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

Source: 2007-2009 Emergency Department Data as of February, 2011

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

  ED Visits Population Crude Adjusted
Region/County 2007 2008 2009 Total 2008 Average Rate Average Rate
Reg-1 Western New York
Allegany 178 167 143 488 49,649 32.8 36.4
Cattaraugus 450 438 487 1,375 79,688 57.5 61.6
Chautauqua 768 696 866 2,330 133,789 58.1 62.3
Erie 4,877 4,875 5,517 15,269 909,845 55.9 60.6
Genesee 209 250 256 715 57,821 41.2 44.8
Niagara 1,198 1,030 1,304 3,532 214,464 54.9 59.2
Orleans 158 162 183 503 42,135 39.8 42.5
Wyoming 140 154 142 436 41,652 34.9 36.8
Region Total 7,978 7,772 8,898 24,648 1,529,043 53.7 58.0
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 661 556 632 1,849 87,813 70.2 73.4
Livingston 271 265 260 796 63,154 42.0 45.9
Monroe 4,026 4,254 4,472 12,752 732,762 58.0 61.7
Ontario 458 429 483 1,370 104,475 43.7 46.6
Schuyler 100 98 100 298 18,888 52.6 57.2
Seneca 99 96 114 309 34,086 30.2 32.9
Steuben 469 436 498 1,403 96,573 48.4 51.7
Wayne 370 405 456 1,231 91,564 44.8 47.6
Yates 100 107 140 347 24,652 46.9 50.7
Region Total 6,554 6,646 7,155 20,355 1,253,967 54.1 57.6
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 315 349 337 1,001 79,823 41.8 44.0
Cortland 164 195 174 533 48,302 36.8 37.6
Herkimer 206 189 220 615 62,200 33.0 35.1
Jefferson 456 482 596 1,534 118,046 43.3 43.1
Lewis 124 109 91 324 26,176 41.3 44.7
Madison 297 293 359 949 69,766 45.3 49.5
Oneida 1,126 1,278 1,366 3,770 231,590 54.3 57.3
Onondaga 1,932 2,016 2,075 6,023 452,633 44.4 47.0
Oswego 428 465 415 1,308 121,395 35.9 37.3
St Lawrence 689 716 723 2,128 109,701 64.7 68.6
Tompkins 248 324 294 866 101,136 28.5 32.6
Region Total 5,985 6,416 6,650 19,051 1,420,768 44.7 46.9
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 909 954 880 2,743 195,018 46.9 50.5
Chenango 259 205 236 700 50,898 45.8 50.0
Tioga 48 61 64 173 50,171 11.5 12.4
Region Total 1,216 1,220 1,180 3,616 296,087 40.7 43.8
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 1,935 1,950 2,157 6,042 298,130 67.6 72.1
Clinton 897 1,056 891 2,844 81,947 115.7 115.0
Columbia 287 277 282 846 62,006 45.5 51.7
Delaware 133 139 187 459 46,085 33.2 37.2
Essex 215 254 197 666 37,826 58.7 61.5
Franklin 311 339 350 1,000 50,521 66.0 69.0
Fulton 390 355 407 1,152 55,024 69.8 75.9
Greene 211 176 178 565 48,992 38.4 42.2
Hamilton 6 9 18 33 5,021 21.9 27.4
Montgomery 376 366 371 1,113 48,679 76.2 82.1
Otsego 196 121 144 461 61,962 24.8 26.9
Rensselaer 926 964 1,009 2,899 155,261 62.2 66.4
Saratoga 602 651 677 1,930 217,191 29.6 31.0
Schenectady 942 1,028 1,136 3,106 151,427 68.4 73.5
Schoharie 64 46 56 166 31,910 17.3 19.3
Warren 326 326 336 988 65,971 49.9 53.7
Washington 203 266 247 716 62,804 38.0 39.9
Region Total 8,020 8,323 8,643 24,986 1,480,757 56.2 59.8
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 1,569 1,691 1,570 4,830 292,878 55.0 56.6
Orange 2,529 2,520 2,595 7,644 379,647 67.1 66.3
Putnam 258 279 276 813 99,244 27.3 28.6
Rockland 949 869 1,085 2,903 298,545 32.4 33.5
Sullivan 482 478 434 1,394 76,189 61.0 64.7
Ulster 857 825 793 2,475 181,670 45.4 48.2
Westchester 5,552 5,813 5,815 17,180 953,943 60.0 62.8
Region Total 12,196 12,475 12,568 37,239 2,282,116 54.4 56.2
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 35,265 34,317 32,341 101,923 1,391,903 244.1 238.9
Kings 30,162 30,214 32,427 92,803 2,556,598 121.0 121.3
New York 20,839 20,974 20,496 62,309 1,634,795 127.0 143.3
Queens 15,891 16,072 18,051 50,014 2,293,007 72.7 77.4
Richmond 3,029 3,341 3,729 10,099 487,407 69.1 71.0
Region Total 105,186 104,918 107,044 317,148 8,363,710 126.4 129.4
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 5,395 5,333 6,150 16,878 1,351,625 41.6 45.4
Suffolk 7,502 7,657 8,774 23,933 1,512,224 52.8 55.3
Region Total 12,897 12,990 14,924 40,811 2,863,849 47.5 50.8
New York State Total 160,032 160,760 167,062 487,854 19,490,297 83.4 86.7