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. 2006 Sep;96(9):1599–1603. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.071514

TABLE 2—

Diagnosed Asthma, Possible Asthma, and Total Potential Asthma Burden Among Chicago Public Elementary-School Students (n = 11 490)

Diagnosed Asthma Signs of Possible Asthma Total Potential Asthma Burden (Diagnosed + Possible) No Diagnosis and No Signs of Asthma
n (%) P n (%) P n (%) P n (%) P
Overall 14 schools 1409 (12.2) 1670 (14.5) 3079 (26.8) 8411 (73.2)
Child race/ethnicity <.001 .125 <.001 <.001
    White non-Hispanic 153 (9.8) 207 (13.3) 360 (23.1) 1200 (76.9)
    Black non-Hispanic 537 (18.3) 461 (15.7) 998 (34.0) 1940 (66.0)
    Hispanic 610 (10.3) 866 (14.4) 1476 (24.6) 4526 (75.4)
    Other/unidentified 109 (11.0) 136 (13.7) 245 (24.7) 745 (75.3)
Child Hispanic subgroupa <.001 .911 <.001 <.001
    Mexican 317 (8.3) 538 (14.1) 855 (22.4) 2968 (77.6)
    Puerto Rican 102 (21.6) 72 (15.2) 174 (36.8) 299 (63.2)
    Mexican and Puerto Rican 22 (16.9) 19 (14.6) 41 (31.5) 89 (68.5)
    Other Hispanic 50 (9.6) 72 (13.8) 122 (23.4) 399 (76.6)
Child genderb <.001 .079 <.001 <.001
    Boy 834 (14.3) 817 (14.0) 1651 (28.3) 4193 (71.7)
    Girl 570 (10.2) 849 (15.1) 1419 (25.3) 4189 (74.7)
Child age, y .632 .111 .698 .698
    4 30 (10.9) 49 (17.8) 79 (28.6) 197 (71.4)
    5 103 (12.0) 125 (14.5) 228 (26.5) 633 (73.5)
    6 143 (10.8) 216 (16.3) 359 (27.1) 967 (72.9)
    7 186 (13.6) 205 (15.0) 391 (28.6) 974 (71.4)
    8 166 (12.1) 202 (14.8) 368 (26.9) 1000 (73.1)
    9 170 (12.5) 196 (14.4) 366 (26.9) 996 (73.1)
    10 173 (12.7) 169 (12.4) 342 (25.1) 1022 (74.9)
    11 163 (13.1) 177 (14.3) 340 (27.4) 900 (72.6)
    12 136 (11.2) 188 (15.4) 324 (26.6) 893 (73.4)
    13 139 (12.5) 143 (12.9) 282 (25.4) 829 (74.6)

an = 4947; Hispanic subgroup data are missing for 4 schools.

bn = 11 452; 38 cases missing gender data.