Should We Be Conerned? What are the Trends of Asthma?
Globally, the trends of asthma is that it continues to escalate
with more than 300 million people around the world suffering
from asthma. In many countries the annual asthma death toll
rises year in, year out.
Although asthma affects people of all ages, it often starts in
childhood and is more common in children than adults. More boys
have asthma than girls, but in adulthood more women have asthma
than men.
Although asthma is a problem among all races, blacks have more
asthma attacks and are more likely than whites to be
hospitalised for asthma attacks or to die from asthma.
Trends of Asthma in the USA
There is an estimated 23.2 million people that suffer from
asthma in the USA, and more than 30% of those are children 0 -
18 years of age.
Asthma is the biggest cause of school absensces in regards to
chronic illnesses.
Asthma is the reason for nearly 500,000 hospitalisations and
5,000 deaths each year.
Health care costs related to asthma are more than $14 billion
annually.
All statistic related to asthma, health care cost, newly
diagnosed people and deaths because of asthma continues to
increase yearly.
Trends of Asthma in Britian
Just over 5 million people have asthma. Meaning that 1 in 10
children and 1 in 12 adults. Each year 1,400 people die from
asthma, and over a third of these deaths are in people under 65
years of age.
Each year there are 69,000 hospital admissions due to asthma,
which includes about 28,500 children.
Approximately 1.2 million people with asthma experience
significant restrictions on their daily lives, while 250,000
people have asthma which is so severe that it cannot be
controlled by inhalers or stronger medicine.
Asthma treatment costs the NHS (National Health Service) an
estimated