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High Ozone Days Particle Pollution Groups At Risk  
1,564,046 380,526 194,943 35,313 76,429 50,694 21,834 399,866 91,687
County Total Pop Under 18 65 & Over Pediatric Asthma Adult Asthma Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema CV Disease Diabetes
Black Hawk 126,106 28,498 17,780 2,645 6,319 4,216 1,877 33,952 7,766
Bremer 23,837 5,038 3,913 468 1,225 833 392 6,946 1,586
Cerro Gordo 44,384 9,707 7,842 901 2,272 1,575 772 13,486 3,077
Clinton 49,782 11,747 7,964 1,090 2,484 1,709 813 14,354 3,281
Emmet 10,479 2,428 1,987 225 529 369 186 3,220 733
Harrison 15,745 3,664 2,640 340 790 545 263 4,618 1,054
Johnson 118,038 24,290 9,644 2,254 5,941 3,681 1,299 25,776 5,935
Linn 201,853 49,794 25,542 4,621 9,831 6,546 2,846 51,933 11,907
Montgomery 11,365 2,673 2,176 248 572 402 205 3,538 806
Muscatine 42,883 11,148 5,211 1,035 2,056 1,383 604 11,001 2,527
Palo Alto 9,549 2,052 2,012 190 494 347 181 3,094 703
Polk 408,888 106,486 44,917 9,882 19,476 12,827 5,340 99,078 22,767
Pottawattamie 90,218 22,507 12,112 2,089 4,393 2,961 1,325 23,917 5,481
Scott 162,621 41,744 19,738 3,874 7,834 5,281 2,308 42,029 9,658
Story 80,145 14,708 8,565 1,365 4,154 2,572 961 18,623 4,261
Van Buren 7,836 1,772 1,456 164 398 276 138 2,398 546
Warren 43,926 10,319 5,549 958 2,173 1,451 630 11,496 2,638
Woodbury 102,972 28,785 13,159 2,671 4,811 3,237 1,442 26,080 5,977
Wright 13,419 3,166 2,736 294 678 483 254 4,327 985
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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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