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By Mike Herman
Globally, the trends of is that it continues to escalate with more than 300 million people around the world suffering from asthma. In many countries the annual death toll rises year in, year out.
Although affects people of all ages, it often starts in childhood and is more common in children than adults. More boys have than girls, but in adulthood more women have than men.
Although is a problem among all races, blacks have more attacks and are more likely than whites to be hospitalised for attacks or to die from asthma.
Trends of in the USA
There is an estimated 23.2 million people that suffer from 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 are more than $14 billion annually.
All statistic related to asthma, health care cost, newly diagnosed people and deaths because of continues to increase yearly.
Trends of 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 experience significant restrictions on their daily lives, while 250,000 people have which is so severe that it cannot be controlled by inhalers or stronger medicine.
Asthma
treatment costs the NHS (National Health Service) an estimated £889 million a year.
However, too few asthmatics get the right information from their doctor when their is diagnosed - only 6% receive a written self-management plan that explains when to take their medication and only 3% are told what to do when their gets worse.
In a survey of 13-14 year olds in 56 countries, the UK had the fifth highest prevalence rate for asthma.
Trends of in Australia
Over two million people in Australia have asthma.
While is on the increase, deaths have been steadily declining for the past decade.
It is widely accepted that Australia has some of the best, and most affordable, medications available and are recognised as world leaders when it comes to management and education, largely due to the intensive work of the National Council.
Summary of the Trends and Statistics
Asthma is a highly ranked chronic health condition in adults in most western countries, and it is the leading chronic illness of children. rates are on the increase, especially in the western world.
More people in western countries suffer from allergies, compared to people in less affluent rural parts of the world, and allergy rates are also on the increase. Article Source: http://www.upublish.info About the Author:
Mike Herman
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