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Published on: November 4, 2010
Trends in adolescent asthma in Israel
Mohammed Morad1, Isack Kandel, Liora Birnbaum
1Clalit Health Services and Division of Community Health, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Abstract:
There has been observed a worldwide increase in childhood asthma and this short communication reviews current research on adolescent asthma in Israel. Several studies have found an overall asthma prevalence of 7.8% for Jewish children, 4.9% for Arab children and 3.7% for the total population, while 7.8% was found in Bedouin children in the south of Israel. For the 1980-1997 period for the 5-34 year age group the AMR (asthma mortality rate) per 100,000 was found to be 0.226 with no significant difference between Jews and Arabs. This is a decrease as a result of increase in the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and a better anti-inflammatory treatment.
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