Table 2 Disease control, exacerbation burden and prevalence of severe asthma for 29,851 children aged 2–17 years with actively treated asthma from a nationwide cohort
Overall (N = 29,851) | Ages 2–5 years (N = 10,105)a | Ages 6–11 years (N = 9895)a | Ages 12–17 years (N = 9851)a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asthma control | |||||
Median annual SABA use | 200 (100, 360) | 300 (100, 500) | 200 (100, 300) | 100 (30, 250) | |
High annual SABA useb | 4750 (16%) | 2566 (25%) | 1558 (16%) | 626 (6.4%) | |
of which in specialist care | 1320 (28%) | 603 (23%) | 515 (33%) | 202 (32%) | |
Exacerbationsc | |||||
Any exacerbation(s) | 2353 (7.9%) | 757 (7.5%) | 895 (9.0%) | 701 (7.1%) | |
of which in specialist care | 1354 (58%) | 437 (58%) | 530 (59%) | 387 (55%) | |
Number of exacerbations | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 2) | 1 (1, 2) | |
Moderate exacerbation(s) | 616 (2.1%) | 74 (0.7%) | 182 (1.8%) | 360 (3.7%) | |
Number of exacerbations | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | |
Severe exacerbation(s) | 1807 (6.1%) | 675 (6.7%) | 739 (7.5%) | 393 (4.0%) | |
Number of exacerbations | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | |
Near fatal exacerbation(s) | 64 (0.2%) | 30 (0.3%) | 18 (0.2%) | 16 (0.2%) | |
Number of exacerbations | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | |
Exacerbation-prone asthmad | 1910 (6.4%) | 699 (6.9%) | 767 (7.8%) | 444 (4.5%) | |
Possible severe asthmae | 1430 (4.8%) | 496 (4.9%) | 642 (6.5%) | 292 (3.0%) | |
of which in specialist care | 868 (61%) | 316 (64%) | 418 (65%) | 134 (46%) | |