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Asthma
Navy women have higher incidence of first hospitalization for asthma than men
June 23rd, 2005
Over a 20-year period, incidence of first hospitalization for asthma of women enlisted in the U.S. Navy was three times that of men, and the rate for black women was twice that of white women, study data reveal. University of California, San Diego, researchers evaluated "trends and demographic risk factors for hospitalization for asthma." "Time trends and demographic risk factors, for hospitalized asthma (ICD-9-CM Code 493) were analyzed by measuring age-specific and age-adjusted first hospitalization rates in a defined population of active-duty enlisted members of the U.S. Navy worldwide during 1980-1999, consisting of 9,185,484 person-years," wrote...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-23)
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