Asthma
Canarsie/Flatlands has a 30% lower asthma rate than NYC, and the residents surveyed are more aware about environmental effects on asthma than on heart disease.
The pie chart shows Canarsie/Flatlands residents’ perceptions of the effects of the environment on asthma.
The bar graph shows the actual rates of hospital
admissions due to asthma in Canarsie/Flatlands and NYC as a whole.
