Enough asthma deaths, implement China Children′s Asthma Action Plan
10.3760/cma.j.cn101070-20201217-01904
- VernacularTitle:控制哮喘，珍爱生命，执行中国儿童哮喘行动计划
- Author:
Kunling SHEN
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2021;36(6):402-404
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease and an important global public health problem.The asthma mortality was decreasing worldwidely, but varied among countries.The mortality of asthma in children and young people aged 0-19 years in China was at a low level in the world, ranging from 0.023/100 000 to 0.046/100 000.The overall trend was downward from 2008 to 2018, with the lowest mortality rate of 0.023/100 000 in 2018.However, due to the large population in China, the estimated death numbers of asthma in children and young people was relatively high (70-148 persons per year). Most of deaths caused by asthma were avoidable.Inadequate implementation of asthma action plan is one of the important risk factors of death caused by asthma.Learning experiences and lessons of asthma management from other countries, and improving self-management of asthma are important to achieve the goal of asthma control and reduce the death of children with asthma.
