Asthma Rates at Record Highs


In Asthma Rates Rise Sharply in U.S., Government Says, the NY Times highlights a recently released Centers for Disease Control study that reports asthma rates in record numbers. According to the report, nearly one in 10 children and one in 12 adults has asthma.

The number of individuals suffering from asthma has risen sharply between 2001 and 2009 among all demographics studied (whites, blacks, Hispanics) and in men and women. Black children have seen the steepest increase in asthma cases with cases rising from one in nine in 2001 to nearly one in five in 2009.

Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control point out that asthma can be controlled when properly managed. But at the same time, they are at a loss to explain the cause for the increase in asthma cases, especially with the decrease in known triggers of the disease, like cigarette smoke. Principal deputy director of the CDC Ileana Arias puts it this way: ‘We don

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