Asthma Hospital Discharges - Rate per 10,000 Population, Age 65+

Source: 2008-2010 SPARCS Data as of April, 2012

  Discharges Average Population Average
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg-1 Western New York
Allegany 11 10 12 33 7,379 14.9
Cattaraugus 15 21 13 49 12,356 13.2
Chautauqua 40 39 27 106 21,823 16.2
Erie 250 272 190 712 143,359 16.6
Genesee 17 11 9 37 9,304 13.3
Niagara 65 56 50 171 33,571 17.0
Orleans 12 15 10 37 5,967 20.7
Wyoming 11 14 14 39 5,598 23.2
Region Total 421 438 325 1,184 239,357 16.5
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 25 40 31 96 13,718 23.3
Livingston 18 15 16 49 8,456 19.3
Monroe 187 155 155 497 101,658 16.3
Ontario 20 11 13 44 15,946 9.2
Schuyler 4 7 6 17 3,095 18.3
Seneca 3 4 6 13 5,215 8.3
Steuben 26 30 32 88 15,254 19.2
Wayne 20 16 26 62 12,831 16.1
Yates 6 4 1 11 4,129 8.9
Region Total 309 282 286 877 180,302 16.2
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 22 16 25 63 11,972 17.5
Cortland 2 3 6 11 6,319 5.8
Herkimer 15 17 26 58 10,395 18.6
Jefferson 15 6 2 23 13,478 5.7
Lewis 5 4 3 12 3,954 10.1
Madison 17 15 19 51 9,700 17.5
Oneida 125 115 109 349 37,707 30.9
Onondaga 57 75 87 219 64,027 11.4
Oswego 12 18 15 45 14,966 10.0
St Lawrence 26 23 18 67 15,129 14.8
Tompkins 10 8 6 24 10,461 7.6
Region Total 306 300 316 922 198,108 15.5
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 68 52 50 170 32,651 17.4
Chenango 6 11 12 29 8,283 11.7
Tioga 4 3 5 12 7,647 5.2
Region Total 78 66 67 211 48,581 14.5
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 80 83 102 265 41,345 21.4
Clinton 39 35 47 121 11,047 36.5
Columbia 14 11 11 36 10,926 11.0
Delaware 19 14 14 47 9,027 17.4
Essex 15 10 9 34 6,667 17.0
Franklin 18 25 13 56 6,858 27.2
Fulton 13 18 20 51 8,768 19.4
Greene 10 11 12 33 7,954 13.8
Hamilton 0 0 1 1 1,102 3.0
Montgomery 10 9 13 32 8,370 12.7
Otsego 19 17 19 55 9,950 18.4
Rensselaer 47 52 52 151 21,026 23.9
Saratoga 34 32 32 98 28,544 11.4
Schenectady 23 33 15 71 23,365 10.1
Schoharie 1 4 3 8 4,997 5.3
Warren 28 20 32 80 11,312 23.6
Washington 24 21 18 63 9,595 21.9
Region Total 394 395 413 1,202 220,853 18.1
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 56 60 59 175 38,939 15.0
Orange 73 77 80 230 39,742 19.3
Putnam 27 36 25 88 11,924 24.6
Rockland 93 93 99 285 41,101 23.1
Sullivan 15 9 2 26 11,199 7.7
Ulster 38 26 37 101 26,188 12.9
Westchester 325 218 218 761 136,770 18.5
Region Total 627 519 520 1,666 305,863 18.2
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 1,468 1,474 1,415 4,357 147,162 98.7
Kings 1,670 1,725 1,768 5,163 300,705 57.2
New York 1,073 966 946 2,985 210,695 47.2
Queens 1,007 1,029 988 3,024 297,665 33.9
Richmond 166 186 165 517 59,969 28.7
Region Total 5,384 5,380 5,282 16,046 1,016,196 52.6
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 541 541 556 1,638 204,729 26.7
Suffolk 401 430 430 1,261 201,137 20.9
Region Total 942 971 986 2,899 405,866 23.8
New York State Total 8,461 8,351 8,195 25,007 2,615,126 31.9