Asthma Emergency Department (ED) Visits - Rate per 10,000 Population, Age 18-64

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 111 99 79 289 32,311 29.8
Cattaraugus 262 280 312 854 49,723 57.3
Chautauqua 473 434 532 1,439 84,203 57.0
Erie 2,892 2,948 3,301 9,141 572,560 53.2
Genesee 126 157 159 442 36,127 40.8
Niagara 730 688 785 2,203 135,646 54.1
Orleans 89 99 97 285 27,289 34.8
Wyoming 90 100 85 275 27,996 32.7
Region Total 4,773 4,805 5,350 14,928 965,855 51.5
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 467 399 431 1,297 55,413 78.0
Livingston 159 152 162 473 42,956 36.7
Monroe 2,166 2,438 2,542 7,146 468,333 50.9
Ontario 311 284 296 891 66,911 44.4
Schuyler 67 54 58 179 12,003 49.7
Seneca 59 51 69 179 22,230 26.8
Steuben 309 282 300 891 60,248 49.3
Wayne 208 253 275 736 57,782 42.5
Yates 64 75 105 244 14,837 54.8
Region Total 3,810 3,988 4,238 12,036 800,713 50.1
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 212 229 231 672 51,443 43.5
Cortland 115 142 139 396 32,209 41.0
Herkimer 116 107 136 359 39,096 30.6
Jefferson 289 305 373 967 76,002 42.4
Lewis 77 75 59 211 16,404 42.9
Madison 171 180 213 564 46,066 40.8
Oneida 743 829 865 2,437 145,423 55.9
Onondaga 1,175 1,207 1,186 3,568 287,098 41.4
Oswego 247 284 277 808 79,989 33.7
St Lawrence 424 473 485 1,382 72,682 63.4
Tompkins 163 206 192 561 75,652 24.7
Region Total 3,732 4,037 4,156 11,925 922,064 43.1
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 596 641 582 1,819 123,499 49.1
Chenango 169 141 145 455 31,904 47.5
Tioga 32 38 39 109 31,820 11.4
Region Total 797 820 766 2,383 187,223 42.4
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 1,279 1,290 1,357 3,926 197,311 66.3
Clinton 679 845 702 2,226 55,747 133.1
Columbia 192 188 177 557 38,839 47.8
Delaware 76 83 116 275 28,337 32.3
Essex 140 158 132 430 24,452 58.6
Franklin 203 234 234 671 34,443 64.9
Fulton 256 240 265 761 34,736 73.0
Greene 137 118 106 361 31,627 38.0
Hamilton 3 8 9 20 3,094 21.5
Montgomery 252 242 249 743 29,406 84.2
Otsego 138 84 101 323 41,265 26.1
Rensselaer 590 616 538 1,744 101,677 57.2
Saratoga 352 402 419 1,173 143,141 27.3
Schenectady 601 671 729 2,001 93,798 71.1
Schoharie 42 23 35 100 20,771 16.0
Warren 242 235 229 706 41,860 56.2
Washington 146 187 167 500 40,728 40.9
Region Total 5,328 5,624 5,565 16,517 961,232 57.3
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 1,047 1,157 1,069 3,273 190,824 57.2
Orange 1,628 1,699 1,662 4,989 241,299 68.9
Putnam 166 173 174 513 64,747 26.4
Rockland 569 540 614 1,723 178,812 32.1
Sullivan 318 316 276 910 48,043 63.1
Ulster 562 561 551 1,674 119,615 46.6
Westchester 3,303 3,512 3,447 10,262 589,987 58.0
Region Total 7,593 7,958 7,793 23,344 1,433,327 54.3
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 18,857 18,577 17,609 55,043 855,716 214.4
Kings 16,453 16,940 17,918 51,311 1,600,592 106.9
New York 11,507 11,940 11,752 35,199 1,147,121 102.3
Queens 7,340 7,757 8,416 23,513 1,495,461 52.4
Richmond 1,898 2,076 2,325 6,299 314,329 66.8
Region Total 56,055 57,290 58,020 171,365 5,413,219 105.5
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 2,827 2,874 3,194 8,895 842,826 35.2
Suffolk 4,221 4,437 4,966 13,624 948,150 47.9
Region Total 7,048 7,311 8,160 22,519 1,790,976 41.9
New York State Total 89,136 91,833 94,048 275,017 12,474,609 73.5