Advances in pediatric asthma in 2011: Moving forward Stanley J. Szefler, MD  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  Volume 129, Issue 1, Pages 60-68 (January 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.11.011 Copyright © 2012 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 A, Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, United States, 1980-2008. B, Asthma deaths per 100,000 population, United States, 1981-2007. Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey, Mortality Component of the National Vital Statistics System; National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Note: Asthma hospitalizations are first listed with International Classification of Diseases–ninth revision–Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) code 493. Asthma deaths include those with the underlying cause coded as ICD-9 code 493 from 1981-1998, and International Classification of Diseases–tenth revision (ICD10) codes J45-J46 from 1999-2007. Reprinted and modified with permission from the November 2011 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology cover and Szefler.3 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2012 129, 60-68DOI: (10.1016/j.jaci.2011.11.011) Copyright © 2012 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions