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Roscommon County

451 children less than 18 years currently have asthma. [1]
1,831 adults 18 years and older currently have asthma. [2]
There are about 26 hospitalizations each year in Roscommon County. The rate of asthma hospitalization is 10.8 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 is about 1 death due to asthma in Roscommon County each year. [4]
For Roscommon County, estimates of asthma cost are not available. [5]

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

Group	Average Number of Hospitalizations per Year	*Rate per 10,000 People**
Sex
Male	8	6.0
Female	19	15.2
Race
White	25	10.9
Black	0	~
Age
0 to 17	4	~
18 and Older	22	11.5
Total	26	10.8

*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)

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.

For more information about asthma in your county, please review "Epidemiology of Asthma in the North Cenral Counties of Crawford, Oscoda, Otsego, and Roscommon, 2006."

If you have a specific data request, please contact Betsy Wasilevich, asthma epidemiologist, at wasileviche@michigan.gov.

Last Updated 05/27/2007