Asthma Trends Brief

This report presents descriptions, figures, and links to more detailed tables on trends and current patterns of the burden of asthma among adults and children.

Asthma, a serious chronic lung disease affecting 26.8 million adults and 4.5 million children, causes inflamed airways during episodes, leading to millions of hospitalizations and healthcare costs annually.

Asthma Trends and Burden

Asthma mortality, prevalence, and healthcare use trends and demographic comparisons, and missed school and work days and economic costs.
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Current Asthma Demographics

Current asthma rates by demographic groups and state.
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Index of Tables

See a complete list of all the data tables available in this brief.
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