About Asthma Hospital Discharge Data and Deaths
About Asthma Hospital Discharges and Discharge Rates
Hospital discharge data from the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) were used to create county-specific asthma hospital discharge rates organized by regions within New York State. SPARCS is a database that contains information about all hospital discharges in New York State. Asthma hospital discharges were selected if the principal diagnoses was asthma (International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) code of 493). Population estimates used for computing the hospital discharge rates were obtained by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Bureau of Biometrics from the United States Census Bureau. Asthma hospital discharge data are presented by various age groups and by total population.
Asthma hospital discharge data are presented as tables, maps and graphs at the state and county level. Tables present three years of asthma data and include for each county, the number of asthma hospital discharges for each of the three years, the total number of asthma hospital discharges for that three year period, the population for the middle year of the three year period and the three year average annual asthma hospital discharge rate per 10,000 population. The asthma hospital discharge rate was calculated by dividing the total number of asthma hospital discharges for the three year period by three to get the average number of asthma hospital discharges per year. The average number of asthma hospital discharges was then divided by the population of the middle year (2004) and multiplied by 10,000.
Within the table data, each county is linked to that specific county's 10 year trend data. The trend data for each county is presented by a graph and table with single year and three year average asthma hospital discharge rates. Also included, for comparison, are 10 years of asthma hospital discharge rates for New York City (if that county resides within New York City) or asthma hospital discharge rates for Upstate New York (if that county resides within Upstate New York).
County three-year average asthma hospital discharge rates for each age group are also presented. A bar graph plots age specific county asthma hospital discharge rates for eight regions and the New York State total. The New York State map displays age specific county asthma hospital discharge rates by quartile.
About Asthma Deaths and Deaths Rates
The data presented here are county-specific asthma death rates, both crude and adjusted, organized by regions within New York State. Data are collected from death certificates. All deaths receive an ICD-9 code (before 1999) or an ICD-10 (1999 and later) indicating the principal reason for the death. The codes used for asthma are ICD-9 (493) or ICD-10 (J45-J46). The source of the data is the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Biometrics and Health Statistics.
The death rates are calculated per 1,000,000 population. Population estimates used for computing the death rates were obtained by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Bureau of Biometrics from the United States Census Bureau.
Asthma mortality data are presented as tables, maps and graphs at the state and county level. Tables present three years of asthma data and include for each county, the number of asthma deaths for each of the three years, the total number of asthma deaths for that three year period, the population for the middle year of the three year period and the three year average annual asthma death rate per 1,000,000 population (both crude and age-adjusted). The crude asthma death rate was calculated by dividing the total number of asthma deaths for the three year period by three to get the average number of asthma deaths per year. The average number of asthma deaths was then divided by the population of the middle year (2004) and multiplied by 1,000,000. Age-adjusted asthma death rates were calculated using the 2000 US Standard Population.
Within the table data, each county is linked to that specific county's 10 year trend data. The trend data for each county is presented by a graph and table with single year and three year average asthma death rates. Also included, for comparison, are 10 years of asthma death rates for New York City (if that county resides within New York City) or death rates for Upstate New York (if that county resides within Upstate New York).
In addition, crude and age-adjusted county three-year average asthma death rates are displayed by a bar graph and a map. The bar graphs plot crude and age-adjusted county death rates for eight regions and the New York State total. The New York State maps display crude and age-adjusted county death rates by quartile.
More information and links can be found at NYSDOH's Asthma Information.