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Article #345: Should We Be Conerned? What are the Trends of Asthma?

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






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