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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 11.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Apr;9(2):154–160. doi: 10.1097/aci.0b013e3283292207

Table 1.

Asthma: current prevalence and mortality rates among children 0–17 years of age in the United States

Population Current prevalence (%) Mortality rate (per 1░000░000)
Puerto Ricans 19.2 a
AI/AN 13.0 a
Non-Hispanic blacks 12.7 9.2
Filipino 10.7 a
National average 9.3 2.6
Non-Hispanic whites 8.0 1.3
Mexicans 6.4 1.7
Chinese 5.1 a
Asian Indian 4.4 a

Data from MMWR 2007 [10•], ALA 2007 [2], CDC/NCHS 2006 [3], NHIS 2001–2005 [8]; Brim et al. [9•].

AI/AN, American-Indian/Alaska Native.

a

No reliable data available.