ASTHMA PUBLICATIONS

Asthma Fact Sheet 2012 - The Indiana State Department of Health created an up-to-date fact sheet regarding Asthma in the state.  Did you know:  

• In Indiana, an estimated 136,202 (1 in 13) children and 457,670 (1 in 11) adults currently have asthma.
• ED visits have increased among Indiana residents significantly since 2004, but leveled off during the past 3 years. During 2010, 30,192 people visited the ED with a principal diagnosis of asthma—a decrease of nearly 1,000 visits from 2009.
• While the rate of asthma-related hospitalizations in 2010 was the lowest since 2007, it was still the fourth leading cause of hospitalization due to illness among Indiana children under age 18. During 2010, 8,351 asthma-related hospitalizations occurred, down 8.7 percent from 2009.
• In 2009, 71 deaths were recorded with asthma as the underlying cause; 31 males, 40 females died and 9 of those were children.
• During 2006–2010, 60.5 percent of Indiana children had their usual activities limited due to their asthma, and 44.7 percent of school-aged children missed 1 or more days of school because of it.
• In 2010, 34.7 percent of Indiana adults missed work or could not participate in daily activities due to their asthma.

Indiana State Asthma Plan (2012) - The 2012 Indiana Plan to Improve Asthma Outcomes describes the history, advocacy and goals of the Indiana Joint Asthma Coalition and the Indiana State Department of Health's Chronic Respiratory Disease Program. The plan discusses the burden of asthma in Indiana along with the objectives to relieve that burden.

Indiana Asthma Burden Report (2011) - The 2010 Indiana Asthma Burden Report provides information about the prevalence of asthma among adults and children, hospitalizations, emergency department visits, mortality and the economic cost associated with asthma. The report also describes risk and protective factors, and interventions implemented by the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH). The data presented in this report helps identify populations and geographical areas where the burden of asthma is particularly high.

Reducing the Burden of Asthma (2010) - The Indiana State Asthma Plan focuses on both health and environmental solutions to reduce the burden of asthma in Indiana. This five-year plan establishes goals, objectives, and strategies that span health care set-tings, schools and early care settings, workplaces, indoor and outdoor environments, homes and buildings in which persons with asthma live or visit.

Asthma in Indiana (2010) - A handy fact sheet that included up-to-date data on Asthma in the state. 

Asthma Fast Facts (2010) -- Information from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Asthma in the United States.  More information about these facts and asthma in the U.S. can be found on the CDC's website at http://www.cdc.gov/asthma.

A Strategic Plan for Addressing Asthma in Indiana (2004) - InJAC, in conjunction with the Indiana State Department of Health and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, formulated the state's first plan to address asthma in Indiana.  This plan, created in 2004, was updated and replaced by the 2009-2014 Reducing the Burden of Asthma plan.