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

Source: 2008-2010 Emergency Department Data as of April, 2012

  ED Visits Average Population Average
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg-1 Western New York
Allegany 17 9 10 36 7,379 16.3
Cattaraugus 35 31 37 103 12,356 27.8
Chautauqua 52 53 42 147 21,823 22.5
Erie 273 261 259 793 143,359 18.4
Genesee 15 12 7 34 9,304 12.2
Niagara 57 57 53 167 33,571 16.6
Orleans 14 14 11 39 5,967 21.8
Wyoming 13 12 11 36 5,598 21.4
Region Total 476 449 430 1,355 239,357 18.9
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 37 43 33 113 13,718 27.5
Livingston 18 19 19 56 8,456 22.1
Monroe 193 177 190 560 101,658 18.4
Ontario 25 25 24 74 15,946 15.5
Schuyler 13 10 8 31 3,095 33.4
Seneca 10 8 8 26 5,215 16.6
Steuben 41 40 37 118 15,254 25.8
Wayne 25 19 13 57 12,831 14.8
Yates 6 4 2 12 4,129 9.7
Region Total 368 345 334 1,047 180,302 19.4
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 25 21 17 63 11,972 17.5
Cortland 11 4 11 26 6,319 13.7
Herkimer 21 8 21 50 10,395 16.0
Jefferson 21 10 25 56 13,478 13.8
Lewis 7 6 4 17 3,954 14.3
Madison 15 18 28 61 9,700 21.0
Oneida 95 85 98 278 37,707 24.6
Onondaga 95 70 88 253 64,027 13.2
Oswego 8 11 10 29 14,966 6.5
St Lawrence 42 23 40 105 15,129 23.1
Tompkins 20 13 15 48 10,461 15.3
Region Total 360 269 357 986 198,108 16.6
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 69 45 54 168 32,651 17.2
Chenango 7 8 13 28 8,283 11.3
Tioga 4 3 10 17 7,647 7.4
Region Total 80 56 77 213 48,581 14.6
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 75 99 91 265 41,345 21.4
Clinton 57 30 31 118 11,047 35.6
Columbia 10 6 6 22 10,926 6.7
Delaware 14 5 16 35 9,027 12.9
Essex 25 16 17 58 6,667 29.0
Franklin 30 14 11 55 6,858 26.7
Fulton 16 19 24 59 8,768 22.4
Greene 10 12 11 33 7,954 13.8
Hamilton 1 3 0 4 1,102 12.1
Montgomery 18 19 20 57 8,370 22.7
Otsego 8 6 5 19 9,950 6.4
Rensselaer 36 44 38 118 21,026 18.7
Saratoga 36 36 50 122 28,544 14.2
Schenectady 42 36 22 100 23,365 14.3
Schoharie 0 2 2 4 4,997 2.7
Warren 21 27 17 65 11,312 19.2
Washington 12 11 17 40 9,595 13.9
Region Total 411 385 378 1,174 220,853 17.7
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 84 68 56 208 38,939 17.8
Orange 113 89 89 291 39,742 24.4
Putnam 10 9 18 37 11,924 10.3
Rockland 63 79 73 215 41,101 17.4
Sullivan 17 17 12 46 11,199 13.7
Ulster 38 30 33 101 26,188 12.9
Westchester 324 279 299 902 136,770 22.0
Region Total 649 571 580 1,800 305,863 19.6
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 1,447 1,367 1,348 4,162 147,162 94.3
Kings 1,680 1,649 1,735 5,064 300,705 56.1
New York 1,362 1,325 1,169 3,856 210,695 61.0
Queens 899 966 959 2,824 297,665 31.6
Richmond 124 125 96 345 59,969 19.2
Region Total 5,512 5,432 5,307 16,251 1,016,196 53.3
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 358 396 415 1,169 204,729 19.0
Suffolk 364 414 383 1,161 201,137 19.2
Region Total 722 810 798 2,330 405,866 19.1
New York State Total 8,578 8,317 8,261 25,156 2,615,126 32.1