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Asthma Emergency Visits
Overall By Sex By Age Group
Overall The age-standardized emergency visit rate for asthma in Simcoe Muskoka for all ages and sexes in 2009 was 603.2 (579.8, 626.5) per 100,000 population, which was significantly higher than the Ontario rate of 467.1 (463.18, 471.1) per 100,000 population. Figure one shows the trend in asthma related emergency visits rates for Simcoe Muskoka and Ontario over the seven year period between 2003 and 2009. There has been a downward trend in asthma emergency visits rates in both Simcoe Muskoka and Ontario since 2005, with the steepest drop occurring between 2005 and 2007.
Figure One 
By Sex In 2009, the age-standardized emergency visit rate for asthma among Simcoe Muskoka males was 557.8 (526.0, 589.6) per 100,000, which was significantly lower than the female rate of 647.9 (613.7, 682.1) per 100,000. The asthma related emergency visit rate in Simcoe Muskoka was higher than the Ontario rate for both males and females. Figure two shows the trend in asthma emergency visits for males and females in Simcoe Muskoka between 2003 and 2009. Both males and females follow a downward trend in asthma hospitalization between 2005 and 2009.
Figure Two 
By Age Group Emergency visits for asthma are most common among children under 10 years of age (see figure three). The age-specific rate of emergency visits related to asthma between 2003 and 2009 (combined) in Simcoe Muskoka was highest for children between one and nine years of age at 1,598.6 (1,556.9, 1,640.3) per 100,000 population, followed by infants less than one year of age at 1,403 (1,277.4, 1,528.7) per 100,000 population. Figure Three
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