Adult Emergency Department
Visit Rates Due to Asthma

in New England Counties

Adult E.D. Admission Rate
(Per 10,000 Patients)



vvEPA

United States
Environmental Protection
Agency New England

Data Sources:

MA Hospital Discharge Data 2003-2005,

NH Discharge Data 2003-2004, VT Discharge Data 2003-2005
ME Hospital Discharge Data (MHDO) 2000-2004
Created by EPA New England GIS Center, October 3,2008
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Asthma E.D. Rates

County

State

Rate

Dukes

MA

133.65

Middlesex

MA

109.10

Suffolk

MA

99.56

Hampden

MA

89.02

Berkshire

MA

79.03

Barnstable

MA

76.45

Bristol

MA

70.96

Franklin

MA

61.75

Worcester

MA

59.31

Essex

MA

57.17

Plymouth

MA

53.43

Nantucket

MA

39.72

Norfolk

MA

38.22

Hampshire

MA

37.66

Washington

ME

113

Aroostrook

ME

101

Androscoggin

ME

91.5

Kennebec

ME

84.5

Somerset

ME

81.8

Penobscot

ME

73.9

Hancock

ME

69

Oxford

ME

65.2

Sagadahoc

ME

59.4

Lincoln

ME

58.4

Cumberland

ME

51.6

Waldo

ME

51

Piscataquis

ME

48.3

Franklin

ME

47.6

Knox

ME

46.8

York

ME

44.9

Sullivan

NH

72.4

Coos

NH

71.9

Belknap

NH

66.9

Carroll

NH

61.3

Strafford

NH

55.3

Grafton

NH

51.4

Hillsborough

NH

46.4

Merrimack

NH

41.8

Rockingham

NH

35.6

Cheshire

NH

32.1

Rutland

VT

60.4

Essex

VT

58.0

Franklin

VT

44.9

Caledonia

VT

43.7

Orleans

VT

42.9

Windsor

VT

42.8

Orange

VT

40.9

Grand Isle

VT

34.2

Washington

VT

33.7

Lamoille

VT

33.1

Bennington

VT

30.1

Chittenden

VT

29.7

Windham

VT

29.6

Addison

VT

28.6


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