Table 5.
Regional variation in the prevalence (%) of asthma symptoms in Omani schoolchildren aged 13 –14 years using the ISAAC questionnaire
| ever wheezed | 12 –month prevalence of:
|
Ever had asthma | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any wheeze | Wheeze disturbs sleep | Wheeze limiting speech | Exercise wheeze | Night cough | |||
| Muscat | 11.6 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 12.6 | 21.3 | 19.1 |
| Batinah (North) | 19.9 | 12.7 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 25.7 | 23.2 | 25.2 |
| Batinah (South) | 18.1 | 10.6 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 18.9 | 19.4 | 23.4 |
| Dakhiliya | 11.5 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 16.9 | 19.2 | 20.2 |
| Sharqiya (South) | 26.8 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 4.9 | 31.1 | 23.0 | 30.6 |
| Sharqiya (North) | 16.4 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 19.4 | 20.4 | 26.9 |
| Dhahirah | 14.2 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 17.8 | 19.0 | 15.0 |
| Dhofar | 13.8 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 17.6 | 21.8 | 13.8 |
| Musandum & Wusta | 9.6 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 12.8 | 18.1 | 9.6 |
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| Total national sample | 15.6 | 8.9 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 19.2 | 20.9 | 20.7 |