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Monroe County

3,543 children less than 18 years currently have asthma. [1]
8,227 adults 18 years and older currently have asthma. [2]
There are about 238 hospitalizations each year in Monroe County. The rate of asthma hospitalization is 16.6 hospital stays per 10,000 people. [3]
There is about 2 death due to asthma in Monroe County each year. [4]
For Monroe County, the total cost of asthma is $5,675,000 per year, with indirect costs of $2,444,000 and direct costs of $3,231,000. [5]

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

Group	Average Number of Hospitalizations per Year	*Rate per 10,000 People**
Sex
Male	94	13.7
Female	144	19.2
Race
White	213	15.4
Black	15	47.9
Age
0 to 17	82	23.8
18 and Older	156	14.1
Total	238	16.6

*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