Asthma Fast Facts:

• Over 9 million U.S. children under 18 years of age (13%) have ever been diagnosed with asthma, and 6.5 million children (9%) still have asthma.
• Men are more likely to have ever been diagnosed with asthma or to still have asthma than women.
• Non-Hispanic black children are more likely to have ever been diagnosed with asthma or to still have asthma than Hispanic children or non-Hispanic white children.
• Children in poor families were more likely to...