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CDC releases 25-year childhood asthma report
Respiratory Care Weekly, January 3, 2007
The CDC released a comprehensive report on December 29 called, "The State of Childhood Asthma, United States, 1980-2005." RTs can take pride in being part of a positive overall trend in the report: While asthma prevalence doubled during the time period, death rates have remained level. The report gives credit to greater awareness and treatment of the disease.
Statistical highlights include the following:
* Among race/ethnic groups, Puerto Rican and non-Hispanic black children reportedly had the highest percentages of asthma (19.2% and 12.7% respectively)
* According to 2003 data, children with at least one asthma attack in the previous year (nearly 4 million children) missed a cumulative total of 12.8 million school days due to asthma
* Asthma-related emergency department visits for children have remained fairly stable from 1992 to 2004 (103 visits per 10,000 children in 2004 compared with 97.6 visits per 10,000 in 1992)
Click here http://www.cdc.gov/nchs to download the report.
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