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The number of children who currently have Asthma is estimated to be 6.5 million, or about 8.9% of all children in the U.S.1

Asthma prevalence rates among children remain at historically high levels following dramatic increases from 1980 until late 1990s.2

Sources:

1 National Center for Health Statistics. Fast Stats A to Z: Asthma.

2 Akinbami LJ. The State of childhood asthma, United States, 1980-2005. Advance data from vital and health statistics; no 381, Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2006.

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