Asthma Mortality
by Health Service Area, 1996-98

HSAs with Coverage in Delaware, the District of Columbia and Maryland by Descending Age-adjusted Mortality

	1996-98		Rate/100,000
Name	Deaths	Population	Crude	Age Adjusted
KENT, MD -HSA# 124	2	56,832	3.5	3.6	UNSTABLE
ALLEGANY (CUMBERLAND), MD-GARRETT, MD -HSA# 1	19	456,225	4.2	3.5	UNSTABLE
WASHINGTON, D.C.-MONTGOMERY, MD -HSA# 61	191	6,988,253	2.7	2.9
BALTIMORE (BALTIMORE), MD-ANNE ARUNDEL, MD -HSA# 16	179	6,879,136	2.6	2.7
FRANKLIN, PA-WASHINGTON (HAGERSTOWN), MD -HSA# 72	21	807,803	2.6	2.3
NEW CASTLE (WILMINGTON), DE-HARFORD, MD -HSA# 75	47	2,313,366	2.0	2.2
TALBOT, MD-DORCHESTER, MD -HSA# 107	9	392,507	2.3	2.2	UNSTABLE
SUSSEX, DE-WICOMICO, MD -HSA# 3	27	1,207,525	2.2	2.1
YORK (YORK), PA-FREDERICK, MD -HSA# 48	38	1,918,431	2.0	2.0