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Article: Asthma - United States, 1980-1987.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- July 27, 1990
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Respiratory asthma (*) [1] is a common chronic disease that affects persons in all age groups. Since the early 1970s, the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of asthma in the United States and other countries have been increasing [2-5]. In 1988, related health-care expenditures for asthma in the United States exceeded $4 billion (CDC/Health Care Financing Administration, unpublished data). This report summarizes national trends in disease burden for asthma using data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics' multiple cause-of-death file, (+), National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), National Hospital Discharge Survey, and National Health Interview ...
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