Asthma Emergency Department (ED) Visits - Rate per 10,000 Population, Age 0-17

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 54 51 55 160 9,807 54.4
Cattaraugus 166 124 147 437 17,836 81.7
Chautauqua 239 210 282 731 28,235 86.3
Erie 1,756 1,655 1,953 5,364 195,594 91.4
Genesee 62 78 86 226 12,615 59.7
Niagara 400 286 462 1,148 45,783 83.6
Orleans 60 49 72 181 9,125 66.1
Wyoming 32 41 45 118 8,116 48.5
Region Total 2,769 2,494 3,102 8,365 327,111 85.2
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 142 120 158 420 18,933 73.9
Livingston 93 95 79 267 12,052 73.8
Monroe 1,707 1,623 1,753 5,083 164,904 102.7
Ontario 121 120 162 403 22,408 59.9
Schuyler 25 31 32 88 3,858 76.0
Seneca 33 35 37 105 6,867 51.0
Steuben 120 113 161 394 21,315 61.6
Wayne 147 127 161 435 21,410 67.7
Yates 29 26 31 86 5,710 50.2
Region Total 2,417 2,290 2,574 7,281 277,457 87.5
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 86 95 87 268 16,578 53.9
Cortland 42 42 28 112 9,867 37.8
Herkimer 67 61 74 202 13,039 51.6
Jefferson 153 156 213 522 28,538 61.0
Lewis 44 28 30 102 5,873 57.9
Madison 111 98 128 337 14,423 77.9
Oneida 292 354 415 1,061 48,818 72.4
Onondaga 708 715 821 2,244 103,313 72.4
Oswego 160 173 127 460 26,827 57.2
St Lawrence 216 201 215 632 22,008 95.7
Tompkins 70 98 89 257 15,573 55.0
Region Total 1,949 2,021 2,227 6,197 304,857 67.8
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 273 244 256 773 38,910 66.2
Chenango 76 57 83 216 10,895 66.1
Tioga 13 19 22 54 11,060 16.3
Region Total 362 320 361 1,043 60,865 57.1
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 580 585 703 1,868 59,938 103.9
Clinton 142 154 159 455 15,099 100.4
Columbia 85 79 99 263 12,638 69.4
Delaware 45 42 67 154 8,850 58.0
Essex 50 71 49 170 6,939 81.7
Franklin 82 75 102 259 9,286 93.0
Fulton 124 99 124 347 11,708 98.8
Greene 58 48 60 166 9,802 56.5
Hamilton 2 0 8 10 817 40.8
Montgomery 112 106 103 321 10,902 98.1
Otsego 48 29 36 113 11,082 34.0
Rensselaer 300 313 427 1,040 33,256 104.2
Saratoga 208 213 221 642 47,244 45.3
Schenectady 319 315 370 1,004 34,203 97.8
Schoharie 15 23 18 56 6,262 29.8
Warren 65 70 80 215 13,017 55.1
Washington 46 67 69 182 12,645 48.0
Region Total 2,281 2,289 2,695 7,265 303,688 79.7
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 449 450 433 1,332 64,400 68.9
Orange 788 708 842 2,338 100,082 77.9
Putnam 77 96 93 266 22,977 38.6
Rockland 300 267 401 968 79,475 40.6
Sullivan 149 145 141 435 17,041 85.1
Ulster 260 226 212 698 36,728 63.3
Westchester 1,911 1,979 2,091 5,981 228,123 87.4
Region Total 3,934 3,871 4,213 12,018 548,826 73.0
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 15,067 14,301 13,377 42,745 388,071 367.2
Kings 12,193 11,608 12,885 36,686 641,638 190.6
New York 8,071 7,675 7,434 23,180 277,378 278.6
Queens 7,766 7,421 8,691 23,878 491,620 161.9
Richmond 1,043 1,141 1,282 3,466 113,910 101.4
Region Total 44,140 42,146 43,669 129,955 1,912,617 226.5
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 2,218 2,103 2,568 6,889 306,021 75.0
Suffolk 2,973 2,859 3,403 9,235 366,574 84.0
Region Total 5,191 4,962 5,971 16,124 672,595 79.9
New York State Total 63,043 60,393 64,812 188,248 4,408,016 142.4