International trends in hospital admission rates for asthma.
Trends in annual hospital admission rates for asthma in the 0 to 14 year age group were examined in New Zealand, England and Wales, the United States, Canada, and Australia. There has been a striking increase in hospital admissions for asthma in children in all these countries since the mid 1960s.
D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009520:New Zealand; D014481:United States; D014852:Wales