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Corporate Authors:
National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.), Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services.
National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.), Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services. Less -
Description:
Asthma is a lifelong disease that causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. It can limit a person's quality of life. While we don't know why asthma rates are rising, we do know that most people with asthma can control their symptoms and prevent asthma attacks by avoiding asthma triggers and correctly using prescribed medicines, such as inhaled corticosteroids. The number of people diagnosed with asthma grew by 4.3 million from 2001 to 2009. From 2001 through 2009 asthma rates rose the most among black children, almost a 50% increase. Asthma was linked to 3,447 deaths (about 9 per day) in 2007. Asthma costs in the US grew from about $53 billion in 2002 to about $56 billion in 2007, about a 6% increase. Greater access to medical care is needed for the growing number of people with asthma.." -p. 1
Content Notes:
Fact sheet released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services (OSELS) in association with: Vital signs: asthma prevalence, disease characteristics, and self-management education: United States, 2001--2009. published: MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; v. 60, no. 17, p. 547-52.

"C221812-B."

"May 2011."

"Publication date: 05/03/2011."

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Mode of access: World Wide Web

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Subject:
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Asthma
Environmental Exposure
Epidemiology
Prevention & Control
Therapy
Asthma/Epidemiology
Asthma/Popular Works
Asthma/Therapy
Environmental Exposure/Prevention & Control

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Vital signs ; 2011 May ; MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; v. v. 60, no. 17, p. 547-52
Vital signs ; 2011 May ; MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; v. v. 60, no. 17, p. 547-52 Less -
Document Type:
Pamphlet (or booklet)
Genre:
Popular Works ; Patient Education Handout ; Popular Works
Popular Works ; Patient Education Handout ; Popular Works Less -
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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