Pediatric asthma incidence rates in the United States from 1980 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have examined longitudinal asthma incidence rates (IRs) from a public health surveillance perspective.

Objective

Our aim was to calculate descriptive asthma IRs in children over time with consideration for demographics and parental asthma history.

Methods

Data from 9 US birth cohorts were pooled into 1 population covering the period from 1980 to 2017. The outcome was earliest parental report of a doctor diagnosis of asthma. IRs per 1,000 person-years were calculated.

Results

The racial/ethnic backgrounds of the 6,283 children studied were as follows: 55% European American (EA), 25.5% African American (AA), 9.5% Mexican-Hispanic American (MA) and 8.5% Caribbean-Hispanic American (CA). The average follow-up was 10.4 years (SD = 8.5 years; m

SUBMITTER: Johnson CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8631308 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature