Groups At Risk

California

High Ozone Days

Particle Pollution

Groups At Risk

County	Total Pop	Under 18	65 & Over	Pediatric Asthma	Adult Asthma	Chronic Bronchitis	Emphysema	CV Disease	Diabetes
Alameda	1,457,426	354,996	154,857	32,944	84,103	46,678	19,149	357,283	82,216
Amador	38,941	6,569	7,036	610	2,507	1,444	691	12,177	2,778
Butte	215,881	46,257	32,177	4,293	12,832	7,261	3,245	58,624	13,379
Calaveras	47,722	8,793	8,182	816	3,063	1,765	846	14,898	3,408
Colusa	21,272	6,097	2,459	566	1,142	637	269	4,963	1,136
Contra Costa	1,024,319	255,392	118,122	23,700	59,407	33,277	14,216	261,124	60,060
El Dorado	178,066	39,130	20,011	3,631	10,832	6,057	2,566	47,285	10,903
Fresno	891,756	269,100	85,720	24,972	46,386	25,537	10,107	191,302	43,908
Glenn	28,061	7,834	3,415	727	1,534	860	371	6,789	1,554
Humboldt	128,330	26,672	16,194	2,475	7,771	4,351	1,857	34,129	7,833
Imperial	160,301	47,295	16,478	4,389	8,365	4,614	1,844	34,768	7,963
Inyo	17,980	3,869	3,039	359	1,115	644	312	5,479	1,253
Kern	780,117	231,876	68,328	21,518	40,509	22,115	8,401	161,673	37,147
Kings	146,153	40,276	10,847	3,738	7,621	4,083	1,406	28,207	6,483
Lake	65,933	14,464	10,504	1,342	4,007	2,298	1,081	19,164	4,381
Los Angeles	9,948,081	2,680,206	1,013,531	248,723	546,345	301,816	121,319	2,282,052	524,249
Madera	146,345	40,510	14,954	3,759	7,865	4,334	1,724	32,562	7,467
Marin	248,742	49,251	36,968	4,570	15,930	9,120	4,255	75,640	17,386
Mariposa	18,401	3,324	3,208	308	1,173	675	322	5,682	1,298
Mendocino	88,109	20,128	12,447	1,868	5,324	3,031	1,384	24,802	5,690
Merced	245,658	77,953	22,559	7,234	12,393	6,797	2,643	50,379	11,557
Mono	12,754	2,648	1,335	246	776	430	175	3,274	755
Monterey	410,206	114,711	40,852	10,645	22,100	12,184	4,853	91,624	21,039
Napa	133,522	30,301	18,977	2,812	7,953	4,510	2,031	36,576	8,374
Nevada	98,764	18,649	16,844	1,731	6,355	3,670	1,771	31,111	7,123
Orange	3,002,048	790,483	323,452	73,357	167,648	93,117	38,360	714,617	164,166
Placer	326,242	71,679	46,616	6,652	19,423	10,983	4,892	88,478	20,233
Plumas	21,263	3,906	3,933	362	1,384	805	400	6,957	1,591
Riverside	2,026,803	558,015	227,387	51,784	108,629	60,147	24,481	458,324	104,810
Sacramento	1,374,724	362,210	151,043	33,613	76,326	42,383	17,447	325,142	74,607
San Benito	55,842	16,714	4,699	1,551	2,965	1,628	634	12,074	2,785
San Bernardino	1,999,332	594,264	162,012	55,148	104,080	56,618	21,114	409,388	94,247
San Diego	2,941,454	745,182	327,369	69,153	164,778	91,371	37,390	698,437	160,168
San Francisco	744,041	110,485	110,338	10,253	47,769	26,822	11,607	212,216	48,517
San Joaquin	673,170	194,067	65,317	18,009	35,789	19,707	7,804	147,680	33,915
San Luis Obispo	257,005	49,613	37,014	4,604	15,833	8,936	3,949	71,633	16,393
San Mateo	705,499	163,742	91,765	15,195	42,045	23,740	10,492	190,279	43,688
Santa Barbara	400,335	97,613	51,534	9,058	22,817	12,788	5,490	100,679	23,029
Santa Clara	1,731,281	431,737	181,904	40,065	98,498	54,554	22,180	415,324	95,503
Santa Cruz	249,705	55,995	25,802	5,196	14,939	8,290	3,395	63,386	14,622
Shasta	179,951	40,445	26,883	3,753	10,767	6,131	2,808	50,272	11,498
Siskiyou	45,091	9,085	8,226	843	2,852	1,658	822	14,305	3,267
Solano	411,680	108,126	43,256	10,034	23,156	12,863	5,298	98,702	22,705
Sonoma	466,891	106,856	59,337	9,916	28,002	15,789	6,936	126,063	28,971
Stanislaus	512,138	147,599	51,201	13,697	27,284	15,060	6,033	113,645	26,088
Sutter	91,410	24,151	11,001	2,241	5,063	2,828	1,197	22,067	5,052
Tehama	61,686	14,834	9,200	1,377	3,577	2,035	929	16,646	3,800
Tulare	419,909	134,299	38,836	12,463	21,210	11,657	4,577	86,913	19,945
Tuolumne	56,855	10,033	10,575	931	3,650	2,113	1,030	18,034	4,113
Ventura	799,720	212,956	86,816	19,762	44,895	25,020	10,456	193,699	44,537
Yolo	188,085	44,006	18,085	4,084	10,575	5,764	2,173	41,954	9,629
TOTAL:

American Lung Association State of the Air: 2008 NOTES

1. Total Population is based on 2006 US Census and represents the at-risk populations in counties with ozone or PM 2.5 pollution monitors; it does not represent the entire state's sensitive populations.
2. Those 18 years of age & under and 65 years of age & over are vulnerable to ozone and PM 2.5. They should not be used as population denominators for disease estimates.
3. Pediatric asthma estimates are for those under 18 years of age and represent the estimated number of people who had asthma in 2006 based on national rates (NHIS) applied to county population estimates (US Census).
4. Adult asthma estimates are for those 18 years and older and represent the estimated number of people who had asthma during 2006 based on state rates (BRFSS) applied to county population estimates (US Census).
5. Chronic bronchitis estimates are for adults 18 years of age and over who had been diagnosed within 2006 based on national rates (NHIS) applied to county population estimates (US Census).
6. Emphysema estimates are for adults 18 years of age and over who have been diagnosed within their lifetime based on national rates (NHIS) applied to county population estimates (US Census).
7. CV disease estimates are for adults 18 years of age and over who had been diagnosed within 2006 based on national rates (NHIS) applied to county population estimates (US Census). CV disease includes coronary heart disease, hypertension, stroke, angina pectoris and heart attack.
8. Diabetes estimates are for adults 18 years of age and over who have been diagnosed within their lifetime based on national rates (NHIS) applied to county population estimates (US Census).
9. Adding across rows does not produce valid estimates. For example, because of differences in the surveys used to gather the information, adding pediatric and adult asthma does not produce an accurate estimate of total population with asthma. Adding emphysema and chronic bronchitis will double count people with both diseases.
10. Changes to the county grades and monitoring from those found in the 2007 report are noted on the last page of each state's section in the full report, available from the menu on the left.

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