Table 2.

Trends in Pediatric Asthma Mortality, Hospitalization, and C:R

	Asthma Mortality*		Asthma Hospitalization†		C:R:‡
Countries	β 1	P	β 1	P	β 1	P
Australia	-0.076	0.054	-0.067	< 0.001	0.074	< 0.001
China	0.028	0.312	NA	NA	0.190	< 0.001
Hong Kong SAR	-0.120	0.072	-0.015	0.227	0.051	0.433
Indonesia	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.129	< 0.001
Japan	-0.163	< 0.001	-0.003	0.840	0.188	< 0.001
Korea	-0.007	0.859	NA	NA	0.127	< 0.001
Malaysia	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.087	< 0.001
New Zealand	-0.092	0.397	NA	NA	0.015	0.011
Philippines	0.005	0.475	NA	NA	0.079	< 0.001
Singapore	-0.069	0.098	-0.090	< 0.001	0.054	< 0.001
Taiwan, ROC	NA	NA	0.065	< 0.001	0.125	< 0.001
Thailand	0.093	0.006	NA	NA	0.106	< 0.001

*Poisson regression analysis: log(expected no. of age-specific deaths due to asthma) = β₀ + log(age-specific population size) + β₁ × year.

^†Linear regression analysis: log(hospitalization rates) = β₀ + β₁ × year.

^‡Linear regression analysis: log(C:R ratio) = β₀ + β₁ × year.