Iron County Smoking Facts

Source: Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan Behavioral Risk Factor Survey & Local Health Department Estimates; 2000 – 2004   Note: Iron County is part of the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department. 

v     The adult smoking rate for the State of Michigan is currently at 23.4%. 

Source: Michigan Resident Birth Files, Vital Records and Health Data Development Section, Michigan Department of Community Health, 2003

v     The current pre-natal smoking rate for the State of Michigan is 14.4%. 

v     Smoking during pregnancy is the foremost preventable cause of illness and death among mothers and infants

v     Pregnant women who smoke or who are exposed to secondhand smoke are between 1.5 and 3.5 times more likely to have a low birth-weight baby.

 

Source: Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Smoking Attributable Morbidity, Mortality and Economic Costs (SAMMEC), 2003

v     In 2003, there were a total of 209 deaths in Iron County, 36 or 17.0% of those deaths can be linked directly to tobacco use.

v     Smoking related illnesses include but are not limited to: heart disease, stroke, respiratory diseases, lung cancer and other tobacco related cancers.

Source: Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Smoking Attributable Morbidity, Mortality and Economic Costs (SAMMEC), 2003

v     Every year in Michigan over 2,490 non-smokers die as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke.

v     Research shows that even 30 minutes of exposure to secondhand smoke can cause heart damage similar to that of a habitual smoker, the kind of damage that can lead to a heart attack.

Source: Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Smoking Attributable Morbidity, Mortality and Economic Costs (SAMMEC), 2003

v     Direct health care costs include but are not limited to medical expenditures paid for: ambulatory, hospital, prescription drugs, nursing homes and other personal care

Source: Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Smoking Attributable Morbidity, Mortality and Economic Costs (SAMMEC), 2003

v     Approximately 33.2% of Iron County’s smoking related health care costs are paid by Medicaid

Source: Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Smoking Attributable Morbidity, Mortality and Economic Costs (SAMMEC), 2003

v     Each resident of Iron County pays approximately $598 each year to treat smoking related illnesses.  

v     The average smoking-related health care costs for the State Of Michigan is $311 per capita.

Source: Tobacco Free Kids, 2002

v     The cost to each household in Iron County to pay for smoking-related costs at the State and the Federal Level. 

Source: National Fire Incident Reporting System, 2003 - 2004

v     Number of residential fires that were caused by smoking materials: Lighted cigarette, match, cigarette lighter, pipe or cigar. 

v     Only 4% of all residential fires are caused by smoking materials, but they account for 19% of residential fire fatalities and 9% of the injuries.

Source: Leade Health, Inc.  Outcomes Report: October 2003 – September 2005

v     28% of Quit Line participants were tobacco-free three-month post enrollment, and by 12 months, 23% of Quit Line participants reported being tobacco-free.