Table 3 Prevalence of Asthma Symptoms among 52,549 Children Aged 13 to 14 Years, from 17 Latin American Centres
Degrees | WHEZEV | WHEZ12 | AWAKE12 | SPEECH12 | ASTHMAEV | EXWHEZ12 | COUGH12 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Center | Latitude | N | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
Cuernavaca | 18°57'N | 3,102 | 18.1 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 13.6 |
Costa Rica | 9°56'N | 3,200 | 37.6 | 23.7 | 15.2 | 10.1 | 18.5 | 24.2 | 31.1 |
David, Panamá | 8°26'N | 2,885 | 31.3 | 17.6 | 14.6 | 6.7 | 16.9 | 14.6 | 21.7 |
Recife | 8°06'S | 3,086 | 39.0 | 19.7 | 13.0 | 4.8 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 30.9 |
Lima | 12°03'S | 3,158 | 48.6 | 26.0 | 14.1 | 6.9 | 28.0 | 35.9 | 33.6 |
Salvador | 12°58'S | 3,162 | 44.3 | 27.0 | 9.6 | 5.4 | 12.5 | 27.6 | 29.6 |
São Paulo | 23°32'S | 3,007 | 45.4 | 23.3 | 12.0 | 2.7 | 10.0 | 20.5 | 33.0 |
Assunción | 25°15'S | 2,966 | 39.9 | 19.4 | 10.2 | 5.2 | 12.2 | 15.3 | 31.3 |
Curitiba | 25°24'S | 3,004 | 40.4 | 18.4 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 8.6 | 19.8 | 30.1 |
Porto Alegre | 30°04'S | 3,195 | 47.0 | 24.7 | 15.2 | 5.7 | 21.9 | 29.0 | 39.2 |
Rosario | 33°00'S | 3,008 | 23.9 | 11.8 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 7.9 | 16.5 | 41.9 |
South Santiago | 33°27'S | 3,051 | 27.8 | 11.1 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 11.5 | 25.3 | 32.8 |
Central Santiago | 33.30'S | 2,944 | 32.3 | 11.7 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 12.4 | 15.0 | 23.1 |
Buenos Aires | 34°40'S | 2,996 | 19.5 | 9.9 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 6.6 | 13.8 | 36.2 |
Montevideo | 34°55'S | 3,072 | 31.2 | 19.0 | 9.8 | 5.1 | 15.3 | 18.4 | 28.1 |
Valdivia | 39°48'S | 3,231 | 22.8 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 11.9 | 18.0 | 16.2 |
Puntas Arenas | 53°09'S | 3,482 | 21.9 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 15.5 |
- | 52,549 | 33.6 | 16.9 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 13.4 | 19.1 | 28.6 | |
Passo Fundo | 28°15'S | 2,948 | 40.8 | 20.5 | 13.7 | 4.8 | 14.6 | 21.5 | 39.4 |