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Table 1: Estimated Populations at Risk from Short-Term Particle Pollution (24-Hour PM_2.5)

Chronic Diseases								Age Groups				Number of High PM_2.5 Days
	Report Year	Adult Asthma	Pediatric Asthma	Chronic Bronchitis	Emphysema	CV Disease	Diabetes	Under 18	Over 65	Total Population	Number of Counties	Orange	Red	Purple	Maroon
Grade A (0.0)	2004 2005 2006 2007	1,098,109 1,265,970 1,907,529 723,267	427,013 486,791 663,978 254,527	677,090 721,673 1,042,736 366,951	238,588 275,701 425,983 162,864	4,417,584 6,069,486 8,362,853 2,870,181	(1) 1,214,415 1,775,331 678,454	(2) 5,720,170 7,839,172 2,859,856	2,602,983 3,216,121 4,324,071 1,582,448	20,387,885 23,463,883 32,447,762 11,752,625	177 185 218 80	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0
Grade B (0.3-0.9)	2004 2005 2006 2007	2,091,803 2,177,008 2,508,661 1,338,695	777,232 850,022 882,494 498,993	1,234,260 1,165,895 1,296,874 738,503	429,795 421,841 507,256 328,417	7,998,682 9,554,840 10,178,986 5,784,989	(1) 1,899,681 2,151,354 1,367,113	(2) 9,988,540 10,419,050 5,606,667	4,618,540 4,646,290 4,845,683 3,195,860	37,207,266 39,108,293 41,426,762 23,494,442	185 194 198 149	224 254 252 213	28 18 17 2	0 0 1 0	0 0 0 0
Grade C (1.0-2.0)	2004 2005 2006 2007	2,494,275 2,241,512 2,881,178 2,343,019	941,891 849,957 1,002,944 892,012	1,500,267 1,181,534 1,465,631 1,223,190	514,544 419,786 574,248 510,249	9,635,256 9,612,249 11,532,058 9,167,840	(1) 1,905,198 2,435,734 2,190,730	(2) 9,987,706 11,841,092 10,022,611	5,426,388 4,518,985 5,475,538 4,571,794	45,286,047 39,637,741 46,848,907 39,966,818	136 120 104 165	503 448 371 714	40 28 37 4	0 0 1 0	0 0 0 0
Grade D (2.1-3.2)	2004 2005 2006 2007	1,341,788 1,711,703 1,182,987 2,062,482	496,552 622,929 394,221 798,520	783,391 873,476 597,144 1,063,714	263,649 312,009 232,231 443,747	4,966,969 7,131,044 4,665,231 7,959,894	(1) 1,413,876 985,191 1,899,877	(2) 7,319,930 4,654,292 8,972,131	2,718,105 3,358,629 2,225,319 4,026,457	23,768,590 29,187,894 18,973,903 35,070,995	51 59 37 88	337 381 249 653	34 49 27 23	1 1 0 1	0 0 0 0
Grade F (3.3+)	2004 2005 2006 2007	4,468,378 4,606,903 3,907,150 5,484,393	1,766,912 1,679,638 1,421,992 2,125,283	2,649,823 2,254,726 1,974,959 2,846,148	888,281 801,992 763,403 1,194,055	16,729,853 18,325,151 15,371,186 21,368,462	(1) 3,627,483 3,236,265 5,093,142	(2) 19,737,219 16,788,579 23,879,579	9,356,704 8,878,003 7,377,704 10,965,349	81,757,891 76,509,309 64,324,359 93,704,219	106 94 71 137	2,724 2,494 1,773 3,589	446 327 236 186	7 4 5 3	0 0 0 6
National Population in Counties with PM_2.5 Monitors	2004 2005 2006 2007	11,731,287 13,606,631 13,109,352 12,756,739	4,497,507 5,060,978 4,607,401 4,867,064	6,985,770 7,032,822 6,738,927 6,647,841	2,383,863 2,540,957 2,643,257 2,809,175	44,661,067 50,692,770 52,913,571 50,202,520	(1) 11,444,651 11,178,920 11,958,143	(2) 59,470,893 54,396,663 54,686,116	25,234,335 28,046,929 25,587,775 25,874,255	212,631,740 235,287,598 215,558,018 217,389,252	726 735 718 718	3,788 3,577 2,645 5,169	548 422 317 215	8 5 7 4	0 0 0 6

(1) 2005 was the first year people with diabetes were incorporated as a high risk group.
(2) 2005 was the first year those 18 and under were incorporated as a sensitive group. In previous versions, 14 and under was used.

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