Asthma in DC
Asthma in Disctict Older Adults
Snapshot of Childhood Asthma in DC (PDF: 84 KB/1 page) (NCAC, 2007)
Asthma Surveillance Data: 2002-2006 - Adult/Pediatric/Senior data from DC Hospitals (IMPACT DC, “Asthma Surveillance”)
DOH-Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory-CDC asthma study, (PDF: 601 KB/14 pages),”Medicaid patient asthma-related acute care visits and their associations with ozone and particulates in Washington, DC, from 1994–2005.” S. Babin et al. Int J Environ Health Res. 2008 Jun;18(3):209-21.
Healthy People 2010 Plan Mid-Course Revisions asthma objectives (DC Department of Health)
RAND Health-GWU 2008 report: Assessing Health and Health Care in DC:
- Executive Summary (PDF: 190 KB/15 pages)
- Working Paper Phase 1 (PDF: 4.3 MB/232 pages)
- Working Paper Phase 2 (PDF: 3.7 MB/196 pages)
Available videos:
The three videos below are produced by DC CAN and are also available on the CDC website. To view click the link below.
http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/video/childhood/video_h.html
http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/video/elderly/video_h.html
http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/video/asma/video_h.html
National Asthma Resources
Asthma Facts (PDF: 77 KB/2 pages) (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, January 2009)
Datos sobre el asma (PDF: 34 KB/2 pages) (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, May 2008)
Facts about Childhood Asthma in the U.S. (PDF: 107 KB/2 pages) (NCAC, 2007)
Asthma Data Reports:
Asthma FASTSTATS (National Center for Health Statistics)
Research:
Medline Plus-Asthma (National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health)