Asthma is a chronic airway disease that causes breathing becomes difficult. Inflammation of the airways causing narrowing of the small airways while in the lungs, making it difficult for oxygen to reach the blood. It causes asthma symptoms, including wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness.
1) Asthma is one of the most common chronic disease that occurs in the world. It is estimated that approximately 300 million people worldwide currently suffer from asthma.
2) It is estimated that asthma is responsible for approximately 1 in every 250 deaths worldwide. The death rate caused by long-term medical care is inadequate and delay receiving assistance when the actual attack can be prevented.
3) South Africa is ranked 25th worldwide in the number of patients with asthma (an estimated 8.1% of all ages)
4) The rate of deaths due to asthma in South Africa reported as the 5th highest in the world, at 18.5 per 100,000 people with asthma
5) It was reported that between 1980 and 1997 there is a constant decrease in deaths due to asthma in South Africa and a decrease in near-fatal asthma episodes in children in Cape Town. Factors which may be the cause for the decrease in mortality is increasing access to medical care and treatment of acute asthma, and asthma education on the use of inhaled corticosteroids.
6) In the last few decades, asthma is more common in children and adults around the world. It is associated with atopic sensitization (allergic hypersensitivity) and also due to increased other allergic disorders such as eczema and rhinitis.
7) The number of people with asthma increased due to urban lifestyle community and adoption of Western lifestyles. With an estimated increase in the proportion of the urban population of the world 45% to 59% in 2025, it is estimated there will be an additional 100 million people with asthma at the time.
1) Asthma is one of the most common chronic disease that occurs in the world. It is estimated that approximately 300 million people worldwide currently suffer from asthma.
2) It is estimated that asthma is responsible for approximately 1 in every 250 deaths worldwide. The death rate caused by long-term medical care is inadequate and delay receiving assistance when the actual attack can be prevented.
3) South Africa is ranked 25th worldwide in the number of patients with asthma (an estimated 8.1% of all ages)
4) The rate of deaths due to asthma in South Africa reported as the 5th highest in the world, at 18.5 per 100,000 people with asthma
5) It was reported that between 1980 and 1997 there is a constant decrease in deaths due to asthma in South Africa and a decrease in near-fatal asthma episodes in children in Cape Town. Factors which may be the cause for the decrease in mortality is increasing access to medical care and treatment of acute asthma, and asthma education on the use of inhaled corticosteroids.
6) In the last few decades, asthma is more common in children and adults around the world. It is associated with atopic sensitization (allergic hypersensitivity) and also due to increased other allergic disorders such as eczema and rhinitis.
7) The number of people with asthma increased due to urban lifestyle community and adoption of Western lifestyles. With an estimated increase in the proportion of the urban population of the world 45% to 59% in 2025, it is estimated there will be an additional 100 million people with asthma at the time.
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