Significant increases in asthma have been seen over a large portion of the United States from 2001 to 2008 according to a study preformed by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
According to the study 19 states had significant increases in the 3-year average prevalence of asthma with the highest increases in Oklahoma and Alabama (both about 2%). The only state that demonstrated a decline over the 3 year period was Nevada.
In a press release lead study author Teresa A. Morrison, MD, MPH stated "This state-by-state analysis of annual trends in asthma prevalence is important for public health planning and for generating hypotheses to determine risk factors for this common condition."
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I just can’t imagine that the conditions of our air and water can be good for asthma. Plus, I wonder if there is a familial connection, so that if parents have it, their kids are more likely to have it, which would increase the numbers.
I think one other thing may be the fact that asthma is now more widely recognized as an actual disease, rather than a symptom.
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