TABLE 2.

PREVALENCE OF REPORTED RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AT APPROXIMATELY 7 AND 10 YEARS OF AGE

	Age 7 yr			Age 10 yr
	N	%	N total	N	%	N total
Current asthma	632	11.4	5,537	546	11.4	4,770
Current wheezing	598	10.8	5,545	487	10.2	4,778
Current asthma medicine	762	13.8	5,526
Current eczema	956	17.3	5,534	754	15.8	4,774
Current hay fever	494	8.9	5,520	741	15.5	4,766
Current nasal problems	708	12.9	5,495	868	18.6	4,660
Current nasal-ocular problems	285	5.2	5,493	516	11.1	4,650
Ever asthma*	1,109	20.2	5,498
Ever hay fever				990	21.3	4,651
Ever eczema				1,560	33.7	4,626

N = 5,738. Current indicates symptoms in the last 12 mo.

^*Doctor diagnosed.