Asthma Death
Cost of Asthma
Healthy People 2010
Data Sources and Methods
Michigan Fact Sheets and Reports

Asthma Statistics by County

• It is recommended that persons with asthma see a doctor or nurse at least twice a year. [1]  Nearly 70% of adults with asthma in Michigan do not meet this recommendation. [2]
  
  
• About 68% of people age 5 to 56 years in Medicaid with persistent asthma have been given the appropriate asthma medicine – a long-term controller medicine. [3]
  
  

• In schools…
  
  • 94% of schools make sure children with asthma have access to their medicine given to them by their doctor. [4]
    
    
  • Only 43% obtain and use an asthma action plan for all students with asthma. [4]
    
    
  • 50% educate school staff about asthma. [4]

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Key Clinical Activities for Quality Asthma Care: Recommendations of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. MMWR 2003; 52(RR-6): 7.
2. Michigan Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, 2004.
3. Michigan Medicaid HEDIS 2005 Statewide Aggregate Report.
4. School Health Education Profile Survey, 2004.