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Montcalm County

1,481 children less than 18 years currently have asthma. [1]
4,355 adults 18 years and older currently have asthma. [2]
There are about 60 hospitalizations each year in Montcalm County. The rate of asthma hospitalization is 9.9 hospital stays per 10,000 people. [3]
There is about 1 death due to asthma in Montcalm County each year. [4]
For Montcalm County, estimates of asthma cost are not available. [5]

Average Number and Rates of Hospitalization due to Asthma,
Montcalm County, All Ages, 2000-2002

Group	Average Number of Hospitalizations per Year	Rate per 10,000 People
Sex*
Male	24	7.8
Female	37	12.5
Race*
White	59	10.0
Black	1	~
Age
0 to 17	28	18.0
18 and Older	32	7.1
Total *	60	9.9

*Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US population. Michigan population estimates for 2001 are used in calculations. For records missing data on race, race was assigned based on the 1990 Census population.
~ 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 Western Michigan Counties of Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, and Ottawa, 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, 2003.

3. Michigan Inpatient Database, 2000-2002.

4. Michigan Resident Death File, 1990-2003.

5. Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America - State Costs in Detail.

Last Updated 04/27/2005