Quick Fact #8
Approximately 9% of West Virginia adults, or 130,000 adult individuals, currently have asthma (2005 BRFSS).
The mission of the West Virginia Asthma Education and Prevention Program is to develop, implement, and evaluate a statewide strategic asthma plan in the interest of reducing the health and economic consequences attributed to asthma in West Virginia.
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