Asthma Hospitalization Rates for Children Ages 0-14 by UHF Neighborhood
Press Release: Childhood Asthma Hospitalization Rate Decreases 44% In Past Decade, But Geographic Disparities Persist (January 13, 2004)
| New York City: 1997, 2001 and 2002 |
|
| Neighborhood |
1997 |
2001 |
2002 |
%Chg. |
%Chg. |
| n |
Rate/1,000 |
n |
Rate/1,000 |
n |
Rate/1,000 |
1997-2002 |
2001-2002 |
| New York City Total |
14,790 |
9.43 |
10,051 |
6.16 |
9,826 |
6.02 |
-36.2 |
-2.3 |
| Bronx |
4,934 |
15.31 |
3,062 |
9.03 |
3,295 |
9.71 |
-36.6 |
7.6 |
| Crotona-Tremont |
953 |
16.16 |
591 |
9.73 |
710 |
11.69 |
-27.6 |
20.2 |
| High Bridge-Morrisania |
998 |
18.53 |
574 |
10.25 |
563 |
10.05 |
-45.7 |
-1.9 |
| Fordham-Bronx Park |
957 |
15.45 |
590 |
8.89 |
663 |
9.99 |
-35.4 |
12.3 |
| Pelham-Throgs Neck |
770 |
12.60 |
608 |
9.37 |
612 |
9.43 |
-25.2 |
0.6 |
| Hunts Point-Mott Haven |
795 |
22.49 |
339 |
9.31 |
327 |
8.98 |
-60.1 |
-3.5 |
| Northeast Bronx |
362 |
10.02 |
304 |
7.69 |
346 |
8.75 |
-13.7 |
-12.7 |
| Kingsbridge-Riverdale |
99 |
6.61 |
56 |
3.66 |
74 |
4.83 |
-26.9 |
32.1 |
| Brooklyn |
4,382 |
8.10 |
3,146 |
5.67 |
3,062 |
5.52 |
-31.9 |
-2.7 |
| Williamsburg-Bushwick |
696 |
12.73 |
580 |
10.66 |
618 |
11.36 |
-10.8 |
6.6 |
| Bedford Stuyvesant-Crown Heights |
1,093 |
13.66 |
817 |
10.19 |
830 |
10.36 |
-24.2 |
1.6 |
| East New York |
584 |
12.13 |
470 |
9.54 |
416 |
8.45 |
-30.4 |
-11.4 |
| East Flatbush-Flatbush |
746 |
10.00 |
532 |
7.18 |
511 |
6.90 |
-31.0 |
-3.9 |
| Downtown-Heights-Slope |
306 |
8.38 |
188 |
5.24 |
177 |
4.93 |
-41.2 |
-6.5 |
| Canarsie-Flatlands |
231 |
5.89 |
157 |
3.64 |
178 |
4.13 |
-29.9 |
13.4 |
| Coney Island-Sheepshead Bay |
181 |
3.63 |
96 |
1.85 |
106 |
2.04 |
-43.8 |
10.3 |
| Greenpoint |
116 |
3.91 |
92 |
3.09 |
58 |
1.95 |
-50.1 |
-36.9 |
| Sunset Park |
180 |
6.98 |
87 |
3.21 |
50 |
1.84 |
-73.6 |
-42.6 |
| Bensonhurst-Bay Ridge |
69 |
2.31 |
36 |
1.13 |
41 |
1.29 |
-44.1 |
14.3 |
| Borough Park |
180 |
2.47 |
91 |
1.17 |
77 |
0.99 |
59.9 |
-15.2 |
| Manhattan |
2,601 |
12.17 |
1,480 |
6.83 |
1,251 |
5.77 |
-52.6 |
-15.5 |
| Central Harlem-Morningside Heights |
659 |
20.65 |
410 |
12.38 |
370 |
11.17 |
-45.9 |
-9.7 |
| East Harlem |
735 |
29.26 |
406 |
16.04 |
273 |
10.78 |
-63.1 |
-32.8 |
| Chelsea-Clinton |
123 |
13.97 |
54 |
6.23 |
51 |
5.89 |
-57.9 |
-5.5 |
| Washington Heights-Inwood |
532 |
9.14 |
285 |
4.86 |
261 |
4.45 |
-51.3 |
-8.4 |
| Union Square-Lower East Side |
232 |
9.15 |
135 |
5.50 |
107 |
4.36 |
-52.3 |
-20.7 |
| Gramercy Park-Murray Hill |
46 |
6.41 |
23 |
3.07 |
32 |
4.27 |
-33.3 |
39.2 |
| Upper West Side |
155 |
6.24 |
89 |
3.52 |
89 |
3.52 |
-43.6 |
0.0 |
| Lower Manhattan |
12 |
3.52 |
15 |
4.40 |
7 |
2.05* |
-37.2 |
-53.4 |
| Upper East Side |
86 |
3.93 |
55 |
2.37 |
50 |
2.16 |
-45.1 |
-8.9 |
| Greenwich Village-Soho |
21 |
2.98 |
8 |
1.12* |
11 |
1.55* |
-48.1 |
38.0 |
| Queens |
2,543 |
6.35 |
2,100 |
4.92 |
1,953 |
4.58 |
-27.8 |
-6.9 |
| Rockaway |
200 |
7.99 |
232 |
8.97 |
227 |
8.78 |
9.9 |
-2.1 |
| Jamaica |
553 |
9.32 |
482 |
7.74 |
449 |
7.21 |
-22.7 |
-6.9 |
| Southwest Queens |
350 |
6.70 |
315 |
5.48 |
294 |
5.12 |
-23.6 |
-6.6 |
| Southeast Queens |
275 |
6.87 |
234 |
5.54 |
210 |
4.97 |
-27.6 |
-10.3 |
| West Queens |
555 |
6.84 |
309 |
3.50 |
334 |
3.79 |
-44.6 |
8.2 |
| Ridgewood-Forest Hills |
183 |
4.84 |
144 |
3.54 |
152 |
3.74 |
-22.7 |
5.7 |
| Long Island City-Astoria |
213 |
6.23 |
152 |
4.20 |
105 |
2.90 |
-53.5 |
-31.0 |
| Flushing-Clearview |
134 |
3.31 |
121 |
2.88 |
118 |
2.81 |
-15.0 |
-2.3 |
| Fresh Meadows |
62 |
3.69 |
90 |
5.11 |
43 |
2.44 |
-33.9 |
-52.2 |
| Bayside-Little Neck |
18 |
1.32 |
21 |
1.47 |
21 |
1.47 |
11.7 |
0.3 |
| Staten Island |
330 |
3.66 |
263 |
2.77 |
265 |
2.79 |
-23.8 |
0.7 |
| Stapleton-St George |
114 |
4.92 |
125 |
5.07 |
120 |
4.86 |
-1.2 |
-4.1 |
| Port Richmond |
88 |
5.89 |
65 |
4.00 |
64 |
3.94 |
-33.1 |
-1.4 |
| Willowbrook |
47 |
2.85 |
33 |
1.98 |
27 |
1.62 |
-43.3 |
-18.3 |
| South Beach-Tottenville |
81 |
2.28 |
40 |
1.07 |
54 |
1.45 |
-36.6 |
35.1 |
* Relative standard error of the rate is >30% indicating low reliability.
