Did You Know?

  • Children in Imperial County visit the Emergency Department for asthma at a rate nearly 3 times higher than the state average.
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  • Whooping Cough and Asthma: Before your children go back to school, make sure you know the new immunization law that requires all students entering the 7th – 12th grades have a Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine or booster shot.  
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  • Age-Adjusted Asthma Hospitalizations per 10,000 Residents, Merced County and California, 1998-2008
    Year Merced County California
    1998 8.8 11.7
    1999 9.3 12.1
    2000 9.4 11.0
    2001 11.4 10.5
    2002 12.9 10.5
    2003 16.7 11.1
    2004 13.1 9.8
    2005 13.4 9.9
    2006 13.3 9.1
    2007 10.0 8.6
    2008 14.9 9.1

    Data Source: Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), 1998-2008.

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