Temporal Trends of Asthma Among Children in the Western Pacific Region From 1990 to 2045: Longitudinal Observational Study

Asthma has become one of the most common chronic conditions worldwide, especially among children. Recent findings show that the prevalence of childhood asthma has increased by 12.6% over the past 30 years, with >262 million people currently affected globally. The reasons for the growing asthma ep...

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Published in:JMIR public health and surveillance 2024-03, Vol.10, p.e55327
Main Authors: Yang, Cheng-Hao, Li, Xin-Yu, Lv, Jia-Jie, Hou, Meng-Jie, Zhang, Ru-Hong, Guo, Hong, Feng, Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age groups
Asthma
Asthma - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Childrens health
Cost of Illness
Diminishing marginal utility
Epidemics
Epidemiology
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Health care access
Health disparities
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Inequality
Infant
Japan
Mortality
Observational studies
Outdoor air quality
Pediatrics
Regression analysis
Respiratory diseases
Risk factors
Trends
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Summary:Asthma has become one of the most common chronic conditions worldwide, especially among children. Recent findings show that the prevalence of childhood asthma has increased by 12.6% over the past 30 years, with >262 million people currently affected globally. The reasons for the growing asthma epidemic remain complex and multifactorial. This study aims to provide an up-to-date analysis of the changing global and regional asthma prevalence, mortality, disability, and risk factors among children aged
ISSN:2369-2960
2369-2960
DOI:10.2196/55327