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Luce County

131 children less than 18 years currently have asthma. [1]
821 adults 18 years and older currently have asthma. [2]
There are about 11 hospitalizations each year in Luce County. [3] This rate of asthma hospitalization is 15.7 hospital stays per 10,000 people.
There is less than 1 death due to asthma in Luce County each year. [4]
For Luce County, estimates of asthma cost are not available. [5]

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

Group	Average Number of Hospitalizations per Year	*Rate per 10,000 People**
Sex
Male	2	~
Female	9	27.7
Race
White	10	16.6
Black	0	~
Age
0 to 17	2	~
18 and Older	9	15.0
Total	11	15.7

*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