Asthma Facts and Figures

The following information is taken from Life and Breath: Respiratory Disease in Canada, a 2007 PHAC report that utilizes the most recent available data for the surveillance of chronic respiratory diseases in Canada, and illustrates the need for action to help Canadians breathe easier.

• Prevalence of physician diagnosed asthma (ever), children age 4-11 years, Canada, 1994/95 to 2003
• Prevalence of physician diagnosed asthma (ever), children aged 4-11 years, by age group, Canada, 1994/95 to 2003
• Prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma by recent symptom or medication use, men and women aged 12+ years, Canada, 1994 - 2005
• Prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma by recent symptom or medication use, women aged 12+ years by age group, Canada, 1994 - 2005
• Prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma by recent symptom or medication use, men aged 12+ years by age group, Canada, 1994 - 2005
• Asthma hospitalization rates (per 100,000) children and young adults aged 0 to 24 years by age group and sex, Canada, 1987/88-2004/05 (age-standardized to 1991 Canadian population)
• Asthma hospitalization rates (per 100,000), adults aged 25+ years, by age group and sex, Canada, 1987/88-2004/05 (age-standardized to 1991 Canadian population)
• Asthma hospitalization rates (per 100,000) by age group and sex, Canada, 2004/05
• ER presentations for asthma and respiratory tract infections by week in Ontario from April 2001 to March 2005, ages 5 to 49
• Asthma deaths by age group and sex, Canada, 2000-2004
• Asthma mortality rates (per 100,000), children and young adults aged 0 to 24 years, Canada, 1987-2004 (age-standardized to 1991 Canadian population)
• Asthma mortality rates (per 100,000), adults aged 25+ years by age group and sex, Canada, 1987-2004 (age-standardized to 1991 Canadian population)

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