Clinton County

• 1607 children less than 18 years currently have asthma. [1]
  
  
• 4420 adults 18 years and older currently have asthma. [2]
  
  
• There are about 65 hospitalizations each year in Clinton County. The rate of asthma hospitalization is 10.1 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 is about 1 death due to asthma in Clinton County each year. [4]
  
  
• For Clinton County, estimates of asthma cost are not available. [5]

*Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US population. Michigan population estimates for 2001 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 Michigan: 2005 Surveillance Report

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