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St Clair County

3,946 children less than 18 years currently have asthma. [1]
15,369 adults 18 years and older currently have asthma. [2]
There are about 200 hospitalizations each year in St Clair County. The rate of asthma hospitalization is 11.9 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 are about 3 deaths due to asthma in St Clair County each year. [4]
For St Clair County, the total cost of asthma is $6,264,000 per year, with indirect costs of $2,702,000 and direct costs of $3,562,000. [5]

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

Group	Average Number of Hospitalizations per Year	*Rate per 10,000 People**
Sex
Male	69	8.6
Female	131	15.0
Race
White	185	11.3
Black	14	33.3
Age
0 to 17	60	14.8
18 and Older	140	10.8
Total	200	11.9

*Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US population. Michigan population estimates for 2003 are used in calculations. For records missing data on race, race was assigned based on the 1990 Census population.

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 Michigan: 2004 Surveillance Report."

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

Last Updated 05/27/2007