Increasing prevalence of asthma in UK primary care during the 1990s.

Abstract

From 1990 to 1998, annual prevalence rates of managed physician-diagnosed asthma in women rose from 3.01% (95%CI 2.99-3.03) to 5.14% (95%CI 5.10-5.18), and in men from 3.44% (95%CI 3.41-3.46) to 5.06% (95 %CI 5.02-5.10) (P for trend <0.01 in both). In 1998, prevalence rates of managed asthma in children aged 5-14 affected 7.86% (95%CI 7.71-8.00) of girls and 10.30% (95%CI 10.15-10.47) of boys. Increasing prevalence rates in adult asthma (maximum 4.11% in 1998, 95%CI 4.03-4.19) and elderly asthma (maximum 3.37% in 1998, 95%CI 3.29-3.46) were observed as well in 1998. The study shows that the burden of asthma in UK primary care during the 1990s was still increasing.

Keywords

MedicineAsthmaCOPDPediatricsEpidemiologyCohortRetrospective cohort studyCohort studyDemographyInternal medicine

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GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) GB

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Year: 2003
Type: article
Volume: 7
Issue: 5
Pages: 415-21
Citations: 59
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                                    Joan B. Soriano, 
                                
                                    Victor A. Kiri, 
                                
                                    W C Maier
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2003). 
                            Increasing prevalence of asthma in UK primary care during the 1990s.. 
                            PubMed
                            , 7
                            (5)
                            , 415-21.