Asthma Demographics / Statistics
Statistics:
- The asthma prevalence rate in African Americans was 38% higher than the rate in whites in 1992
- Asthma is 26% more prevalent in African American children than in white children
- The prevalence of asthma in adult females was almost 30% greater than the rate in males, in 2002
- The asthma prevalence rate for boys aged 0-17 years was over 30% higher than the rate among girls aged 0-17 years
- From 1982-1996, the prevalence of asthma increased by 97 percent among women, compared with 22 percent among men
New Research:
- New research on the cost-effectiveness of inner-city asthma intervention programs (JACI Oct. 2002; Sean D. Sullivan, PhD)