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Asthma in Michigan

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Prevalence of Asthma
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Asthma Management
Work-Related Asthma
Asthma Emergency Department Visits
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Asthma Statistics by County


Work-Related Asthma

  • 12.1% of Michigan adults with current asthma have ever told a health professional or were ever told by health professional that their asthma was work-related. [1]

  • People who work in manufacturing have highest risk of getting work-related asthma. [2]

  • The most common exposures associated with work-related asthma are isocyanates and metal working fluids. [2]

Sources:
  1. Michigan Asthma Call-Back Survey, 2005.
  2. Rosenman KD, Reilly MJ, and Kalinowski DJ. Annual Reports of Occupational Disease.

For more information about work-related asthma in Michigan, please review:

Last Updated 03/09/2009