Table 4.
Regional variation in the prevalence (%) of asthma symptoms in Omani schoolchildren aged 6 –7 years using the ISAAC questionnaire
| 12 – month prevalence of
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| Ever wheezed | Any wheeze | Wheeze disturbs sleep | Wheeze limiting speech | Exercise wheeze | Night cough | Ever had asthma | |
| Muscat | 10.4 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 5.6 | 17.8 | 9.5 |
| Batinah (North) | 16.2 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 17.0 | 10.2 |
| Batinah (South) | 14.7 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 19.6 | 8.3 |
| Dakhiliya | 13.8 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 20.7 | 12.2 |
| Sharqiya (South) | 16.8 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 10.6 | 23.4 | 13.4 |
| Sharqiya (North) | 15.9 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 27.5 | 14.2 |
| Dhahirah | 13.8 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 20.6 | 6.8 |
| Dhofar | 12.8 | 7.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 7.1 | 16.2 | 11.8 |
| Musandum & Wusta | 5.3 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 15.8 | 5.3 |
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| Total national sample | 13.8 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 19.6 | 10.5 |