Asthma attack rates similar for black and white kids

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Asthma attack rates similar for black and white kids

Disparities between white and black kids with asthma in rates of emergency department visits or hospitalizations have shrunk and rates of asthma attacks â€" another sign of poorly managed asthma â€" are the same, researchers found. “In general, this is good news - once differences in asthma prevalence rates are taken into account, national estimates show that progress has been made in addressing asthma disparities among children,” Dr. Lara Akinbami, who led the study, told Reuters Health in an email. “But, the flipside is that disparities remain, especially for asthma deaths, and black children were increasingly likely to have asthma, and thus disproportionately at risk for the health risks that come from having asthma,” said Akinbami, a researcher with the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland.

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