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Chippewa County

731 children less than 18 years currently have asthma. [1]
3856 adults 18 years and older currently have asthma. [2]
There are about 20 hospitalizations each year in Chippewa County. The rate of asthma hospitalization is 5.8 hospital stays per 10,000 people. [3] The rate is significantly lower than the rate for the State of Michigan (16.0 per 10,000).
There is about 1 death due to asthma in Chippewa County each year. [4]
For Chippewa County, estimates of asthma cost are not available. [5]

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

Group	Average Number of Hospitalizations per Year	*Rate per 10,000 People**
Sex
Male	10	5.8
Female	10	5.6
Race
White	17	5.8
Black	0	~
Age
0 to 17	8	11.4
18 and Older	12	3.9
Total	20	5.8

*Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US population. Michigan population estimates for 2003 are used in calculations.
~ Insufficient data to compute a stable rate. (Total count of events <=20 or Population < 5000)

For more information about asthma in your county, please review "Epidemiology of Asthma in the Eastern Upper Peninsula Counties of Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac, 2006."

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