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Calhoun County

3221 children less than 18 years currently have asthma. [1]
10610 adults 18 years and older currently have asthma. [2]
There are about 134 hospitalizations each year in Calhoun County. The rate of asthma hospitalization is 9.6 hospital stays per 10,000 people. [3] This rate is significantly lower than the rate for the State of Michigan (16.0 per 10,000).
There are about 2 deaths due to asthma in Calhoun County each year. [4]
For Calhoun County, the total cost of asthma is $5,802,000 per year, with indirect costs of $2,504,000 and direct costs of $3,298,000. [5]

Average Number and Rates of Hospitalization due to Asthma,
Calhoun County, All Ages, 2002-2004

Group	Average Number of Hospitalizations per Year	*Rate per 10,000 People**
Sex*
Male	51	7.6
Female	84	11.5
Race*
White	94	7.8
Black	39	24.6
Age
0 to 17	35	10.2
18 and Older	99	9.4
Total	134	9.6

*Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US population. Michigan population estimates for 2003 are used in calculations.

For more information about asthma in your county, please review "Epidemiology of Asthma in Michigan: 2004 Surveillance Report."

If you have a specific data request, please contact Betsy Wasilevich, asthma epidemiologist, at wasileviche@michigan.gov.

Sources:

1. Michigan Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, 2002.

2. Michigan Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, 2005, Preliminary.

3. Michigan Inpatient Database, 2002-2004.

4. Michigan Resident Death File, 1999-2004.

5. Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

Last Updated 07/01/2007