Top 100 Fall Allergy Capitals

The most severe cities for people with allergies during the fall season are:

1	Austin-San Marcos,TX	100
2	Knoxville,TN	96.77
3	Memphis,TN	94.44
4	Kansas City,MO-KS	93.82
5	Tulsa,OK	88.74
6	Milwaukee-Waukesha,WI	88.54
7	Des Moines,IA	88.32
8	Dallas-Ft. Worth,TX	87.22
9	Columbus,OH	86.06
10	Oklahoma City,OK	85.63
11	Wichita,KS	84.83
12	Indianapolis,IN	82.88
13	Madison,WI	82.80
14	Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill,NC	81.77
15	San Antonio,TX	81.69
16	Fort Wayne,IN	80.57
17	Kalamazoo-Battle Creek,MI	80.14
18	Louisville,KY	80.04
19	Omaha,NE	79.09
20	Minneapolis-St. Paul,MN-WI	78.93
21	Little Rock-North Little Rock,AR	78.75
22	Lexington,KY	78.66
23	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill,NC-SC	78.52
24	St. Louis,MO	78.27
25	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission,TX	78.02
26	Canton-Massillon,OH	77.72
27	Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland,MI	77.52
28	Houston-Galveston-Brazoria,TX	76.89
29	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton,PA	76.24
30	Dayton-Springfield,OH	74.99
31	Cincinnati,OH	74.79
32	Baton Rouge,LA	74.77
33	Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle,PA	74.64
34	Detroit,MI	74.01
35	Chattanooga,TN	73.93
36	Lancaster,PA	73.56
37	Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson,SC	72.99
38	Birmingham,AL	72.82
39	Mobile,AL	71.90
40	Columbia,SC	71.45
41	Scranton-Wilkes Barre-Hazleton,PA	70.91
42	Phoenix-Mesa,AZ	70.46
43	Johnson City,TN	68.99
44	Philadelphia,PA	68.75
45	Augusta-Aiken,GA-SC	67.97
46	Denver,CO	66.57
47	Jacksonville,FL	66.39
48	Atlanta,GA	65.20
49	Nashville,TN	64.63
50	El Paso,TX	64.46
51	Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria,OH	63.80
52	Pittsburgh,PA	63.59
53	Chicago,IL	62.45
54	Youngstown-Warren,OH	62.10
55	Salt Lake City-Ogden,UT	61.79
56	Lansing-East Lansing,MI	61.70
57	Boston,MA	61.32
58	Orlando,FL	61.20
59	Jackson,MS	60.98
60	Charleston-North Charleston,SC	59.98
61	Modesto,CA	59.47
62	Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay,FL	58.78
63	Las Vegas,NV	58.23
64	New Orleans,LA	58.01
65	Toledo,OH	57.66
66	Fort Myers-Cape Coral,FL	57.58
67	Pensacola,FL	57.11
68	Daytona Beach,FL	56.92
69	Rochester,NY	56.72
70	Boise,ID	56.56
71	Washington,DC	55.96
72	Lakeland-Winter Haven,FL	55.78
73	Albuquerque,NM	55.72
74	Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point,NC	55.48
75	Sacramento,CA	55.46
76	Richmond-Petersburg,VA	55.19
77	Stockton-Lodi,CA	54.78
78	New York,NY	54.54
79	Tucson,AZ	53.96
80	Sarasota-Bradenton,FL	53.63
81	Springfield,MA	53.22
82	Buffalo-Niagara Falls,NY	52.59
83	Spokane,WA	52.53
84	Bakersfield,CA	52.22
85	Colorado Springs,CO	51.96
86	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett,WA	50.62
87	Hartford,CT	50.39
88	Portland-Salem,OR	50.24
89	Albany-Schenectady-Troy,NY	50.13
90	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater,FL	49.76
91	Los Angeles-Long Beach,CA	49.33
92	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton,FL	49.30
93	Syracuse,NY	49.21
94	Baltimore-Hagerstown,MD	48.82
95	Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News,VA	48.76
96	Providence,RI	47.86
97	San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose,CA	45.50
98	Fresno,CA	45.28
99	Miami, Fl	41.18
100	San Diego,CA	34.96

Rankings for the Fall Allergy Capitals™ are based on analysis of data from 3 groups of factors: Annual Pollen Levels, Medicine Utilization, and Access to Allergists. Weights were applied to each group of factors reflecting its relative importance as an indicator of how it affects quality of life for seasonal allergy sufferers. Factors were assigned different weights, as developed in consultation with medical and research experts, then total scores were calculated as a composite of all factors.

If you have questions or would like more information about the 2004 Fall Allergy Capitals™ contact the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America at info@aafa.org or call toll-free 1-800-727-8462.