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Events – Asthma Awareness Day Capitol Hill: May 4, 2011
2011 Asthma Statistics
· 17.5 million adults in the U.S. 1
· 24.6 million people total (8.2%)1
· 7.1 million children under 18 1
· 3,447 deaths a year (3,262 adults, 185 children) 1
· 13.9 million physician office visits, 1.75 million emergency department visits and 456,000 asthma hospitalizations a year1
· $20 billion in healthcare costs and lost productivity 2
· 10.5 million school days, 14.2 million workplace days, and 22 million at-home workdays missed a year 1
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1. Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use, and Mortality: United States, 2005-2009, National Health Statistics Reports, No. 32, January 12, 2011, CDC National Center for Health Statistics
2. Morbidity & Mortality: 2007 Chart Book on Cardiovascular, Lung, and Blood Diseases, National Health, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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