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 Asthma Facts and Statistics
- Asthma is a chronic lung condition that can develop at any age.
- It affects twice as many boys as girls in childhood; more girls than boys develop asthma as teenagers, and in adulthood, the ratio becomes 1:1 males to females.
- In Canada, approximately 20 children and 500 adults die each year from asthma. However, with adequate treatment most deaths from asthma can be prevented.
- It is most common in childhood and occurs in approximately 7-10% of the pediatric population.
- Asthma affects children in varying degrees, from very mild (only during vigorous exercise) to very severe. Children with severe asthma may have symptoms every day that may cause some lifestyle restriction; in these children symptoms occur more easily and more frequently.
- Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease of children; it accounts for 1/4 of school absenteeism.
- There is a general trend of increased deaths and hospitalizations from asthma recorded in all the industrialized countries of the world, Canada included.
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