Table 1 Prevalence of symptoms of asthma obtained by the International Study of Asthma and Allergy (ISAAC) Phase 3 in adolescents from different countries of Latin America [11]
From: Asthma: epidemiology of disease control in Latin America – short review
Country | Centers | N | Current asthma (%) | Asthma ever (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina | 4 | 12,716 | 12.5 | 9.3 |
Bolivia | 1 | 3257 | 13.5 | 12.3 |
Brazil | 20 | 58,418 | 18.7 | 13.3 |
Chile | 5 | 13,793 | 15.3 | 15.1 |
Colombia | 3 | 10,134 | 11.8 | 14.2 |
Costa Rica | 1 | 2436 | 27.3 | 23.2 |
Cuba | 1 | 3026 | 17.8 | 30.9 |
Ecuador | 2 | 6096 | 16.6 | 10.9 |
El Salvador | 1 | 3260 | 30.8 | 24.0 |
Honduras | 1 | 2675 | 22.0 | 18.3 |
Mexico | 10 | 29,723 | 8.7 | 6.9 |
Nicaragua | 1 | 3263 | 13.8 | 15.2 |
Panama | 1 | 3183 | 22.9 | 20.5 |
Paraguay | 1 | 3000 | 20.9 | 12.8 |
Peru | 1 | 3022 | 19.6 | 33.1 |
Uruguay | 2 | 4915 | 16.4 | 17.0 |
Venezuela | 1 | 3000 | 15.4 | 29.7 |
Region total | 56 | 165,917 | 15.9 | 13.6 |