Asthma deaths up 50% since 1980. Among children, the death rate up 133%

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Do more to fight growing scourge of asthma in city BY ALBOR RUIZDAILY NEWS COLUMNISTNew York Daily News - New York,NY

In New York, 1 million people are diagnosed with asthma, and their condition is made worse by poor indoor air quality.This is not an exclusively New York problem, though. Nationwide, more than 450,000 people are hospitalized and 5,500 die every year of asthma. The total number of asthma deaths has risen 50% since 1980. Among children, the death rate has climbed 133%.But New York has some of the highest childhood asthma rates in the U.S., with 300,000 children diagnosed with the illness. So bad is the situation that asthma has been for years the leading cause of school absenteeism. It is also the most common cause of hospitalization for children 14 years and younger.

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