ASTHMA IN THE BRONX
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The majority of census tracts in the South Bronx are in the 99th percentile for asthma prevalence in the United States.
Not a single census tract in the entire borough is under the national median asthma prevalence [4].
New York City [5]
In "Asthma Alley," the asthma-related hospitalization rate is 2.5 times the average in NYC as a whole, and up to 21 times higher than in more affluent neighborhoods in the city [1, 3].
The South Bronx [7]
17% of children ages 13 and younger living in the Bronx have been diagnosed with asthma, compared with 11% of NYC children ages 13 and younger [6].
From 2005 to 2014, asthma hospitalizations among Bronx children remained very high, while every other borough saw a decrease in child asthma hospitalizations [8].
CONSEQUENCES OF ASTHMA
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