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United States
Asthma affects approximately 7% of the population of the United States and causes approximately 4,210 deaths per year. In 2005, asthma affected more than 22 million people, including 6 million children, and accounted for nearly 500,000 hospitalizations that same year. In 2010, asthma accounted for more than one-quarter of admitted emergency department visits in the U.S. among children aged 1–9 years, and it was a frequent diagnosis among children aged 10–17 years. From 2000 through 2010, the rate of pediatric hospital stays for asthma declined from 165 to 130 per 100,000 population, respectively, whereas the rate for adults remained about 119 per 100,000 population.

Asthma prevalence in the U.S. is higher than in most other countries in the world, but varies drastically between ethnic populations. Asthma prevalence is highest in Puerto Ricans, African Americans, Filipinos, Irish Americans, and Native Hawaiians, and lowest in Mexicans and Koreans. Rates of asthma-related hospital admissions in 2010 were more than three times higher among African American children and two times higher for African American adults compared with White and Asian and Pacific Islander people. Also, children who are born in low-income families have higher risk of asthma.

Asthma prevalence also differs between populations of the same ethnicity who are born and live in different places. U.S.-born Mexican populations, for example, have higher asthma rates than non-U.S. born Mexican populations that are living in the U.S.

United Kingdom
Asthma affects approximately 5% of the United Kingdom’s population. In England, an estimated 261,400 people were newly diagnosed with asthma in 2005; 5.7 million people had an asthma diagnosis and were prescribed 32.6 million asthma-related prescriptions.

Canada
Data depicts an increasing trend in Asthma prevalence among Canada’s population. In 2000-2001 Asthma prevalence was monitored at 6.5%; by 2010-2011 a 4.3% increase was shown, with Asthma prevalence totaling 10.8% of Canada's total population.

Furthermore, Asthma prevalence varies among the provinces of Canada; the highest being found in Ontario at 12.1%, and the lowest in Nunavut at 3.8%. Though there has shown to be an overall decrease in the incidence of new Asthma cases in Canada, prevalence is rising. This can be attributed to a decrease in case-specific mortality due to improved management and control of Asthma and its symptoms.

Latin and Central America
It is approximated that 40 million Latin Americans live with Asthma.

In some reports, urban residency within Latin America has been found to be associated with an increased prevalence of Asthma. Childhood Asthma prevalence was found to be higher than 15 percent in a majority of Latin American countries. Similarly, a study published relating to Asthma prevalence in Havana, Cuba estimated that approximately 9 percent of children under the age of 15 are undiagnosed for Asthma, possible due to lack of resources in the region.

Asia
Data regarding the epidemiology of Asthma in the continent of Asia as whole is scarce; particularly regarding adult populations. However, similarly to much of the rest of the globe, prevalence of childhood Asthma appears to be rising. Systematic childhood studies, such as the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), provide data regarding the epidemiology of Asthma among Asia's youth population. Asthma prevalence among Asia’s adult population is less clear in comparison due to the comparatively higher monitoring of younger populations. However, the data available points to a positive correlation between age and Asthma prevalence. Findings indicate that the prevalence of Asthma among the Asian adult population is less than 5%; while findings pertaining to elderly populations illustrate a rate somewhere between 1.3-15.3%.