Quick Fact #7
WV residents 65 or older now have the second-highest rate of asthma in the country (2005 BRFSS).
The West Virginia Asthma Education and Prevention Program aspires to raise awareness of asthma as a priority health concern in the state and to reduce suffering, disability, death, and economic costs related to the disease.
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