US 100 worst asthma cities in order of rank
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Here is a list of the worst cities for asthma in the USA, in order or rank.
1 Knoxville, Tenn.
2 Little Rock, Ark.
3 St. Louis
4 Madison, Wis.
5 Louisville, Ky.
6 Memphis, Tenn.
7 Toledo, Ohio
8 Kansas City, Mo.
9 Nashville, Tenn.
10 Hartford, Conn.
11 Buffalo-Niagra Falls, N.Y.
12 Johnson City, Tenn.
12 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.
14 Springfield, Mass.
15 Pittsburgh
16 Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wis.
17 Chattanooga, Tenn.
18 Detroit
19 Dayton-Springfield, Ohio
20 Indianapolis
21 Columbus, Ohio
22 Fresno, Calif.
23 Wichita, Kan.
24 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, Pa.
25 Lexington, Ky.
26 Albany-Schenetady-Troy, N.Y.
27 Philadelphia
28 Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, N.C.
29 Oklahoma City
30 Syracuse, N.Y.
31 Lansing-East Lansing, Mich.
32 Scranton-Wilkes Barre-Hazleton, Pa.
32 New York
34 Columbia, S.C.
35 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, Mich.
36 Birmingham, Ala.
37 Jackson, Miss.
37 Omaha, Neb.
39 Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
40 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Mich.
41 Tusla, Okla.
42 Cincinnati
43 Des Moines, Iowa
44 Baltimore
45 Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.
46 Charlotte-Gastonia, N.C.; Rock Hill, S.C.
47 Atlanta
48 Canton-Massillon, Ohio
49 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.
50 Washington, D.C.
51 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio
52 Richmond-Petersburg, Va.
53 Albuquerque, N.M.
54 Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, S.C.
55 Rochester, N.Y.
56 Chicago
57 Youngstown-Warren, Ohio
58 Fort Wayne, Ind.
59 Boston
60 Augusta-Aiken, Ga.
61 Bakersfield, Calif.
62 Tucson, Ariz.
63 Las Vegas
64 Charleston-North Charleston, S.C.
65 Modesto, Calif.
66 Mobile, Ala.
67 Lancaster, Pa.
68 Spokane, Wash.
69 Baton Rouge, La.
70 New Orleans
71 Orlando, Fla.
72 Dallas-Fort Worth
73 Denver
74 Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah
75 Colorado Springs, Colo.
76 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.
77 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Va.
78 Jacksonville, Fla.
79 Sacramento, Calif.
80 Austin-San Marcos, Texas
81 San Antonio
82 Stockton-Lodi, Calif.
83 Boise City, Idaho
84 Providence, R.I.
85 Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif.
86 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas
87 El Paso, Texas
88 Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla.
89 Pensacola, Fla.
90 Fort Myers-Cape Coral, Fla.
91 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas
92 San Diego
93 Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla.
94 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, Fla.
95 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash.
96 Portland, Ore.
97 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Fla.
98 Daytona Beach, Fla.
99 Miami
100 San Fransisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.
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100 Top Cities for Asthma
posted by Brenda Barron on 18 Mar 2004 at 9:42 pmI would like to know what criteria was used for this ranking. I have lived in several of the cities on the list and I didn't have asthma until age 41 when I moved back to my adopted home city of Atlanta, GA. For 14 years in Atlanta I was very sick and told I had COPD as well as Asthma. I moved from Atlanta to Tallahassee, FL in March 1999. I stopped taking all medications except for a daily allergy pill. I moved from Tallahassee January 2001 to Houston, TX (Cypress, TX which is NW of Houston) and I am still not taking any medications except for the once a day allergy pill. Now for my own observation. Since I left Atlanta I no longer work; therefore, I am not inhaling exhaust fumes while commuting to and from work and I am not in an office all day without fresh air. I am convienced that office buildings and automobile exhaust fumes are the major cause of adult on-set asthma and COPD. Anyone care to agree or disagree?
100 top cities for asthma
posted by Gabrielle on 18 Nov 2005 at 8:43 amI completely agree that the enviroment can play a role in the development of lung diseases, but there are also many factors that can contribute to adult-onset of asthma/COPD. For example, many children are not diagnosed with asthma, but instead are told they have bronchitis. The problem is they are being treated with antibiotics and not treating the inflammation. Untreated, uncontrolled, mismanaged asthma can lead to airway remodeling-causing problems later in life. Since there are many factors that can lead to the development of adult-onset of asthma, I can not agree that the enviroment is entirely to blame, though I do believe it can be a contributing factor. You didn't mention if you smoke or ever smoked-or were you exposed to second-hand smoke. Is your asthma/COPD well controlled since you are only taking an allergy medication. If you have a definitive diagnoses of COPD has your physician prescribed a rescue inhaler for you? Thank you.
How did you forget DE.
posted by Ramney KoulPh.D MBA on 2 Feb 2006 at 4:44 pm Don't Smoke and Don't breathe smokeless Radon in your own home
Discriminatory health education is not a good public health policy. Denying and destroying evidence will not serve cancer prevention education programs.
Residents of Bethany Beach and southern Delaware should know why Health Department does not encourage you to test your homes for radon gas. Radon(a radioactive gas) is an indoor air pollutant and the second leading cause of lung cancer deaths. Replenshing beaches would also mean more development. Know how to sustain and maintain good health in light of current political options and the game of Delaware's Health Agency. If you are a smoker and your home has high radon levels inside and around your home (due to high radon sand), you should take preventive measures.
Educate yourself by visiting EPA/radon website rather than waiting for your health department to downplay radon threat in your area. Know your air and water before you settle to move in that new home or renovate an old home in Delaware. Radon tests in southern Delaware have not been encouraged by Delaware Division of Public Health. However, low radon levels in Kent and Sussex county, currently shown are due to lack of aggregate testing rather than purely a geological evidence. Unless you test for radon gas, you cannot say you are not exposed to radon gas. Best thing is to find out. Go to nearest hardware store to buy your radon test kit and visit EPA website for complete information on radon and other indoor air health hazards.
Call toll free 1-800-SOS-Radon.
Public Service Annoucement: Breathe Radon Free and Make Your Lungs As Your Business.
Childhood cancers have been ignored for research activities as it involves political risk of admitting environmental pollution as one of the risk contributors in your state(s.
Ramney Koul,Ph.D, MBA
Ex Radon/Right-To-Know Program Manager
State of Delaware
Best Indian Cities For COPD
posted by Shashank Rohatgi on 11 Aug 2006 at 2:46 amPlease advise whether you have data for best or worst Indian Cities for Asthma and COPD Patients.
Humidity A Factor
posted by rick reschenthaler on 27 Oct 2007 at 3:14 pmI live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and the humidity in July was as bad as it's been in years. I was having a lot of attacks especially at night. I also traveled to Atlanta and Las Vegas this summer and I found that the humidity and abundant vegetation in Atlanta had me going to the inhaler and antihistamines all the time. However when I was in Vegas I was perfectly fine (no rain or humidity and only palm trees) 40 degree Celsius weather but felt great. A world of difference between muggy moldy southeast and dry southwest.
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