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Table 1b: Estimated Populations at Risk from Ozone¹

		Chronic Diseases				Age Groups				Number of High Ozone Days
	Report Year	Adult Asthma	Pediatric Asthma	Chronic Bronchitis	Emphysema	Under 18	Total Over 65	Number of Population	Counties	Orange	Red	Purple
Grade A (0.0)	2004 2005 2006 2007	791,444 816,733 1,101,423 1,444,708	295,702 300,035 371,502 505,761	479,335 434,229 606,774 772,761	163,687 158,458 253,035 346,761	(1) 3,525,678 4,386,141 5,682,711	1,719,616 1,755,385 2,624,697 3,389,213	14,417,418 14,339,204 18,604,687 24,345,906	77 87 110 145	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0
Grade B (0.3-0.9)	2004 2005 2006 2007	835,492 818,571 1,065,860 1,348,081	312,162 322,006 384,181 516,736	509,065 483,003 580,847 723,870	181,520 185,875 232,928 311,496	(1) 3,783,850 4,535,795 5,806,019	2,021,935 2,198,284 2,328,379 2,927,058	15,211,187 15,646,414 18,337,580 23,457,531	56 67 81 132	77 97 118 173	0 0 1 2	0 0 0
Grade C (1.0-2.0)	2004 2005 2006 2007	777,159 1,046,738 1,183,001 1,975,636	294,538 400,744 419,134 732,459	482,637 570,187 608,112 1,006,458	172,954 210,265 238,066 421,078	(1) 4,709,090 4,948,370 8,229,88	1,918,297 2,379,449 2,280,662 3,822,577	14,373,424 18,887,354 19,486,872 32,897,057	77 94 99 143	324 397 429 579	3 4 7 24	0 0 0 0
Grade D (2.1-3.2)	2004 2005 2006 2007	849,726 531,289 413,923 1,683,506	352,390 207,069 140,501 593,353	528,588 284,197 217,638 848,895	177,904 103,901 88,754 363,798	(1) 2,433,258 1,658,808 6,666,892	1,861,308 1,148,216 898,495 3,377,432	16,275,763 9,502,497 6,797,619 27,354,130	53 54 42 90	420 413 316 635	10 10 11 50	0 0 0 0
Grade F (3.3+)	2004 2005 2006 2007	7,497,712 8,402,314 8,573,183 5,608,752	2,917,201 3,118,942 3,052,922 2,293,031	4,444,370 4,224,519 4,353,739 2,979,685	1,502,981 1,502,371 1,686,664 1,233,743	(1) 36,650,356 36,043,999 25,764,398	15,701,385 16,313,879 16,036,647 11,119,853	136,081,799 142,743,621 140,539,448 99,006,369	373 353 337 163	9,991 9,403 7,551 3,713	1,220 1,319 1,113 535	95 127 101 64
National Population in Counties with Ozone Monitors	2004 2005 2006 2007	11,275,592 12,080,816 12,726,163 12,383,917	4,343,905 4,498,334 4,497,070 4,760,020	6,744,494 6,229,914 6,562,587 6,497,821	2,305,126 2,245,723 2,576,661 2,748,891	(1) 52,859,356 53,094,168 53,483,376	24,393,223 24,745,650 24,922,402 25,312,854	205,205,712 208,721,127 209,951,406 212,433,979	707 723 737 744	10,812 10,310 8,414 5,100	1,233 1,333 1,132 611	95 127 101 64

(1) Data from the reports issued in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 were omitted to simplify the table, but are available upon request.

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