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: 10.5 million
Source: National
Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Summary, Table 12
Number
of hospital outpatient department visits: 6.3 million
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department Summary, Table 13
Number
of hospital emergency department visits: 217,000
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary, Table
24
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
Health
Data Interactive
Related
links
National
Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
National
Health Interview Survey
National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
Mortality
data
National
Asthma Control Program, CDC
National Heart, Lung
and Blood Institute
National
Asthma Education and Prevention Program
Environmental
Protection Agency: Asthma
American
Lung Association
Global
Initiative for Asthma
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December 17, 2008
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