1. Advancing asthma care: The glass is only half full!
Stanley J. Szefler, MD 
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 
Volume 128, Issue 3, Pages (September 2011)
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2. Fig 1 Asthma prevalence in the United States, 1980-2009.
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC.
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3. Fig 2
A, Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population, United States, B, Asthma deaths per 100,000 population, United States, Note: Asthma hospitalizations are first listed by using International Classification of Diseases (ICD)–9–CM code 493. Asthma deaths include those with the underlying cause coded as ICD-9 code 493 from and ICD-10 codes J45-J46 from
Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey, Mortality Component of the National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC.
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4. Fig 3
A, Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population by race, United States, B, Asthma deaths per 100,000 population by race, United States, Note: Asthma hospitalizations are first listed by using International Classification of Diseases (ICD)–9–CM code 493. Asthma deaths include those with the underlying cause coded as ICD-9 code 493 from and ICD-10 codes J45-J46 from
Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey, Mortality Component of the National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC.
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5. Fig 4
A, Asthma hospitalizations per 10,000 population by sex, United States, B, Asthma deaths per 100,000 population by sex, United States, Note: Asthma hospitalizations are first listed by using International Classification of Diseases (ICD)–9–CM code 493. Asthma deaths include those with the underlying cause coded as ICD-9 code 493 from and ICD-10 codes J45-J46 from
Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey, Mortality Component of the National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC.
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