NPR, December 28, 2015: Childhood Asthma Rates Level Off, But Racial Disparities Remain
“But asthma prevalence continues to rise among children in the poorest families and remains far more common among African-American children than white children. More than 14 percent of black children have asthma, compared with about 8 percent of white children. Black children are also much more likely than white children to suffer severe complications.”