Advancing asthma care: The glass is only half full! Stanley J. Szefler, MD Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Volume 128, Issue 3, Pages 485-494 (September 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.07.010 Copyright © 2011 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Asthma prevalence in the United States, 1980-2009. Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2011 128, 485-494DOI: (10.1016/j.jaci.2011.07.010) Copyright © 2011 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 A, Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, United States, 1980-2008. B, Asthma deaths per 100,000 population, United States, 1981-2007. Note: Asthma hospitalizations are first listed by using International Classification of Diseases (ICD)–9–CM code 493. Asthma deaths include those with the underlying cause coded as ICD-9 code 493 from 1981-1998 and ICD-10 codes J45-J46 from 1999-2007. Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey, Mortality Component of the National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2011 128, 485-494DOI: (10.1016/j.jaci.2011.07.010) Copyright © 2011 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 A, Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population by race, United States, 1980-2008. B, Asthma deaths per 100,000 population by race, United States, 1981-2007. Note: Asthma hospitalizations are first listed by using International Classification of Diseases (ICD)–9–CM code 493. Asthma deaths include those with the underlying cause coded as ICD-9 code 493 from 1981-1998 and ICD-10 codes J45-J46 from 1999-2007. Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey, Mortality Component of the National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2011 128, 485-494DOI: (10.1016/j.jaci.2011.07.010) Copyright © 2011 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 A, Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population by sex, United States, 1980-2008. B, Asthma deaths per 100,000 population by sex, United States, 1981-2007. Note: Asthma hospitalizations are first listed by using International Classification of Diseases (ICD)–9–CM code 493. Asthma deaths include those with the underlying cause coded as ICD-9 code 493 from 1981-1998 and ICD-10 codes J45-J46 from 1999-2007. Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey, Mortality Component of the National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2011 128, 485-494DOI: (10.1016/j.jaci.2011.07.010) Copyright © 2011 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions