Trends in adolescent asthma in Israel.
There has been observed a worldwide increase in childhood asthma and this short communication reviews current research on adolescent asthma in Israel. Several studies have found an overall asthma prevalence of 7.8% for Jewish children, 4.9% for Arab children and 3.7% for the total population, while 7.8% was found in Bedouin children in the south of Israel. For the 1980-1997 period for the 5-34 year age group the AMR (asthma mortality rate) per 100,000 was found to be 0.226 with no significant difference between Jews and Arabs. This is a decrease as a result of increase in the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and a better anti-inflammatory treatment.
Morad
Mohammed
M
Clalit Health Services and Division of Community Health, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Kandel
Isack
I
Birnbaum
Liora
L
Merrick
Joav
J
D000293:Adolescent; D018912:Arabs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007585:Jews / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life