TABLE 3—
Children Entering the New York City Homeless Shelter System With a Previous Asthma Diagnosis Who Were Taking an Asthma Controller Medication: New York, June 1998–December 2002
| No. | Diagnosed and Taking Controller Medication, % | |
| June 1998–September 1999 | 202 | 12 |
| October 1999–December 2000 | 166 | 14 |
| January 2001–December 2001 | 159 | 17 |
| January 2002–December 2002 | 119 | 15 |
| Arithmetic means | 162 | 15 |