16 Interesting Asthma Facts You Should Know
By The HealthCentral Editorial Team

Socioeconomic status and asthma fatality are inversely related

Socioeconomic status and asthma fatality are inversely related

In other words, the poorer you are, the more likely you are to die from your asthma (probably because the poor have less access to asthma wisdom, medicine and good care and they are more exposed to common asthma triggers such as pollution, dust, cockroaches and animal dander).

By The HealthCentral Editorial Team— Last Modified: 03/28/2012, First Published: 12/09/2011