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I CAN'T BREATHE! series

-One in 12 people in the United States has asthma-an estimated 25 million people.

-Half of the 25 million people with asthma has an attack every year.

-Asthma costs the U.S. $56 billion a year in medical costs, lost school and work days and early deaths.

-The number of people with asthma increases every year.

-Asthma claims the lives of about 200 children and 3,500 adults every year.

-The most common person to die from asthma is a young black woman between the age of 25-40.

Dr. Lonna P. Gordon received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Florida A & M University and her Doctor of Medicine from the Morsani College of Medicine at University of South Florida. She is board-certified in General Pediatrics as well as Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine. Her clinical interests include health disparities, obesity, and reproductive health.

The text is from chapter 6 "Saved to Serve" on p. 73 in the Harvestime Books' edition of The Ministry of Healing, the focus of the Meet Ellen podcast.

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