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Asthma

(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)

Morbidity

Number of noninstitutionalized adults who currently have asthma: 16.1 million

Percent of noninstitutionalized adults who currently have asthma: 7.3

Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006, Tables 3 and 4

Number of children who currently have asthma: 6.8 million

Percent of children who currently have asthma: 9.4

Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2006, Table 1, Appendix III, Table IV

Health care use

Ambulatory care

Number of visits to office-based physicians: 12.8 million

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Summary, Table 13

Number of hospital outpatient department visits: 1.3 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Outpatient Department Summary, Table 11

Number of hospital emergency department visits: 1.8 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Emergency Department Summary, Table 11

Mortality

Number of deaths: 3,884

Deaths per 100,000:  1.3

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Tables 10, 11

More data

Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use and Mortality: United States, 2003-05

The State of Childhood Asthma, United States, 1980-2005

Early release of selected estimates from the National Health Interview Survey

National Asthma Survey

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