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New Survey Finds Troubling Data on American Asthma Sufferers

cent), which is very much under control or completely under control (75 percent). However, nearly 20 percent experience some very severe symptoms, and 35 percent report their child experiences asthma-related symptoms year-round. -- Parents are more likely to seek all types of information about asthma than adult sufferers, and parents of child sufferers are more likely to make lifestyle changes because of their asthma than are adult asthmatics. -- 63 percent of parents say they understand their children's condition very or extremely well (compared with 57 percent of adults), but only 17 percent report that their child currently uses a Peak Flow meter.

Minority Populations: Black and Hispanic Experiences

Hispanic and Black asthma sufferers tend to have more severe and frequent symptoms and a generally negative attitude toward their asthma condition than other asthma sufferers; however, they are also more avid seekers of information to help them better manage their asthma.

    -- Overdosing. While eight-in-ten (81 percent) asthma sufferers take the

       indicated dose of their fast-acting inhaler medication, Hispanic and

       Black adults (23 percent each) and adult sufferers with severe asthma

       (40 percent) tend to take more than indicated.


    -- Frequency of symptoms. Hispanic (13 percent, 11 percent) and Black (21

       percent, 8 percent) adults and parents of child sufferers are more

       likely to report experiencing asthma-related symptoms, such as

       wheezing, on a weekly basis (4-7 days a week) compared to other (5

       percent, 1 percent) adults and parents of child sufferers.


    -- Severity of symptoms. Hispanic (19 percent, 12 percent) and Black (23

       percent, 11 percent) adults and parents of child sufferers tend to have

       more severe asthma-related symptoms than other (8 percent, 9 percent)

       adults and 
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