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• -Some interesting facts on asthma-

• Americans with asthma: 14.6 million
  
• Children with asthma: 4.8 million children under age 181
  
• Asthma prevalence: 5.4 percent of Americans reported having asthma in 1994, a 75 percent increase since 1980
  
• Asthma prevalence in pre-school children: 5.8 percent of children under age 5 had asthma in 1994 (as reported by a family member), a 160 percent increase since 1980
  
• Asthma deaths: more than 5,000 each year
  
• Asthma-related hospitalizations: 466,000 in 1994
  
• Emergency room visits for asthma: 1.9 million in 1995
  
• Healthcare costs for asthma care: estimated at more than $6 billion a year
  
• Missed schooldays: more than 10 million a year
  
• Loss in productivity by working parents caring for children who miss school due to asthma: an estimated $1 billion a year

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