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[ZD02] Asthma and allergic diseases in children
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Asthma has become the most common chronic disease among children and is one of the major causes of hospitalization among those younger than 15 years of age. In 1999-2004, asthma prevalence in children in EU varied from less than 5% to over 20%. As more and more people are sensitive to allergens, allergic diseases may increase in the Europe in the coming years. Recent evidence supports a causal 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 2011
Sources:

Database of the Institute of Public Health, 2013.

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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
Figure ZD02-2: Percentage of children admitted to hospital due to asthma regarding age groups, from 2002 to 2011
Sources:

Database of the Institute of Public Health, 2013.

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0 - 4 years 5 - 9 years 10 - 14 years
Ljubljana nmb. of admissions due to asthma 388 217 73
Maribor nmb. of admissions due to asthma 295 84 64
Celje nmb. of admissions due to asthma 22 35 19
Trbovlje nmb. of admissions due to asthma 7 1 6
Zagorje ob Savi nmb. of admissions due to asthma 1 3 1
Ljubljana nmb. of admissions 53033 9072 7808
Maribor nmb. of admissions 20759 4558 3865
Celje nmb. of admissions 11887 2560 2263
Trbovlje nmb. of admissions 3225 732 869
Zagorje ob Savi nmb. of admissions 3317 812 651
Ljubljana % 0.73 2.39 0.93
Maribor % 1.42 1.84 1.66
Celje % 0.19 1.37 0.84
Trbovlje % 0.22 0.14 0.69
Zagorje ob Savi % 0.03 0.37 0.15
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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Last modified
10.10.2013
Author(s)

Peter Otorepec, dr. med., National Institute of Public Health, Katarina Bitenc, univ. dipl. soc., National Institute of Public Health, Simona Perčič, dr. med., National Institute of Public Health;