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Showing posts with label asthma prevalence. Show all posts

Friday, January 14, 2011

Asthma Continues to Afflict Millions

The CDC recently released their report on Asthma Statistics. The Highlights of the report include the following:

  • About 8.2% of the US population has asthma
  • That is 24.9 million people in the US
  • 17.4 million adults have asthma
  • 7.1 million children have asthma
  • 14.2 million lost work days were due to asthma
  • 10.5 million lost school days were due to asthma
You can read the full report at http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/