What are facts about asthma?

Answer 1

• About 23 million people, including almost 7 million children, have Asthma ma. 1 ,2

* Asthma prevalence is higher among families with lower incomes.

• 12 million people report having an asthma attack in the past year.

• Asthma accounts for nearly 17 million physician office and hospital visits, 4 and nearly

million emergency department visits each year.

• African Americans continue to have higher rates of asthma emergency department visits,

hospitalizations, and deaths than do Caucasians:

* The rate of emergency department visits is 350% higher.

* The hospitalization rate is 240% higher.

* The asthma Death Rate is 200% higher.

• Approximately 2 million Hispanics in the U.S. have asthma and Puerto Ricans are

disproportionately impacted:

• The rate of asthma among Puerto Ricans is 125% higher than non-Hispanic white

people and 80% higher than non-Hispanic black people.

• The prevalence of asthma attacks is highest among Puerto Ricans.

Asthma in Children:

• Asthma is one of the most common serious chronic diseases of childhood.

• Asthma is the third-ranking cause of hospitalization among children under 15. 5

• Asthma in children is the cause of seven million physician visits and nearly 200,000

hospitalizations.

• An average of one out of every 10 school-aged child has asthma.

• 13 million school days are missed each year due to asthma.

The Cost of Asthma:

• Annual expenditures for health and lost productivity due to asthma are estimated at over

$20 billion, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

Answer 2

it can be caused from crying or laughing