Persistent Asthma Prevalence By County for the Medicaid
Managed Care Population in New York State, 2009
County
Albany
Allegany
Broome
Cattaraugus
Cayuga
Chautauqua
Chemung
Chenango
Clinton
Columbia
Cortland
Delaware
Dutchess
Erie
Essex
Franklin
Fulton
Genesee
Greene
Hamilton
Herkimer
Jefferson
Lewis
Livingston
Madison
Monroe
Montgomery
Nassau
Niagara
Oneida
Onondaga
Ontario
Orange
Orleans
Persistent* Asthma
Prevalence Rate per 100
4.7
3.7
4.1
6.4
s
6.5
s
s
3.0
7.3
5.8
s
5.3
5.5
s
0.0
4.9
5.0
5.2
s
5.3
s
s
5.9
s
5.1
4.7
4.9
5.9
5.4
5.6
5.2
3.7
3.6
County
Oswego
Otsego
Putnam
Rensselaer
Rockland
St Lawrence
Saratoga
Schenectady
Schoharie
Schuyler
Seneca
Steuben
Suffolk
Sullivan
Tioga
Tompkins
Ulster
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Westchester
Wyoming
Yates
New York City§
Persistent* Asthma
Prevalence Rate per 100
5.4
3.6
4.1
5.6
1.8
s
4.0
6.3
s
s
3.4
s
4.8
5.9
s
7.4
5.7
5.3
4.8
5.4
5.5
0.0
5.1
4.8
*24 months continuous enrollment
s - Data are suppressed for confidentiality purposes if there are less than 10 Medicaid managed care
enrollees that meet the criteria for persistent asthma or when the number of Medicaid managed care
enrollees (denominator) is less than 50.
§
Data for the five boroughs of New York City are combined.