CDC: 1 in 12 Americans have asthma

January 20, 2010 (CHICAGO)

According to the Centers for Disease Control nearly one in 12 Americans have asthma.

In 2009, a national survey of 40,000 people showed 8.2 percent suffer from the respiratory disease. Four years earlier the rate was just under 8 percent.

CDC officials say better diagnostic efforts could be the reason for the increase.

Each year, more than 3,000 people die from asthma in the United States.

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