Asthma Emergency Department (ED) Visits - Rate per 10,000 Population, Age 0-14

Source: 2007-2009 Emergency Department Data as of February, 2011

  ED Visits Population Average
Region/County 2007 2008 2009 Total 2008 Rate
Reg-1 Western New York
Allegany 44 48 49 141 7,821 60.1
Cattaraugus 150 107 128 385 14,371 89.3
Chautauqua 189 185 251 625 22,365 93.2
Erie 1,546 1,451 1,743 4,740 156,901 100.7
Genesee 54 69 77 200 10,005 66.6
Niagara 356 246 405 1,007 36,609 91.7
Orleans 55 45 68 168 7,189 77.9
Wyoming 26 32 39 97 6,356 50.9
Region Total 2,420 2,183 2,760 7,363 261,617 93.8
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 121 96 128 345 15,303 75.1
Livingston 86 85 69 240 9,634 83.0
Monroe 1,508 1,429 1,585 4,522 132,180 114.0
Ontario 105 104 144 353 17,930 65.6
Schuyler 22 27 28 77 3,017 85.1
Seneca 29 29 34 92 5,428 56.5
Steuben 100 93 134 327 17,024 64.0
Wayne 133 108 140 381 17,047 74.5
Yates 24 23 28 75 4,568 54.7
Region Total 2,128 1,994 2,290 6,412 222,131 96.2
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 68 80 74 222 13,132 56.4
Cortland 35 29 21 85 7,954 35.6
Herkimer 59 45 58 162 10,423 51.8
Jefferson 128 140 191 459 23,736 64.5
Lewis 37 26 24 87 4,736 61.2
Madison 95 88 110 293 11,560 84.5
Oneida 244 305 361 910 39,075 77.6
Onondaga 655 650 744 2,049 83,495 81.8
Oswego 126 145 110 381 21,191 59.9
St Lawrence 186 174 184 544 17,662 102.7
Tompkins 62 77 73 212 12,438 56.8
Region Total 1,695 1,759 1,950 5,404 245,402 73.4
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 235 201 216 652 31,278 69.5
Chenango 71 55 70 196 8,592 76.0
Tioga 12 17 20 49 8,803 18.6
Region Total 318 273 306 897 48,673 61.4
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 487 494 605 1,586 48,146 109.8
Clinton 102 118 129 349 11,966 97.2
Columbia 79 72 89 240 9,630 83.1
Delaware 36 36 53 125 6,980 59.7
Essex 38 61 40 139 5,537 83.7
Franklin 64 59 84 207 7,387 93.4
Fulton 108 88 105 301 9,264 108.3
Greene 54 43 54 151 7,778 64.7
Hamilton 2 0 2 4 652 20.4
Montgomery 94 87 83 264 8,953 98.3
Otsego 39 22 28 89 8,538 34.7
Rensselaer 273 276 382 931 26,895 115.4
Saratoga 180 185 191 556 38,442 48.2
Schenectady 289 276 332 897 27,784 107.6
Schoharie 13 22 17 52 4,948 35.0
Warren 57 63 68 188 10,293 60.9
Washington 41 58 58 157 10,043 52.1
Region Total 1,956 1,960 2,320 6,236 243,236 85.5
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 379 386 372 1,137 51,373 73.8
Orange 680 592 729 2,001 81,477 81.9
Putnam 66 84 77 227 18,400 41.1
Rockland 256 240 367 863 65,511 43.9
Sullivan 121 111 121 353 13,552 86.8
Ulster 213 177 173 563 29,024 64.7
Westchester 1,716 1,803 1,891 5,410 186,333 96.8
Region Total 3,431 3,393 3,730 10,554 445,670 78.9
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 13,865 13,281 12,310 39,456 318,553 412.9
Kings 11,162 10,647 11,844 33,653 533,800 210.1
New York 7,289 6,936 6,679 20,904 239,312 291.2
Queens 7,206 6,932 8,082 22,220 409,064 181.1
Richmond 888 1,003 1,125 3,016 92,577 108.6
Region Total 40,410 38,799 40,040 119,249 1,593,306 249.5
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 1,994 1,891 2,332 6,217 246,208 84.2
Suffolk 2,603 2,538 3,040 8,181 297,897 91.5
Region Total 4,597 4,429 5,372 14,398 544,105 88.2
New York State Total 56,955 54,790 58,768 170,513 3,604,140 157.7