Asthma hospitalization rate per 10,000 - Ages 5-64 years

Source:2008-2010 SPARCS Data as of May, 2011

(Click on a county name for trend graph data)

  Discharges Average Population (ages 5-64) Crude
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 32 37 24 93 39,243 7.9
Cattaraugus 31 53 52 136 62,654 7.2
Chautauqua 71 78 72 221 104,818 7.0
Erie 691 871 695 2,257 720,511 10.4
Genesee 35 31 33 99 46,035 7.2
Niagara 163 200 118 481 170,123 9.4
Orleans 21 15 21 57 34,167 5.6
Wyoming 33 24 28 85 34,077 8.3
Region Total 1,077 1,309 1,043 3,429 1,211,627 9.4
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 60 85 94 239 69,456 11.5
Livingston 17 34 24 75 52,223 4.8
Monroe 578 662 552 1,792 592,739 10.1
Ontario 35 61 39 135 84,335 5.3
Schuyler 3 9 13 25 14,707 5.7
Seneca 6 8 11 25 27,397 3.0
Steuben 69 63 45 177 76,499 7.7
Wayne 43 58 56 157 73,926 7.1
Yates 8 20 4 32 19,216 5.6
Region Total 819 1,000 838 2,657 1,010,498 8.8
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 51 56 57 164 63,668 8.6
Cortland 35 24 18 77 39,595 6.5
Herkimer 34 29 33 96 49,119 6.5
Jefferson 40 44 39 123 95,340 4.3
Lewis 15 10 18 43 20,873 6.9
Madison 37 42 38 117 57,592 6.8
Oneida 212 247 181 640 181,897 11.7
Onondaga 210 261 241 712 367,012 6.5
Oswego 71 76 64 211 99,801 7.0
St Lawrence 87 102 76 265 89,037 9.9
Tompkins 35 34 13 82 86,590 3.2
Region Total 827 925 778 2,530 1,150,525 7.3
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 142 145 110 397 153,785 8.6
Chenango 22 26 28 76 39,686 6.4
Tioga 6 9 4 19 39,929 1.6
Region Total 170 180 142 492 233,400 7.0
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 199 298 260 757 243,458 10.4
Clinton 58 74 89 221 66,896 11.0
Columbia 29 40 31 100 48,347 6.9
Delaware 29 31 18 78 35,202 7.4
Essex 17 15 21 53 29,798 5.9
Franklin 42 51 48 141 41,338 11.4
Fulton 58 72 59 189 43,508 14.5
Greene 43 32 22 97 38,753 8.3
Hamilton 1 1 1 3 3,646 2.7
Montgomery 33 30 31 94 37,768 8.3
Otsego 34 54 24 112 49,286 7.6
Rensselaer 135 166 119 420 126,986 11.0
Saratoga 105 123 98 326 178,419 6.1
Schenectady 110 121 101 332 120,079 9.2
Schoharie 19 23 11 53 25,580 6.9
Warren 57 60 69 186 51,373 12.1
Washington 52 67 58 177 50,047 11.8
Region Total 1,021 1,258 1,060 3,339 1,190,486 9.3
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 229 252 173 654 240,203 9.1
Orange 310 383 303 996 312,251 10.6
Putnam 63 62 40 165 82,308 6.7
Rockland 201 255 180 636 239,227 8.9
Sullivan 77 94 41 212 60,742 11.6
Ulster 150 161 113 424 146,586 9.6
Westchester 851 898 784 2,533 757,717 11.1
Region Total 1,881 2,105 1,634 5,620 1,839,034 10.2
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 5,519 5,913 5,145 16,577 1,135,968 48.6
Kings 4,621 5,046 4,511 14,178 2,053,308 23.0
New York 2,442 2,539 2,135 7,116 1,316,167 18.0
Queens 2,522 2,401 2,280 7,203 1,837,015 13.1
Richmond 600 712 660 1,972 393,655 16.7
Region Total 15,704 16,611 14,731 47,046 6,736,114 23.3
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 1,006 1,102 1,019 3,127 1,070,924 9.7
Suffolk 1,256 1,544 1,304 4,104 1,216,422 11.2
Region Total 2,262 2,646 2,323 7,231 2,287,346 10.5
New York State Total 23,761 26,034 22,549 72,344 15,659,028 15.4

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

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