Asthma Incidences Within Society 1 PROBLEM DEFINITION GRAPHS

Exercise # 3 Asthma Incidences within Society Calvin Buford SOWK 300

Tuskegee University 9/ 15/ 2011

Asthma Incidences Within Society 2 Scope of the Problem

Table four explains in data details the average annual asthma mortality, eighteen years or younger (per one million people). The data table expands from the year 1880 to 1998. Within the data table the overall mortality rate has risen through out every year. The data table then breaks down into details, by separating each group by ethnicity. Hispanic people were the ones who suffered the second most from asthma mortality. Black- non Hispanic people resulted in the highest number of victims who suffered from asthma mortality. White-non Hispanics resulted to be second highest in asthma mortalities. The data table then groups the data by age. As someone began to age, the occurrence of asthma mortality has increased. Overall, asthma mortality has been at its lowest during its beginning scene of occurrence, from 1890 thru 1891. As time progressed, from 1890 to 1998 overall asthma mortality increased by 1.5 million. Various ethnicities, such as Caucasian people who suffered from asthma mortality increased by 1 million. African Americans greatly increased from 5.3 million to 10.1 million, making a difference of 4.8 million people. Hispanic statistics were not entered for the first ten years from 1880. Since but from 1990 to 1997, a decrease from 1.9 to 1.6 million occurred.

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Disparities in the Problem

Table three explains the average of annual office visits due to asthma, for ages eighteen and under. In comparison, African American and Caucasian people were used as variables. Throughout the nineteen years of data displayed, both races showed a slowly progress in office visit rates. At one specific year, African Americans were at an all time low, which resulted in data being unable to process. In conclusion African American people resulted with 71.7 hundred people as an average of office visits. Caucasians in comparison maintained a sluggish progress towards asthma related office visits, ending with 59.3 hundred office visits. Looking at the data table in detail, it can be stated that African Americans visit the doctors office due to asthma related problems, more than Caucasians. In comparison, from 1980 to 1981 Caucasians visited the office more than African Americans by 400 people. In the year 1985, Caucasians stood nearly by 38,000 office visits, while African Americans were so low, data couldnt be recorded. In 1990 thru 1991, African Americans visited a doctors office by 45,000 people, which were 5,300 more than Caucasians. From the year 1995 to 1999, African Americans outnumbered Caucasians in office visits due to asthma by 19,400.

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Magnitude of the Problem

The data table above compares displays the average annual hospitalizations, among children under eighteen from years 1880 to 1999. Looking at the table, the data is divided thru three different age groups. Ages zero thru four showed the highest hospitalization rates. Ages 5 thru 11 years old, displayed the second most hospitalizations. As ages progressed less hospitalizations due to asthma has occurred. In more description, the older they became the less hospitalizations occurred. I believe less occurred, due to the fact older people tend to be more responsible. Children with asthma ignore the symptoms while playing until great attention is required. Older people have more concerns for their help; this makes them want to take more concerns about their safety. From years 1980 to 1999 ages 0-4, increased from 38,000 to 51,400 thousand. Ages 5 thru 11 increased from only 21,200 to 24,200. Lastly, ages 11 thru 17 increased from 11,600 to 12, 100.

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Changes of the problem

The pie chart above, analyzes asthma incidence among children und 18 years as of 2008. Looking closer into the pie chart, sections are cut apart due to ethnicity and put into percent. As a whole entire society, half of the world suffered from asthma incidence. Caucasians experience the most occurrence of incidence. Next are African Americans, followed by American Indians or Alaskans. Asians were fifth, while last were native Hawaiians. Describing this pie chart in more detail, fifty percent of the world together experienced some type of asthma incidence, at the age of eighteen or younger. Secondly, Caucasian people stood at 39.04% while African Americans led second most with 7.97%. Only 0.83% of American Indians or Alaskans underwent an asthma incidence. Not only did native Hawaiians rarely suffer from it, but they also beat out Asians who resulted in 2.05% of the population who experienced asthma incidents.

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Summary Within the bindings of all these data tables, provide useful data and information about asthma. I have learned quite a bit, especially about data within different races. I myself suffer from asthma, and finding these data tables made me become more cautious of my health. From pie charts, line graphs and bar graph, each data table explained different aspects within asthma. Overall, asthma has been in existence for many years, and as long as people dont seek medical attention, these incidences will continue to occur.

Conclusion In conclusion, these data tables and graphs can inform someone greatly about asthma. Most people tend to overlook the idea and seriousness of health concern of asthma, but these statistics may bring them into reality. From office visits to mortality rates, asthma issues continue to rise. As long as society overlooks concern for our health, statistics will continue to rise. Data tables like the ones provided, give you an idea about the realization of asthma incidence globally. Reference

Akinbami, L. J., & Schoendorf, K. C. (2002). Trends in Childhood Asthma: Prevalence, Health Care Utilization, and Mortality. PEDIATRICS, 110, 315-322. doi:10.1542/peds.110.2.315

National Center for Health Sta,. (Year, Month. Day). In Asthma Incidence Among Children Under 18 Years of Age by Selected Characteristics: 2008. (chap. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children National Health Interview Survey) Retrieved Sep. 11th 2011

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