Asthma
(Data are for the U.S.)
Morbidity
- Number of noninstitutionalized adults who currently have asthma: 18.7 million
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults who currently have asthma: 8.2%
- Number of children who currently have asthma: 7.0 million
- Percent of children who currently have asthma: 9.4%
Health care use
Ambulatory care
- Number of visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with asthma as primary diagnosis: 17.0 million
Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2007: table 6 [PDF - 797 KB]
Hospital inpatient care
- Number of discharges with asthma as first-listed diagnosis: 479,000
- Average length of stay: 4.3 days
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 3,388
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 1.1
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, tables 10, 11 [PDF - 2.1 MB]
More data
- Asthma in the US: Growing every year
- Early release of selected estimates from the National Health Interview Survey
- MMWR Vital Signs: Asthma Prevalence, Disease Characteristics, and Self-Management Education—United States, 2001—2009
- National Surveillance for Asthma --- United States, 1980--2004, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summary
- Search Tables for Asthma in Health Data Interactive
- Trends in Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use, and Mortality in the United States, 2001–2010
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