Chronic lower respiratory diseases (CLRDs) are the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.¹ CLRDs include asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other conditions.

Although the Hispanic/Latino population in general has a relatively low asthma rate, the condition disproportionately affects Puerto Ricans, who have a higher rate of asthma than any other racial or ethnic group studied.² In 2018, Puerto Ricans’ asthma rate was twice as high as the rate for the Hispanic/Latino population overall.³

Asthma prevalence is also higher than the overall national rate in non-Hispanic multiracial, Black, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN), and White populations.² Non-Hispanic Black persons are at increased risk of hospitalization and death from asthma. Although Black persons are 40% more likely than White persons to have asthma, their risk of dying from asthma is almost three times as high.⁴

AI/AN and multiracial non-Hispanic adults are the groups most likely to have COPD.⁵ The death rate from COPD is higher among men than among women. However, although the death rate decreased overall between 2000 and 2014, death rates for Black women and for adults in certain age ranges increased during the same period.⁶

Asthma Resources in Spanish

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• Asma (Asthma Information from NHLBI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Reducción de las posibilidades de asma de los niños (Childhood Asthma Information from NIH)
• Manejando el Asma (Asthma Management Information from NIH)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Asma (Asthma Information from CDC)
• Usted puede controlar el asma (Information to Control Asthma from CDC)
• El humo de segunda mano y el asma (Secondhand Smoke and Asthma Information from CDC)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Plan de acción para el asma (Asthma Action Plan from EPA)

Asthma Resources in Portuguese

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• O que é a asma? (Asthma Information from CDC)
• Asma e poluição (Asthma and Air Pollution Information from CDC and EPA)

Asthma Resources in Haitian Creole

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Kisa Opresyon Ye? (Asthma Information from CDC)
• Opresyon ak polisyon lè deyò (Asthma and Air Pollution Information from CDC and EPA)

Asthma Resources in Asian Languages

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• 什么是哮喘？(Asthma Information in Chinese)
• Bệnh Suyễn là gì? (Asthma Information in Vietnamese)
• 哮喘与户外空气污染 (Asthma and Air Pollution Information in Chinese)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers Trifold (Information in Chinese)
• Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers Trifold (Information in Korean)
• Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers Trifold (Information in Vietnamese)

Asthma Resources in Arabic

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• ما هو مرض الربو؟ (Asthma Information from CDC)
• مرض الربو وتلوث الهواء الخارجي (Asthma and Air Pollution Information from CDC and EPA)

Asthma Resources in French

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Qu’est-ce que l’asthme? (Asthma Information from CDC)
• Asthme et pollution de l’air extérieur (Asthma and Air Pollution Information from CDC and EPA)

Asthma Resources in Multiple Languages

MedlinePlus

• Asthma Information from MedlinePlus

References

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Leading Causes of Death.
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most Recent National Asthma Data.
3. Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Asthma and Hispanic Americans.
4. Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Asthma and African Americans.
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Smoking Status — United States, 2017. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
6. National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. COPD-related Mortality by Sex and Race Among Adults Aged 25 and Over: United States, 2000–2014.

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