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Table 2 Distribution of patients with asthma (percentage related to the total of each country) according to their level of asthma controla: well-controlled, partly-controlled and uncontrolled in Latin American countries [37, 38]

From: Asthma: epidemiology of disease control in Latin America – short review

Country

n

Well-controlled n (%)

Partly-controlled n (%)

Uncontrolled n (%)

Argentina

436

21 (4.8)

211 (48.4)

204 (46.8)

Brazil

399

37 (9.3)

226 (56.6)

136 (34.1)

Mexico

532

50 (9.4)

297 (55.8)

185 (34.8)

Puerto Rico

401

31 (7.7)

235 (58.6)

135 (33.7)

Venezuela

400

12 (3.0)

258 (64.5)

130 (32.5)

Total

2168

151 (7.0)

1227 (56.6)

790 (36.4)

  1. aAccording to Global Initiative for Asthma – GINA [2]