Hypertension hospitalization rate per 10,000 - Ages 18 years and older

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

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  Discharges Average Population (ages 18+) Crude
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 5 16 10 31 39,013 2.6
Cattaraugus 38 58 39 135 61,576 7.3
Chautauqua 27 17 21 65 105,190 2.1
Erie 282 270 282 834 715,918 3.9
Genesee 20 19 20 59 45,704 4.3
Niagara 121 131 142 394 168,996 7.8
Orleans 6 9 9 24 33,012 2.4
Wyoming 11 14 14 39 33,281 3.9
Region Total 510 534 537 1,581 1,202,692 4.4
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 55 45 58 158 68,905 7.6
Livingston 8 11 15 34 51,251 2.2
Monroe 212 240 233 685 570,875 4.0
Ontario 30 28 27 85 82,594 3.4
Schuyler 4 9 8 21 14,807 4.7
Seneca 10 7 5 22 27,313 2.7
Steuben 28 26 38 92 75,146 4.1
Wayne 15 17 21 53 70,371 2.5
Yates 5 4 3 12 18,932 2.1
Region Total 367 387 408 1,162 980,194 4.0
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 19 24 24 67 62,923 3.5
Cortland 18 9 8 35 38,454 3.0
Herkimer 22 27 21 70 49,300 4.7
Jefferson 20 28 38 86 88,670 3.2
Lewis 16 3 12 31 20,279 5.1
Madison 13 9 10 32 55,906 1.9
Oneida 96 74 115 285 182,558 5.2
Onondaga 95 100 102 297 353,237 2.8
Oswego 30 20 29 79 94,083 2.8
St Lawrence 54 62 42 158 87,574 6.0
Tompkins 20 19 23 62 85,184 2.4
Region Total 403 375 424 1,202 1,118,170 3.6
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 68 85 68 221 157,053 4.7
Chenango 9 17 14 40 39,413 3.4
Tioga 3 8 7 18 38,913 1.5
Region Total 80 110 89 279 235,379 4.0
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 132 134 142 408 240,043 5.7
Clinton 17 26 17 60 66,455 3.0
Columbia 16 23 26 65 49,559 4.4
Delaware 23 28 17 68 37,474 6.0
Essex 4 15 3 22 31,121 2.4
Franklin 28 33 27 88 40,952 7.2
Fulton 14 13 26 53 43,241 4.1
Greene 18 13 24 55 39,347 4.7
Hamilton 3 2 2 7 4,114 5.7
Montgomery 21 21 20 62 37,825 5.5
Otsego 22 26 22 70 50,530 4.6
Rensselaer 46 48 41 135 123,228 3.7
Saratoga 47 35 43 125 170,481 2.4
Schenectady 53 42 42 137 117,929 3.9
Schoharie 9 4 3 16 25,659 2.1
Warren 17 9 14 40 52,673 2.5
Washington 8 14 18 40 49,956 2.7
Region Total 478 486 487 1,451 1,180,588 4.1
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 128 134 166 428 229,139 6.2
Orange 174 211 210 595 276,690 7.2
Putnam 16 23 33 72 76,007 3.2
Rockland 60 104 109 273 220,061 4.1
Sullivan 29 33 29 91 59,247 5.1
Ulster 71 68 81 220 145,156 5.1
Westchester 376 498 480 1,354 724,320 6.2
Region Total 854 1,071 1,108 3,033 1,730,620 5.8
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 1,848 2,005 1,840 5,693 1,009,575 18.8
Kings 2,431 2,371 2,316 7,118 1,919,587 12.4
New York 1,141 1,131 1,082 3,354 1,359,364 8.2
Queens 1,730 1,504 1,691 4,925 1,794,288 9.1
Richmond 282 377 417 1,076 370,447 9.7
Region Total 7,432 7,388 7,346 22,166 6,453,260 11.4
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 772 818 798 2,388 1,039,168 7.7
Suffolk 843 886 936 2,665 1,144,203 7.8
Region Total 1,615 1,704 1,734 5,053 2,183,372 7.7
New York State Total 11,739 12,055 12,133 35,927 15,084,275 7.9

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

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