Asthma is a serious personal and public health issue that has far reaching medical, economic, and psychosocial implications.
The burden of asthma can be seen in the number of asthma related medical events, including emergency department visits, hospitalizations,
and deaths.
Child Asthma Prevalence by Age and Sex, Utah, 2007-2010
Data Sources
Utah Data: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Office of Public Health Assessment, Utah Department of Health.
Percentage of Utah children ages 0-17 who have ever been diagnosed with asthma and who still have asthma.
How We Calculated the Rates
Numerator:
Number of Utah children ages 0-17 who were diagnosed with asthma and who still have asthma.
Denominator:
Total number of Utah children ages 0-17.
Page Content Updated On 10/31/2011,
Published on 04/10/2012
Utah Asthma Program, Bureau of Health Promotion, Division of Disease Control and Prevention, Utah Department of Health, PO Box 142106, Salt Lake
City, UT 84114-2106, 801-538-6226, http://health.utah.gov/asthma
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