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Asthma Statistics:
1/ In 1998, an estimated 17 million Americans, or 6.4 percent of the population, had asthma. Children account for 4.8 million of Americans with asthma.

2/ asthma affects slightly more African Americans (5.8 percent) than whites (5.1 percent). In 1993 however, African Americans were 3 to 4 times more likely than whites to be hospitalized for asthma. In 1996, African Americans were 4 to 6 times more likely than whites to die from asthma.

3/ More than 5,000 people die from asthma each year in the United States. Although asthma deaths are infrequent, they have increased significantly during the last two decades. From 1975-1979, the death rate was 8.2 per 100,000 people. That rate jumped in 1993-1995 to 17.9 per 100,000.

4/ In 1994, asthma caused 451,000 hospitalizations. Children under 15 accounted for 169,000 of these.

5/ In 1995, asthma caused more than 1.8 million emergency room visits.

6/ Asthma cost the U.S. economy an estimated $10.7 billion in 1994, including a direct health care cost of $6.1 billion and indirect costs, such as lost work days, of $4.6 billion. - NIAID

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