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Summary of Findings
- The findings of this survey are based on data collected from 83%
of all Connecticut school children in grades K-12.
- The number of children attending schools in school districts surveyed
was 513,688. These children attended 1027 public and nonprofit schools
during the 1999-2000 school year.
- 8.7% is the overall mean prevalence rate of asthma for school children
in Connecticut, grades K-12. The mean rates of asthma prevalence
by school level are:
- 7.8% for elementary school children
- 10.2% for middle school children
- 9.4% for high school students
- Rates of asthma among elementary school children in school districts
surveyed range from a low of over 3% to a high of just under 14%.
- All but 7 of 132 school districts surveyed have asthma prevalence
rates among elementary school children that range between 4% and
12%. Of those 7, none had an asthma prevalence rate among its elementary
school children as high as 14%.
- Asthma prevalence rates for elementary school children are consistent
among urban, suburban, and rural districts. Whether a district is
urban, suburban or rural makes no appreciable difference.
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