New York State Asthma Surveillance Summary Report

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• Corporate Authors:
  New York State Department of Health. Center for Community Health. Public Health Information Group
• Description:
  The New York State Asthma Surveillance Summary Report (October 2013) examines the prevalence and impact of asthma in NYS, and compares NYS asthma data to U.S. data and to the Healthy People 2020 asthma-specific objectives. In addition, this report provides detailed information regarding asthma prevalence in children and adults through 2011, and data on risk behaviors, emergency department visits, asthma hospitalizations, asthma mortality, Medicaid managed care asthma prevalence, asthma-related utilization of health services and costs, work-related asthma, and asthma costs through 2011. This Executive Summary offers highlights of the asthma-related information in New York State detailed throughout the report. Results are often presented for single years as well as for combined years (e.g., results for combined three-year datasets 2009 through 2011 are indicated as 2009-2011). Refer to individual chapters for detailed asthma-related information. One in every 10 adults and one in every 10 children in New York State currently have asthma. This chronic disease remains an epidemic in New York with significant public health and financial consequences. Overall, there has been an upward trend in the prevalence of current asthma among New York State residents from 2001through 2010. New York State asthma prevalence has also been higher than the national average. The asthma hospital discharge rate in New York State decreased approximately 11% from 2002 to 2011. In addition, New York State's asthma mortality rate decreased 24% in the past 10 years. The asthma emergency department rate, however, increased 6% from 2005-2011. Compared to the nation, New York has higher asthma emergency department and hospital discharge rates for all age groups. New York State's rates are roughly twice the levels targeted in Healthy People 2020. Disparities exist among certain age groups. Children aged 5-9 years in New York State had the highest current asthma prevalence for 2006-2010. From 2005 to 2011, children aged 0-4 years had the highest emergency department visit and hospital discharge rates compared to all other age groups. Geographic differences continue to be seen. Adults who live in New York City had higher current asthma prevalence in 2011, and also had higher age-adjusted asthma emergency department visit, hospital discharge, and mortality rates for 2009-2011 when compared to residents in the Rest of State. At the county level, asthma emergency department visit and hospital discharge rates varied across New York State for 2009- 2011, with the highest rates in the Bronx. Disparities persist among racial and ethnic groups. Non-Hispanic black adults and children experience some of the highest asthma prevalence rates in New York State. Non-Hispanic black and Hispanic middle and high school students also experience higher asthma prevalence rates when compared to all other racial and ethnic groups. In addition, for 2009-2011, the age-adjusted asthma emergency department visit, hospital discharge and mortality rates were higher among non-Hispanic black and Hispanic New Yorkers than non-Hispanic whites. The total cost of asthma hospitalizations for 2011 was approximately $660 million, a 61% increase since 2002. The average cost per hospitalization was $17,954 in 2011, a 78% increase from 2002. Among the New York State Medicaid managed care population with asthma, more than $276 million were spent in 2010 for asthma-related services; the average cost was $1,109 per asthma enrollee. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Delivery Of Health Care Healthcare Disparities Mortality Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Costs Health Disparities Medical Care Medical Records Mortality Data Occupational Asthma Respiratory Health Surveillance
• Publisher:
  New York State Department of Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058819
• Citation:
  Albany, NY: New York State Department of Health, 2013 Oct; :1-256
• Email:
  asthma@health.state.ny.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  New York State Department of Health/Health Research Incorporated
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  New York State asthma surveillance summary report
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fbd22acb71b89bc12120056bda5581a2550c2567a941ba15da20d7d78eb3b572bd8b17f8013bfd9b668b3da672fe3cea255b212e7e862bcf7cef2863af9924dc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223212/cdc_223212_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.04 MB ]