WNYATLAS
Founding edition · 2026

Public Health Atlas · Respiratory health

Respiratory health

Chronic lower-respiratory mortality, asthma mortality, adult asthma, and childhood asthma hospitalization measures.

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Asthma care use reflects disease burden, triggers, access to care, and disease management; it is not a direct exposure measurement.

Western New York

Circles show approximate county centers and are sized by the selected value. They are not patient locations.

Eight-county comparison

Highest reported value to lowest

Placement is descriptive. “Highest” is not automatically “worst,” particularly for access, income, screening, and protective measures.

Historical trend

Allegany County and the NYS-excluding-NYC reference

Bars use the source's annual values. Definition changes and gaps remain attached to the official series.

Allegany CountyNYS excluding NYC
201254.9
201358.3
201443.9
201571.6
201673
201762.5
201868.8
201958
202049.3
202166.4

All New York counties

Sortable-source audit view

62 counties have a reported value for this indicator. Suppressed or unavailable values are not assigned a rank.

RankCountyValuePeriodEventsDenominator
1Chenango58.52019-202112947,214
2Allegany582019-202111646,498
3Fulton54.92019-202113453,454
4Washington52.52019-202114561,215
5Steuben52.32019-202122694,952
6Cattaraugus51.22019-202117476,715
7Orleans48.32019-20218240,376
8Madison46.82019-202113669,919
9Franklin46.62019-20218849,230
10Oswego462019-2021202117,721
11St. Lawrence462019-2021208108,493
12Sullivan45.92019-202114776,819
13Niagara45.72019-2021431210,830
14Clinton45.62019-202114680,449
15Cortland43.92019-20218047,310
16Schoharie43.22019-20216530,839
17Chautauqua42.62019-2021255127,272
18Essex42.52019-20218637,303
19Schuyler42.42019-20213417,828
20Warren41.42019-202113364,770
21Seneca40.82019-20216134,043
22Rensselaer40.72019-2021256159,881
23Jefferson40.42019-2021148114,071
24Chemung40.32019-202115183,632
25Cayuga40.12019-202114276,678
26Oneida402019-2021414229,601
27Livingston39.42019-202110362,730
28Genesee38.72019-202110357,669
29Yates382019-20214324,851
30Broome37.62019-2021342194,382
31Montgomery37.52019-20218349,538
32Delaware37.22019-20219244,667
33Wyoming37.22019-20216140,051
34Otsego36.82019-202110760,138
35Tompkins36.72019-2021126103,603
36Herkimer36.32019-202110461,201
37Saratoga36.32019-2021352232,739
38Ontario34.82019-2021177110,861
39Onondaga34.52019-2021661465,291
40Schenectady342019-2021226156,961
41Erie33.92019-20211,330931,411
42Tioga33.92019-20218048,372
43Orange33.52019-2021421389,940
44Wayne33.52019-202113590,474
45Ulster33.32019-2021272180,241
46Columbia32.62019-202110660,581
47Hamilton29.72019-202194,673
48Lewis28.42019-20213426,584
49Greene28.32019-20216947,765
50Albany27.62019-2021341309,894
51Suffolk27.52019-20211,6591,499,223
52Richmond25.92019-2021468482,182
53Dutchess25.42019-2021322295,222
54Monroe23.62019-2021726748,342
55Bronx23.42019-20211,0601,428,574
56Rockland22.62019-2021285330,189
57Putnam19.62019-20217798,639
58Westchester18.62019-2021794979,154
59Nassau18.32019-20211,0951,368,653
60Kings15.32019-20211,3252,599,221
61Queens13.92019-20211,2232,292,904
62New York13.52019-20218961,614,529

Official local detail

The most detailed supported geography

The local map retains the source geography and does not assign county averages to neighborhoods.

Childhood asthma emergency visitsZCTA internal point · Emergency-department visits per 10,000 residents aged 0–17

Community comparison

Childhood asthma emergency-department visits

County and New York rates use NYSDOH SPARCS records. The national reference uses CDC's HCUP estimate and covers 2020, so its different period is shown directly on the row.

Selected measure

Childhood asthma emergency-department visits

Crude visits per 10,000 residents aged 0–17. Every row retains its own reporting period.

Erie County2020–2022
54.2
Niagara County2020–2022
51.9
New York State2020–2022
64.1
United States2020
36.4

Optional environmental context

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Methodology and sources

Every value keeps its source period and geography.

County ranks include only New York counties with a published numeric value for the selected measure.

New York State Department of Health

Community Health Indicator Reports — Latest Data

County values, counts, denominators, reporting periods, and source descriptions used by the standardized comparison system.

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New York State Department of Health

Community Health Indicator Reports dashboard

Official visualization, definitions, and interpretation context.

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New York State Department of Health

Prevention Agenda subcounty data

Official ZIP and other subcounty records where the source supports local geography.

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New York State Department of Health

New York State Opioid Data Dashboard

Separate annual and provisional opioid surveillance; not silently merged with CHIRS periods.

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