Table 1 Region and country-specific estimates of asthma prevalence by 3 definitions

Africa

Burkina Faso

2.02

2.26

5.32

Chad

3.68

3.94

7.64

Comoros³

7.55

7.80

12.85

Congo³

4.65

4.79

7.93

Cote d'Iviore³

4.22

4.59

7.70

Ethiopia

2.00

2.00

5.53

Ghana

3.65

3.77

4.88

Kenya

2.86

3.12

6.22

Malawi

4.62

4.67

7.76

Mali

2.65

2.82

4.77

Mauritania

6.95

7.54

11.78

Mauritius

3.88

3.92

6.88

Namibia

3.16

3.39

8.14

Senegal

3.43

3.72

8.40

South Africa⁵

5.92

6.09

12.40

Swaziland⁵

8.74

9.69

15.37

Zambia⁴

2.83

2.96

6.25

Zimbabwe

2.28

2.52

5.48

Regional Sub-total

3.94

4.19

7.75

Americas

Brazil

12.44

12.98

22.56

Dominican

9.63

9.97

12.39

Ecuador

2.03

2.13

3.83

Guatemala⁴

2.26

2.42

11.95

Mexico

2.39

2.39

3.87

Paraguay

6.08

6.40

12.74

Uruguay

8.60

9.10

12.02

Regional Sub-total

4.27

4.40

7.61

Eastern Mediterranean

Morocco⁵

2.76

2.84

11.65

Pakistan

3.12

3.13

5.02

Tunisia

2.74

2.79

7.21

United Arab Emirates

5.30

2.79

7.21

Regional Sub-total

2.93

2.99

7.60

Europe

Austria⁴

7.46

7.63

9.48

Belgium⁴

9.83

10.00

17.22

Bosnia Herzegovina⁵

1.30

1.41

4.01

Crotia³

4.38

4.57

8.66

Czech Republic

4.56

4.71

6.32

Denmark⁴

9.50

10.19

15.40

Estonia

2.00

1.99

6.94

Finland

9.39

10.24

17.19

France

10.43

10.59

15.20

Georgia

2.09

2.15

4.83

Germany⁴

7.58

7.55

9.25

Greece⁴

6.60

6.84

10.14

Hungary

7.66

7.66

14.72

Ireland

9.41

9.19

11.39

Israel

7.59

8.54

14.98

Italy⁴

6.05

6.26

8.98

Kazakhstan

1.43

1.47

3.36

Latvia

2.70

2.70

5.90

Luxembourg

9.16

9.44

16.63

Netherlands⁴

15.17

15.32

22.71

Norway

11.05

12.32

15.05

Portugal

7.83

7.83

8.72

Russia³

2.50

2.57

4.98

Slovakia

4.11

4.10

7.41

Slovenia⁴

8.70

8.66

11.91

Spain⁵

6.79

7.12

12.78

Sweden

20.09

20.18

21.60

Turkey

2.06

2.11

11.34

UK⁴

17.59

18.15

22.59

Ukraine

2.77

2.90

11.13

Regional Sub-total

5.1

5.28

10.71

South East Asia

Bangladesh

2.91

3.23

8.63

India³

3.16

3.30

9.63

Myanmar

2.36

2.41

3.47

Nepal

2.04

2.16

14.37

Sri Lanka

2.60

2.75

6.35

Regional Sub-total

3.24

3.39

9.71

Western Pacific

Australia³

20.96

21.51

27.39

China³

0.19

1.42

1.73

Laos

2.72

3.02

5.16

Malaysia

5.21

5.51

7.55

Philippines

7.21

7.46

11.01

Vietnam

0.82

1.04

2.05

Regional Sub-total

5.85

6.17

8.88

Worldwide

(95%CI)

4.27

(4.17; 4.36)

4.46

(4.36; 4.55)

8.61

(8.48; 8.74)