Asthma in Michigan

Important Terms Prevalence of Asthma Asthma Severity Asthma Management Work-Related Asthma Asthma Hospitalization

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

Work-Related Asthma

• 10% of Michigan adults with asthma say that their asthma is 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]
  
  
• The rate of new work-related asthma cases is 2 times higher among blacks (5.2 per 100,000) than whites (2.6 per 100,000). [2]

Last Updated 02/02/2007