epa-award2009Winners of the 2009 National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management from the EPA.

Did You Know?

  • 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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  •  Do you know what happens to the lungs during an asthma attack, what commonly triggers asthma, and how asthma can be controlled?
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  • Asthma ED Visits per 10,000 Residents by Age, Compared to HP2010 Targets, California and Imperial County, 2008
    Ages Imperial County California HP2010
    0-4 158.9 102.5 80
    5-64 82.3 39.8 50
    65+ 57.0 37.7 15

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

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