Asthma Emergency Department (ED) Visits - Rate per 10,000 Population, Total

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

Adjusted Rates are Age-adjusted to the 2000 United States Population

  ED Visits Average Population Crude Adjusted
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Average Rate Average Rate
Reg-1 Western New York
Allegany 167 150 152 469 49,251 31.7 35.6
Cattaraugus 439 500 476 1,415 79,898 59.0 63.9
Chautauqua 696 847 854 2,397 134,066 59.6 64.4
Erie 4,877 5,539 5,054 15,470 912,711 56.5 61.1
Genesee 250 254 204 708 58,589 40.3 44.4
Niagara 1,031 1,307 1,024 3,362 215,163 52.1 56.6
Orleans 162 177 150 489 42,356 38.5 41.3
Wyoming 154 145 131 430 41,735 34.3 36.3
Region Total 7,776 8,919 8,045 24,740 1,533,769 53.8 58.1
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 556 628 579 1,763 88,325 66.5 70.8
Livingston 265 253 275 793 63,806 41.4 45.7
Monroe 4,259 4,476 4,326 13,061 736,936 59.1 62.7
Ontario 429 494 404 1,327 106,019 41.7 45.1
Schuyler 98 115 103 316 18,650 56.5 61.3
Seneca 96 114 97 307 34,462 29.7 32.0
Steuben 436 497 467 1,400 97,372 47.9 51.5
Wayne 405 453 338 1,196 92,209 43.2 46.5
Yates 107 134 92 333 24,827 44.7 49.8
Region Total 6,651 7,164 6,681 20,496 1,262,606 54.1 57.7
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 349 353 252 954 79,792 39.9 42.5
Cortland 196 168 186 550 48,545 37.8 40.0
Herkimer 189 202 242 633 62,985 33.5 36.1
Jefferson 483 550 603 1,636 117,665 46.3 46.0
Lewis 110 142 130 382 26,473 48.1 52.0
Madison 293 389 408 1,090 71,054 51.1 56.4
Oneida 1,278 1,360 1,283 3,921 232,504 56.2 60.1
Onondaga 2,017 2,070 1,859 5,946 458,137 43.3 45.9
Oswego 465 406 401 1,272 121,627 34.9 36.7
St Lawrence 719 726 670 2,115 110,453 63.8 67.5
Tompkins 325 294 220 839 101,493 27.6 30.7
Region Total 6,424 6,660 6,254 19,338 1,430,728 45.1 47.5
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 954 873 835 2,662 196,749 45.1 48.4
Chenango 205 234 262 701 50,665 46.1 51.9
Tioga 61 66 55 182 50,453 12.0 12.8
Region Total 1,220 1,173 1,152 3,545 297,867 39.7 42.8
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 1,953 2,291 1,956 6,200 300,206 68.8 74.6
Clinton 1,056 874 769 2,699 81,898 109.9 110.6
Columbia 277 282 216 775 62,240 41.5 48.7
Delaware 139 175 176 490 46,526 35.1 39.8
Essex 254 217 174 645 38,294 56.1 60.0
Franklin 339 348 304 991 50,798 65.0 67.7
Fulton 355 405 340 1,100 55,203 66.4 73.0
Greene 176 184 127 487 49,053 33.1 37.8
Hamilton 9 45 14 68 4,927 46.0 61.1
Montgomery 366 363 413 1,142 49,171 77.4 83.6
Otsego 121 141 125 387 61,941 20.8 23.7
Rensselaer 965 1,019 930 2,914 156,744 62.0 66.5
Saratoga 651 668 670 1,989 218,956 30.3 32.1
Schenectady 1,029 999 1,045 3,073 152,774 67.0 72.0
Schoharie 46 61 77 184 32,063 19.1 21.9
Warren 326 336 336 998 65,900 50.5 56.0
Washington 266 249 234 749 62,924 39.7 41.9
Region Total 8,328 8,657 7,906 24,891 1,489,618 55.7 60.0
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 1,691 1,576 1,301 4,568 294,643 51.7 53.3
Orange 2,520 2,574 2,485 7,579 378,664 66.7 66.6
Putnam 279 275 293 847 99,406 28.4 30.3
Rockland 871 1,101 1,099 3,071 303,468 33.7 34.4
Sullivan 478 431 400 1,309 76,521 57.0 61.7
Ulster 826 827 741 2,394 181,868 43.9 47.2
Westchester 5,824 5,827 5,701 17,352 953,006 60.7 63.3
Region Total 12,489 12,611 12,020 37,120 2,287,576 54.1 56.0
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 34,346 32,413 31,752 98,511 1,391,433 236.0 231.4
Kings 30,258 32,128 33,445 95,831 2,542,799 125.6 126.4
New York 20,986 20,463 19,058 60,507 1,616,574 124.8 144.3
Queens 16,089 18,441 17,647 52,177 2,276,814 76.4 81.5
Richmond 3,344 3,744 3,562 10,650 482,622 73.6 75.9
Region Total 105,023 107,189 105,464 317,676 8,310,242 127.4 131.5
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 5,340 6,058 5,621 17,019 1,349,529 42.0 45.3
Suffolk 7,679 8,915 7,467 24,061 1,508,016 53.2 55.8
Region Total 13,019 14,973 13,088 41,080 2,857,545 47.9 51.0
New York State Total 160,930 167,346 160,610 488,886 19,469,951 83.7 87.1