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Asthma

Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. Asthma can be controlled by taking medicine and avoiding the triggers that can cause an attack. You must also remove the triggers in your environment that can make your asthma worse.

Asthma Topics

Asthma Basics

Brochures, Facts, Triggers, Management

Data & Surveillance

Asthma Call-back Survey, Asthma State Data Profiles, Asthma's Impact on the Nation, BRFSS Data, Data Resources/Articles, FastStats, MMWR, NHIS Data, Survey Questions

Interventions

Community Guide, Potentially Effective Interventions

Related Resources

Asthma & Allergies in the Workplace, Flu & Asthma Control, Multimedia Messages, Links to Other Agencies and Organizations

Helping Americans with Asthma

Airing Asthma’s Story, Legislation & Policy, Tools for Asthma Control

Information for Specific Groups

Elderly, Healthcare Professionals, Kids, Parents, Public Health Professionals, Researchers, Schools and Childcare Providers, Workplace Health Professionals

Program Evaluation

Evaluation Guide, Evaluation Webinar

CDC’s National Asthma Control Program

Contact Information for States and Programs

Click to go to the Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities

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Impact on the Nation

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Data & Surveillance

Current Asthma Prevalence Percents by Age, Sex, and Race, United States, 2010. Age: Child = 9.6%, Adult = 7.7%, Sex: Male = 7.0%, Female = 9.3%, Race/Ethnicity: White = 8.1%, Black = 11.1%, Hispanic = 6.3%.  Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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