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Why is asthma becoming increasingly common among young children?
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Name the most common chronic disease in children?
* Asthma is a common chronic disease among children in the United States.* In 2006, 9.9 million children under 18 years of age were reported to have ever been diagnosed with asthma; 6.8 million children had an asthmatic episode in the last 12 months. * The hospitalization rate for asthma remained at 27 per 10,000 children from 2002-2004. * Asthma is the third ranking cause of non-injury related hospitalization among children less than 15 years of age.* Although asthma deaths among children are rare, 195 children under 18 years of age died from asthma in 2003.Disparities of Asthma * Asthma disproportionately affects children from lower-income families and children from various racial and ethnic groups.* African-American children have a 500% higher mortality rate from asthma as compared with Caucasian children.* In 2005, 13% of African-American children were reported to have asthma as compared with 9% of Hispanic children and 8% of non-Hispanic white children.
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