NATIONAL ASTHMA FACTS

•  20 million people have asthma; that's three times as many as 25 years ago.
•  There are more than 1,000 asthma-related hospitalizations daily.
•  30,000 people suffer an asthma exacerbation each day.
•  40,000 asthma sufferers miss a day from work or school annually.
•  African-American women have the highest death rate from asthma.
•  Asthma accounts for $16 billion in annual health care costs.

Sources:  U.S. Surgeon General, CDC, American Lung Association

NEW ENGLAND ASTHMA PREVALENCE
The Burden of Asthma in New England

A Report by the Asthma Regional Council, March 2006