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.