Number of Hospitalizations Due to Asthma (N) and Age-Adjusted Rate (per 10,000 Residents), California Counties, Adults 18+, 2010

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COUNTY	N	Rate
Merced	212	12.7
Alameda	1,380	11.8
Shasta	109	7.3
Mariposa	<12
Sutter	81	10.7
Yuba	59	11.3
San Joaquin	414	8.7
Kern	552	10.1
Los Angeles	7,845	10.2
San Bernardino	1,370	9.5
Tulare	331	11.4
Butte	121	6.5
Amador	<28	6.6
Contra Costa	854	10.3
Stanislaus	338	9.1
Fresno	592	9.1
Sacramento	1,010	9.4
CALIFORNIA OVERALL	23,725	8.3
Kings	116	12.0
Tehama	46	9.8
San Francisco	540	7.7
Riverside	1,134	7.4
Imperial	134	10.3
Solano	271	8.3
San Mateo	403	6.9
Humboldt	60	5.6
Santa Clara	822	6.0
Monterey	172	5.5
Nevada	46	4.5
San Diego	1,496	6.4
Lake	74	14.2
Siskiyou	18	4.3
Orange	1,434	6.2
Ventura	378	6.0
San Benito	33	8.5
Sonoma	216	5.7
Santa Cruz	96	4.9
Madera	67	5.4
Napa	72	6.2
Calaveras	<27	5.5
El Dorado	62	3.9
Placer	160	5.7
Yolo	46	3.3
Tuolumne	23	4.6
San Luis Obispo	94	4.4
Marin	80	3.3
Santa Barbara	93	2.8
Del Norte	8
Mendocino	33	4.4
Plumas	<8
Glenn	<23	7.4
Lassen	26	9.4
Colusa	8
Inyo	8
Trinity	<7
Alpine	<5
Modoc	<5
Mono	<5
Sierra	<5

Data Source: Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), 2010

*An asthma hospitalization is a discharge from a licensed acute care hospital in California with the primary diagnosis of asthma. The rate of asthma hospitalizations is the number of hospitalizations per 10,000 residents, age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. population. Population denominators for rates are from the California Department of Finance. Rates based on numbers <12 are not reported.