Pediatric Pulmonology
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Asthma Statistics from the Center for Disease Control: Vital Health Statistics, 2003:
- Nine million U.S. children under 18 have been diagnosed with asthma.
- More than four million children have had an asthma attack in the previous year.
- Asthma rates in children under the age of five have increased more than 160% from 1980-1994.
- Approximately 44% of all asthma hospitalizations are for children.
- Approximately 40% of children who have asthmatic parents will develop asthma.
