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Asthma has become the most common chronic disease among children and is one of the major causes of hospitalization to the fifteenth year of age. In 1999-2004, asthma prevalence in children in EU varied from less than 5% to over 20%. Most hospital admissions of children with asthma are in Ljubljana and Maribor. As more and more people are sensitive to allergens, allergic diseases may increase in the Europe in the coming years. Recent evidences support relationship between exposure to air pollution and exacerbation of asthma, mainly due to exposure to particulate matter(PM10).



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Figure ZD02-1: Percentage of children aged 0-14 years, admitted to the hospital due to asthma, from 2002 to 2012
Sources:

NIJZ, 2014.

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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Ljubljana nmb. of admissions 88 86 47 80 61 91 87 70 32 36
Maribor nmb. of admissions 41 18 29 44 45 47 40 63 70 46
Celje nmb. of admissions 5 3 4 8 6 13 9 7 13 8
Trbovlje nmb. of admissions 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 1
Zagorje ob Savi nmb. of admissions 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Ljubljana population 35773 36908 36690 37066 38455 40446 44646 45863 47814 48909
Maribor population 19179 17952 18241 18569 18271 17880 17158 17441 17641 17821
Celje population 8639 8687 8665 8965 9104 8836 8556 8531 8628 8692
Trbovlje population 3546 3588 3428 3439 3517 3416 2058 2025 2035 1997
Zagorje ob Savi population 2751 2829 2752 2614 2892 2938 2444 2445 2451 2461
Ljubljana % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maribor % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celje % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trbovlje % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zagorje ob Savi % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012
Ljubljana nmb. of admissions 39
Maribor nmb. of admissions 46
Celje nmb. of admissions 9
Trbovlje nmb. of admissions 3
Zagorje ob Savi nmb. of admissions 2
Ljubljana population 49976
Maribor population 17966
Celje population 8818
Trbovlje population 1991
Zagorje ob Savi population 2488
Ljubljana % 0
Maribor % 0
Celje % 0
Trbovlje % 0
Zagorje ob Savi % 0
Figure ZD02-2: Percentage of children admitted to hospital due to asthma regarding age groups, from 2002 to 2012
Sources:

NIJZ, 2014.

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0 - 4 years 5 - 9 years 10 - 14 years
Ljubljana nmb. of admissions due to asthma 402 234 81
Maribor nmb. of admissions due to asthma 334 90 65
Celje nmb. of admissions due to asthma 24 39 22
Trbovlje nmb. of admissions due to asthma 7 3 7
Zagorje ob Savi nmb. of admissions due to asthma 1 4 2
Ljubljana nmb. of admissions 59909 9993 8567
Maribor nmb. of admissions 23677 5186 4296
Celje nmb. of admissions 13401 2851 2505
Trbovlje nmb. of admissions 3530 784 919
Zagorje ob Savi nmb. of admissions 3622 864 713
Ljubljana % 0.67 2.34 0.95
Maribor % 1.41 1.74 1.51
Celje % 0.18 1.37 0.88
Trbovlje % 0.2 0.38 0.76
Zagorje ob Savi % 0.03 0.46 0.28
Figure ZD02-3: Percentage of patients with asthma, allergic rhinitis and allergic conjunctivitis in the selected European countries, from 1999 to 2004
Sources:

ENHIS - European Environment and Health Information System, 2007.

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Albania Austria Belgium Estonia Finland Germany Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania
children - asthma between 6 and 7 years nmb. 5 7.4 7.5 9.6 12.8 7.9 6.6
children - asthma between 13 and 14 years nmb. 3.4 15.1 8.3 9.3 19 17.5 26.7 8.4 10.5 6.7
children - aller. inflam. of the mucous membrane (nose) and conjunctivitis (6-7 years) nmb. 3.9 6.1 5.8 4.2 6.9 6.5 3.8
children - aller. inflam. of the mucous membrane (nose) and conjunctivitis (13-14 years) nmb. 5.5 9.7 16.9 6.3 15.5 15 15.5 15.5 4.5 4.6
Malta Poland Portugal Romania Russia Spain Sweden Ukraine UK
children - asthma between 6 and 7 years nmb. 14.9 13.6 12.9 9.5 10.2 12.5 20.9
children - asthma between 13 and 14 years nmb. 14.6 10.2 12 22.7 11.2 9.6 9.7 20.9 24.7
children - aller. inflam. of the mucous membrane (nose) and conjunctivitis (6-7 years) nmb. 8.9 13 9.3 7.9 6.9 7.7 10.1
children - aller. inflam. of the mucous membrane (nose) and conjunctivitis (13-14 years) nmb. 20.9 18.9 9.5 14.3 11.7 15 10.4 11.2 15.3

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