Home
Program Links
Asthma Coalition
Asthma Data
Asthma Action Plans
Schools
Coaches
Professionals
Adults & Parents
4Kidz & Youth
Education Programs
Asthma Slides
En Español

Asthma Data

Asthma Fact Sheets:

Asthma Facts (PDF: 77 KB/2 pages) (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, January 2009)

Datos sobre el asma (PDF: 34 KB/2 pages) (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, May 2008)

Facts about Childhood Asthma in the U.S. (PDF: 107 KB/2 pages) (NCAC, 2007)

Snapshot of Childhood Asthma in DC (PDF: 84 KB/1 page) (NCAC, 2007)

Asthma Data Reports:

Asthma Surveillance Data: 2002-2006 - Adult/Pediatric/Senior data from DC Hospitals (IMPACT DC, "Asthma Surveillance")

Asthma in the District of Columbia 2003 data report (PDF: 373 KB/40 pages)  (DC Department of Health)

DOH-Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory-CDC asthma study, (PDF: 601 KB/14 pages),"Medicaid patient asthma-related acute care visits and their associations with ozone and particulates in Washington, DC, from 1994–2005." S. Babin et al. Int J Environ Health Res. 2008 Jun;18(3):209-21.

Healthy People 2010 Plan Mid-Course Revisions asthma objectives (DC Department of Health)

Asthma FASTSTATS (National Center for Health Statistics)

RAND Health-GWU 2008 reports:

Working Paper Phase 1: Executive Summary, Assessing Health and Health Care in DC (PDF: 190 KB/15 pages)

Working Paper Phase 1: Assessing Health and Health Care in DC (PDF: 4.3 MB/232 pages)

Working Paper Phase 2: Assessing Health and Health Care in DC (PDF: 3.7 MB/196 pages)

Surveys:

Children and Asthma in America - 2004 National Survey & Data Slides (GlaxoSmithKline)

Asthma in America - 1998 National Survey & Data Slides (GlaxoSmithKline)

Latest News, Articles, and Research:

Environews by Topic: Asthma (Journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

GOOGLE Asthma News

GOOGLE SCHOLAR Articles

Medline Plus-Asthma (National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health)

PubMed (National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health)

YAHOO Asthma News

Home Search Disclaimers Privacy Policy
For more information, contact: Lisa A. Gilmore
Telephone:  (202) 415-1962 • E-Mail:  lgilmore@natcapasthma.org
The information provided on this website is not intended to diagnose health problems or to take the place of medical advice.
For asthma or any medical condition, individuals should seek medical advice from their health care professional.
Concepts, Graphics and Design Copyright © 2006-2009. All rights reserved.

Last modified: 08/11/09