Table 1 |
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Region and country-specific estimates of asthma prevalence by 3 definitions |
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Asthma Prevalence (%)2 |
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Region1 |
Country |
Doctor Diagnosed Asthma |
Clinical Asthma |
Wheezing Symptoms |
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Africa |
Burkina Faso |
2.02 |
2.26 |
5.32 |
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Chad |
3.68 |
3.94 |
7.64 |
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Comoros3 |
7.55 |
7.80 |
12.85 |
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Congo3 |
4.65 |
4.79 |
7.93 |
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Cote d'Iviore3 |
4.22 |
4.59 |
7.70 |
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Ethiopia |
2.00 |
2.00 |
5.53 |
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Ghana |
3.65 |
3.77 |
4.88 |
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Kenya |
2.86 |
3.12 |
6.22 |
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Malawi |
4.62 |
4.67 |
7.76 |
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Mali |
2.65 |
2.82 |
4.77 |
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Mauritania |
6.95 |
7.54 |
11.78 |
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Mauritius |
3.88 |
3.92 |
6.88 |
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Namibia |
3.16 |
3.39 |
8.14 |
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Senegal |
3.43 |
3.72 |
8.40 |
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South Africa5 |
5.92 |
6.09 |
12.40 |
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Swaziland5 |
8.74 |
9.69 |
15.37 |
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Zambia4 |
2.83 |
2.96 |
6.25 |
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Zimbabwe |
2.28 |
2.52 |
5.48 |
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Regional Sub-total |
3.94 |
4.19 |
7.75 |
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Americas |
Brazil |
12.44 |
12.98 |
22.56 |
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Dominican |
9.63 |
9.97 |
12.39 |
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Ecuador |
2.03 |
2.13 |
3.83 |
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Guatemala4 |
2.26 |
2.42 |
11.95 |
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Mexico |
2.39 |
2.39 |
3.87 |
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Paraguay |
6.08 |
6.40 |
12.74 |
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Uruguay |
8.60 |
9.10 |
12.02 |
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Regional Sub-total |
4.27 |
4.40 |
7.61 |
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Eastern Mediterranean |
Morocco5 |
2.76 |
2.84 |
11.65 |
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Pakistan |
3.12 |
3.13 |
5.02 |
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Tunisia |
2.74 |
2.79 |
7.21 |
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United Arab Emirates |
5.30 |
2.79 |
7.21 |
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Regional Sub-total |
2.93 |
2.99 |
7.60 |
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Europe |
Austria4 |
7.46 |
7.63 |
9.48 |
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Belgium4 |
9.83 |
10.00 |
17.22 |
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Bosnia Herzegovina5 |
1.30 |
1.41 |
4.01 |
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Crotia3 |
4.38 |
4.57 |
8.66 |
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Czech Republic |
4.56 |
4.71 |
6.32 |
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Denmark4 |
9.50 |
10.19 |
15.40 |
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Estonia |
2.00 |
1.99 |
6.94 |
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Finland |
9.39 |
10.24 |
17.19 |
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France |
10.43 |
10.59 |
15.20 |
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Georgia |
2.09 |
2.15 |
4.83 |
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Germany4 |
7.58 |
7.55 |
9.25 |
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Greece4 |
6.60 |
6.84 |
10.14 |
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Hungary |
7.66 |
7.66 |
14.72 |
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Ireland |
9.41 |
9.19 |
11.39 |
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Israel |
7.59 |
8.54 |
14.98 |
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Italy4 |
6.05 |
6.26 |
8.98 |
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Kazakhstan |
1.43 |
1.47 |
3.36 |
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Latvia |
2.70 |
2.70 |
5.90 |
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Luxembourg |
9.16 |
9.44 |
16.63 |
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Netherlands4 |
15.17 |
15.32 |
22.71 |
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Norway |
11.05 |
12.32 |
15.05 |
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Portugal |
7.83 |
7.83 |
8.72 |
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Russia3 |
2.50 |
2.57 |
4.98 |
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Slovakia |
4.11 |
4.10 |
7.41 |
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Slovenia4 |
8.70 |
8.66 |
11.91 |
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Spain5 |
6.79 |
7.12 |
12.78 |
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Sweden |
20.09 |
20.18 |
21.60 |
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Turkey |
2.06 |
2.11 |
11.34 |
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UK4 |
17.59 |
18.15 |
22.59 |
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Ukraine |
2.77 |
2.90 |
11.13 |
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Regional Sub-total |
5.1 |
5.28 |
10.71 |
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South East Asia |
Bangladesh |
2.91 |
3.23 |
8.63 |
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India3 |
3.16 |
3.30 |
9.63 |
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Myanmar |
2.36 |
2.41 |
3.47 |
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Nepal |
2.04 |
2.16 |
14.37 |
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Sri Lanka |
2.60 |
2.75 |
6.35 |
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Regional Sub-total |
3.24 |
3.39 |
9.71 |
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Western Pacific |
Australia3 |
20.96 |
21.51 |
27.39 |
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China3 |
0.19 |
1.42 |
1.73 |
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Laos |
2.72 |
3.02 |
5.16 |
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Malaysia |
5.21 |
5.51 |
7.55 |
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Philippines |
7.21 |
7.46 |
11.01 |
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Vietnam |
0.82 |
1.04 |
2.05 |
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Regional Sub-total |
5.85 |
6.17 |
8.88 |
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Worldwide (95%CI) |
4.27 (4.17; 4.36) |
4.46 (4.36; 4.55) |
8.61 (8.48; 8.74) |
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1 World Health Organization definition of regions 2 All asthma prevalence estimates were calculated using post satisfaction weights unless otherwise indicated 3 Post stratification weights were not available from these countries, so sampling weights were used in calculating the prevalence estimates 4 Weights were not provided these countries 5 Standard errors were missing due to a sampling unit |
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To et al. BMC Public Health 2012 12:204 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-204 |
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