Asthma is hitting some parts of Salt Lake County harder. Here’s why.

The burden of asthma is disproportionately high in some Salt Lake neighborhoods, due to low health care rates and more air pollution.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Aileen Hampton holds an inhaler in South Salt Lake on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Aileen Hampton holds an inhaler in South Salt Lake on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021.

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