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Kalamazoo County

5,238 children less than 18 years currently have asthma. [1]
15,101 adults 18 years and older currently have asthma. [2]
There are about 210 hospitalizations each year in Kalamazoo County. The rate of asthma hospitalization is 9.0 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 Kalamazoo County each year. [4]
For Kalamazoo County, the total cost of asthma is $9,566,000 per year, with indirect costs of $4,137,000 and direct costs of $5,429,000. [5]

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

Group	Average Number of Hospitalizations per Year	*Rate per 10,000 People**
Sex
Male	79	7.0
Female	131	10.8
Race
White	131	6.6
Black	75	31.6
Age
0 to 17	72	12.7
18 and Older	138	7.8
Total	210	9.0

*Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US population. Michigan population estimates for 2001 are used in calculations.

For more information about asthma in your county, please review "Epidemiology of Asthma in Michigan: 2005 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