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300 million people currently have asthma worldwide, it is estimated that another 100 million people will have asthma in the next 15 years.

 

Asthma accounted for 255,000 deaths worldwide with nearly 3,500 of those deaths in the United States.

 

The vast majority of asthma deaths occur in developing countries.

 

http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/asthma/en/index.html