13,506 6.7
Lewis 7 5 4 16 3,899 13.7
Madison 27 17 15 59 9,277 21.2
Oneida 101 125 115 341 37,349 30.4
Onondaga 52 57 75 184 62,222 9.9
Oswego 18 12 18 48 14,579 11.0
St Lawrence 24 26 23 73 15,011 16.2
Tompkins 10 10 8 28 9,911 9.4
Region Total 275 307 300 882 193,847 15.2
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 46 68 52 166 32,609 17.0
Chenango 13 6 11 30 8,099 12.3
Tioga 7 4 3 14 7,291 6.4
Region Total 66 78 66 210 47,999 14.6
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 66 80 84 230 40,881 18.8
Clinton 50 39 35 124 11,101 37.2
Columbia 8 14 11 33 10,529 10.4
Delaware 15 20 14 49 8,898 18.4
Essex 10 15 10 35 6,435 18.1
Franklin 11 18 25 54 6,792 26.5
Fulton 17 13 18 48 8,580 18.6
Greene 12 10 11 33 7,563 14.5
Hamilton 1 0 0 1 1,110 3.0
Montgomery 12 10 9 31 8,371 12.3
Otsego 18 19 17 54 9,615 18.7
Rensselaer 38 47 52 137 20,328 22.5
Saratoga 30 34 32 96 26,806 11.9
Schenectady 27 23 33 83 23,426 11.8
Schoharie 4 1 4 9 4,877 6.2
Warren 18 28 20 66 11,094 19.8
Washington 12 24 21 57 9,431 20.1
Region Total 349 395 396 1,140 215,837 17.6
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 58 57 60 175 37,654 15.5
Orange 81 73 78 232 38,266 20.2
Putnam 23 27 36 86 11,520 24.9
Rockland 81 93 95 269 40,258 22.3
Sullivan 14 20 10 44 11,105 13.2
Ulster 42 38 26 106 25,327 14.0
Westchester 314 339 302 955 135,833 23.4
Region Total 613 647 607 1,867 299,963 20.7
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 1,227 1,474 1,484 4,185 148,116 94.2
Kings 1,427 1,670 1,726 4,823 314,368 51.1
New York 971 1,074 968 3,013 210,296 47.8
Queens 932 1,009 1,030 2,971 305,926 32.4
Richmond 135 166 186 487 59,168 27.4
Region Total 4,692 5,393 5,394 15,479 1,037,874 49.7
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 468 542 541 1,551 202,778 25.5
Suffolk 368 401 431 1,200 197,500 20.3
Region Total 836 943 972 2,751 400,278 22.9
New York State Total 7,456 8,493 8,456 24,405 2,607,672 31.2