Asthma Emergency Department (ED) Visits - Rate per 10,000 Population, Age 25-44

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 48 52 43 143 11,270 42.3
Cattaraugus 132 146 159 437 19,198 75.9
Chautauqua 245 199 243 687 32,227 71.1
Erie 1,400 1,358 1,546 4,304 222,690 64.4
Genesee 65 81 76 222 14,426 51.3
Niagara 350 319 358 1,027 53,240 64.3
Orleans 42 50 41 133 11,905 37.2
Wyoming 47 43 51 141 12,396 37.9
Region Total 2,329 2,248 2,517 7,094 377,352 62.7
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 244 214 222 680 22,940 98.8
Livingston 71 69 74 214 15,598 45.7
Monroe 973 1,071 1,199 3,243 180,105 60.0
Ontario 150 133 124 407 26,431 51.3
Schuyler 38 27 23 88 4,785 61.3
Seneca 26 28 28 82 9,644 28.3
Steuben 166 164 151 481 25,544 62.8
Wayne 93 119 137 349 23,189 50.2
Yates 34 25 64 123 5,591 73.3
Region Total 1,795 1,850 2,022 5,667 313,827 60.2
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 106 104 110 320 21,569 49.5
Cortland 43 69 67 179 12,185 49.0
Herkimer 59 45 67 171 16,076 35.5
Jefferson 138 143 182 463 36,878 41.8
Lewis 49 45 20 114 6,877 55.3
Madison 84 98 123 305 17,152 59.3
Oneida 332 382 393 1,107 60,387 61.1
Onondaga 594 596 585 1,775 114,971 51.5
Oswego 118 143 144 405 31,418 43.0
St Lawrence 209 224 242 675 27,806 80.9
Tompkins 86 96 82 264 27,325 32.2
Region Total 1,818 1,945 2,015 5,778 372,644 51.7
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 290 312 245 847 47,356 59.6
Chenango 80 87 66 233 13,326 58.3
Tioga 18 13 17 48 12,712 12.6
Region Total 388 412 328 1,128 73,394 51.2
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 640 685 663 1,988 78,454 84.5
Clinton 338 420 327 1,085 23,768 152.2
Columbia 89 88 85 262 15,461 56.5
Delaware 38 31 46 115 10,546 36.3
Essex 43 59 44 146 10,674 45.6
Franklin 109 111 135 355 15,794 74.9
Fulton 135 137 134 406 15,003 90.2
Greene 54 67 62 183 12,885 47.3
Hamilton 1 5 3 9 1,155 26.0
Montgomery 121 114 106 341 12,455 91.3
Otsego 64 37 52 153 14,213 35.9
Rensselaer 306 326 250 882 41,470 70.9
Saratoga 158 189 196 543 62,945 28.8
Schenectady 318 380 352 1,050 38,179 91.7
Schoharie 14 11 15 40 8,083 16.5
Warren 129 105 123 357 17,744 67.1
Washington 69 75 65 209 17,823 39.1
Region Total 2,626 2,840 2,658 8,124 396,652 68.3
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 518 511 440 1,469 76,194 64.3
Orange 681 831 745 2,257 104,149 72.2
Putnam 69 77 75 221 24,854 29.6
Rockland 245 255 301 801 67,642 39.5
Sullivan 164 148 165 477 20,559 77.3
Ulster 280 277 285 842 47,408 59.2
Westchester 1,583 1,653 1,575 4,811 236,757 67.7
Region Total 3,540 3,752 3,586 10,878 577,563 62.8
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 8,543 8,273 7,737 24,553 400,552 204.3
Kings 7,420 7,612 7,808 22,840 731,385 104.1
New York 4,878 4,846 4,601 14,325 608,214 78.5
Queens 3,392 3,483 3,578 10,453 685,615 50.8
Richmond 976 967 1,060 3,003 134,807 74.3
Region Total 25,209 25,181 24,784 75,174 2,560,573 97.9
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 1,256 1,297 1,326 3,879 301,522 42.9
Suffolk 2,167 2,213 2,390 6,770 381,708 59.1
Region Total 3,423 3,510 3,716 10,649 683,230 52.0
New York State Total 41,128 41,738 41,626 124,492 5,355,235 77.5