Asthma Emergency Department (ED) Visits - Rate per 10,000 Population, Age 65+

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 13 17 9 39 7,531 17.3
Cattaraugus 22 34 28 84 12,129 23.1
Chautauqua 56 52 52 160 21,351 25.0
Erie 229 272 263 764 141,691 18.0
Genesee 21 15 11 47 9,079 17.3
Niagara 68 56 57 181 33,035 18.3
Orleans 9 14 14 37 5,721 21.6
Wyoming 18 13 12 43 5,540 25.9
Region Total 436 473 446 1,355 236,077 19.1
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 52 37 43 132 13,467 32.7
Livingston 19 18 19 56 8,146 22.9
Monroe 153 193 177 523 99,525 17.5
Ontario 26 25 25 76 15,156 16.7
Schuyler 8 13 10 31 3,027 34.1
Seneca 7 10 8 25 4,989 16.7
Steuben 40 41 37 118 15,010 26.2
Wayne 15 25 20 60 12,372 16.2
Yates 7 6 4 17 4,105 13.8
Region Total 327 368 343 1,038 175,797 19.7
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 17 25 19 61 11,802 17.2
Cortland 7 11 7 25 6,226 13.4
Herkimer 23 21 10 54 10,065 17.9
Jefferson 14 21 10 45 13,506 11.1
Lewis 3 6 2 11 3,899 9.4
Madison 15 15 18 48 9,277 17.2
Oneida 91 95 86 272 37,349 24.3
Onondaga 49 94 68 211 62,222 11.3
Oswego 21 8 11 40 14,579 9.1
St Lawrence 49 42 23 114 15,011 25.3
Tompkins 15 20 13 48 9,911 16.1
Region Total 304 358 267 929 193,847 16.0
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 40 69 42 151 32,609 15.4
Chenango 14 7 8 29 8,099 11.9
Tioga 3 4 3 10 7,291 4.6
Region Total 57 80 53 190 47,999 13.2
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 76 75 97 248 40,881 20.2
Clinton 76 57 30 163 11,101 48.9
Columbia 10 10 6 26 10,529 8.2
Delaware 12 14 4 30 8,898 11.2
Essex 25 25 16 66 6,435 34.2
Franklin 26 30 14 70 6,792 34.4
Fulton 10 16 18 44 8,580 17.1
Greene 16 10 12 38 7,563 16.7
Hamilton 1 1 1 3 1,110 9.0
Montgomery 12 18 19 49 8,371 19.5
Otsego 10 8 7 25 9,615 8.7
Rensselaer 36 35 44 115 20,328 18.9
Saratoga 42 36 37 115 26,806 14.3
Schenectady 22 42 37 101 23,426 14.4
Schoharie 7 0 3 10 4,877 6.8
Warren 19 21 27 67 11,094 20.1
Washington 11 12 11 34 9,431 12.0
Region Total 411 410 383 1,204 215,837 18.6
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 73 84 68 225 37,654 19.9
Orange 113 113 91 317 38,266 27.6
Putnam 15 10 9 34 11,520 9.8
Rockland 80 62 70 212 40,258 17.6
Sullivan 15 17 17 49 11,105 14.7
Ulster 35 38 30 103 25,327 13.6
Westchester 338 322 277 937 135,833 23.0
Region Total 669 646 562 1,877 299,963 20.9
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 1,341 1,439 1,355 4,135 148,116 93.1
Kings 1,516 1,666 1,624 4,806 314,368 51.0
New York 1,261 1,359 1,310 3,930 210,296 62.3
Queens 785 894 944 2,623 305,926 28.6
Richmond 88 124 122 334 59,168 18.8
Region Total 4,991 5,482 5,355 15,828 1,037,874 50.8
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 350 356 388 1,094 202,778 18.0
Suffolk 308 361 405 1,074 197,500 18.1
Region Total 658 717 793 2,168 400,278 18.1
New York State Total 7,853 8,534 8,202 24,589 2,607,672 31.4