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Ottawa County

6,218 children less than 18 years currently have asthma. [1]
12,768 adults 18 years and older currently have asthma. [2]
There are about 149 hospitalizations each year in Ottawa County. The rate of asthma hospitalization is 6.2 hospital stays per 10,000 people. [3] This rate is significantly lower than the rate for the State of MIchigan
There are about 2 deaths due to asthma in Ottawa County each year. [4]
For Ottawa County, the total cost of asthma is $8,465,000 per year, with indirect costs of $3,638,000 and direct costs of $4,827,000. [5]

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

Group	Average Number of Hospitalizations per Year	*Rate per 10,000 People**
Sex
Male	57	4.8
Female	92	7.4
Race
White	127	5.5
Black	6	~
Age
0 to 17	50	7.5
18 and Older	100	5.8
Total	149	6.2

*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 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, 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