Resources
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
CSTE Asthma Surveillance Definition
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Asthma Surveillance Case Definition Work Group Meeting Report and Position Statement, 1998.
Journal Articles
Asthma Prevalence Among US Children in Underrepresented Minority Populations
American Indian/Alaska Native, Chinese, Filipino, and Asian Indian
Smaller racial and ethnic minority groups are often excluded from asthma studies. National estimates of current asthma prevalence among the children in the selected minority subgroups ranged from 4.4% in Asian Indian children to 13.0% in American Indian/Alaska Native children.
Regional Differences in Hospitalizations for Asthma in the United States, 1988-1996
Journal of Asthma article: Hospitalization rates for asthma are higher in the Northeast United States than in other regions, despite similar regional prevalence rates.
The State of Childhood Asthma and Future Directions - Conference Proceedings
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data were used to describe 1980–2007 trends among children 0 to 17 years of age and recent patterns according to gender, race, and age.
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