| Globally, the trends of asthma is that it
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| | asthma experience significant
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| continues to escalate with more than 300
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| | restrictions on their daily lives, while
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| million people around the world suffering
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| | 250,000 people have asthma which is so
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| from asthma. In many countries the annual
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| | severe that it cannot be controlled by
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| asthma death toll rises year in, year
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| | inhalers or stronger medicine.
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| out.
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| | Asthma treatment costs the NHS (National
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| Although asthma affects people of all
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| | Health Service) an estimated £889
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| ages, it often starts in childhood and is
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| | million a year.
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| more common in children than adults. More
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| | However, too few asthmatics get the right
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| boys have asthma than girls, but in
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| | information from their doctor when their
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| adulthood more women have asthma than
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| | asthma is diagnosed - only 6% receive a
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| men.
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| | written self-management plan that
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| Although asthma is a problem among all
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| | explains when to take their medication
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| races, blacks have more asthma attacks
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| | and only 3% are told what to do when
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| and are more likely than whites to be
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| | their asthma gets worse.
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| hospitalised for asthma attacks or to die
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| | In a survey of 13-14 year olds in 56
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| from asthma.
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| | countries, the UK had the fifth highest
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| Trends of Asthma in the USA
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| | prevalence rate for asthma.
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| There is an estimated 23.2 million people
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| | Trends of Asthma in Australia
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| that suffer from asthma in the USA, and
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| | Over two million people in Australia have
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| more than 30% of those are children 0 -
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| | asthma.
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| 18 years of age.
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| | While asthma is on the increase, asthma
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| Asthma is the biggest cause of school
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| | deaths have been steadily declining for
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| absensces in regards to chronic
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| | the past decade.
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| illnesses.
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| | It is widely accepted that Australia has
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| Asthma is the reason for nearly 500,000
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| | some of the best, and most affordable,
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| hospitalisations and 5,000 deaths each
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| | medications available and are recognised
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| year.
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| | as world leaders when it comes to asthma
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| Health care costs related to asthma are
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| | management and education, largely due to
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| more than $14 billion annually.
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| | the intensive work of the National Asthma
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| All statistic related to asthma, health
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| | Council.
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| care cost, newly diagnosed people and
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| | Summary of the Trends and Statistics
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| deaths because of asthma continues to
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| | Asthma is a highly ranked chronic health
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| increase yearly.
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| | condition in adults in most western
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| Trends of Asthma in Britian
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| | countries, and it is the leading chronic
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| Just over 5 million people have asthma.
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| | illness of children. Asthma rates are on
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| Meaning that 1 in 10 children and 1 in 12
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| | the increase, especially in the western
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| adults. Each year 1,400 people die from
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| | world.
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| asthma, and over a third of these deaths
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| | More people in western countries suffer
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| are in people under 65 years of age.
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| | from allergies, compared to people in
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| Each year there are 69,000 hospital
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| | less affluent rural parts of the world,
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| admissions due to asthma, which includes
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| | and allergy rates are also on the
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| about 28,500 children.
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| | increase.
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| Approximately 1.2 million people with
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