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Asthma by the numbers
| Asthma is the number one non-emergency reason why children end up in hospital, with an average of 3,500 visits per year in Winnipeg. |
| Approximately 150 children require hospital admission per year at Winnipeg's Children's Hospital. |
| Asthma is more prevalent in boys than girls in the pre-teen years. |
| In the teen years, 20 to 25 per cent more girls than boys have asthma. By adulthood, three times more females than males have asthma. |
| According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, over three million Canadians cope with one of five serious respiratory diseases - asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, tuberculosis and cystic fibrosis. |
| Among Canadian children between the ages of 4 and 11 years, 15.6 per cent (485,700 children) have been diagnosed with asthma. |
| Deaths due to asthma in children and teens are uncommon, with less than 1 per cent of deaths between the ages of birth and 14 years attributed to asthma. The numbers peak in the 65+ age range, particularly among women. |
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Source: Children's Hospital
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