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Asthma is a chronic lung disease that cannot be cured - only
controlled.
Read more about Asthma...
Read about Asthma &
Children...
Read about the History of
Asthma...
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Allergy may be defined as an unusual reaction to normally
harmless substances that contact the body surfaces. These
surfaces include the eyes, nose, lungs, stomach and skin.
Allergies reflect an overreaction of the immune system to
certain substances, which can cause sneezing, wheezing, coughing
and itching.
Read more about allergies...
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national
Statistics on Asthma
In July 2005, the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Richard Carmona, reported that:
- 20 million Americans suffer from asthma- that is three times as many as 25 years ago.
- 1 in every 8 children has asthma;
- 12 people die from asthma daily
- There are 5,000 emergency room visits recorded each day.
Click
here for the 2005 Asthma Capitals
Click
here for CDC prevalence data
For more information on asthma facts in the United States:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/asthma.htm
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National Statistics on Allergy
- More than 50 million Americans suffer from allergic diseases
- Allergies are the 6th leading cause of chronic disease in the United States, costing the health care system $18 billion annually.
- In 2002, approximately 14 million office visits to health care providers were attributed to allergic rhinitis
- Chronic sinusitis is the most commonly reported chronic disease, affecting 16.3 percent of people (nearly 32 million) in the United States in 1997
Click
here for the 2006 Fall Allergy Capitals
For more information on allergy facts in the United States:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/allergystat.htm
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Recent data from the California Department of Health Services, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
The information provided is for reference only and should not substitute for professional medical care.
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