Table 3.

Emergency room age adjusted admission rates per 100,000 Florida population and rate ratios (2001 vs. 2002)

	2001	2002	Rate ratios (95% confidence intervals) 2001/2002
All emergency room admissions	0.068207	0.067639	1.01 (0.92, 1.10)
Respiratory diagnoses
● All respiratory diagnoses	0.063612	0.062692	1.01 (0.93, 1.11)
○ Pneumonia	0.007294	0.006156	1.18 (0.93, 1.51)
○ Bronchitis	0.023164	0.021888	1.06 (0.92, 1.22)
○ Asthma	0.009467	0.009665	0.98 (0.77, 1.25)
○ Upper airways	0.023687	0.024983	0.95 (0.81, 1.11)
All other diagnosis	0.004595	0.004947	0.93 (0.70, 1.24)
	2001 Coastal	2002 Coastal
Respiratory diagnoses
● All respiratory diagnoses	0.072832	0.047343	1.54 (1.09, 2.18)
○ Pneumonia	0.009375	0.007146	1.31 (0.65, 2.66)
○ Bronchitis	0.024361	0.015602	1.56 (0.94, 2.59)
○ Asthma	0.008918	0.006174	1.44 (0.57, 3.68)
○ Upper airways	0.030178	0.018420	1.64 (0.85, 3.16)
All other diagnosis	0.003328	0.005647	0.59 (0.22, 1.55)
	2001 Inland	2002 Inland
Respiratory diagnoses
● All respiratory diagnoses	0.062886	0.064197	0.98 (0.89, 1.08)
○ Pneumonia	0.007034	0.006043	1.16 (0.90, 1.51)
○ Bronchitis	0.022928	0.022597	1.01 (0.87, 1.18)
○ Asthma	0.009680	0.010028	0.97 (0.75, 1.24)
○ Upper airways	0.023244	0.025528	0.91 (0.77, 1.08)
All other diagnosis	0.004776	0.004862	0.98 (0.73, 1.33)
	2001 Coastal	2001 Inland	Coastal/inland
Respiratory diagnoses
● All respiratory diagnoses	0.072832	0.062866	1.16 (0.92, 1.46)
○ Pneumonia	0.009375	0.007034	1.33 (0.79, 2.32)
○ Bronchitis	0.024361	0.022828	1.06 (0.76, 1.48)
○ Asthma	0.008918	0.009680	0.92 (0.46, 1.83)
○ Upper airways	0.030178	0.023244	1.29 (0.85, 1.99)
All other diagnosis	0.0003328	0.004776	0.70 (0.31, 1.54)