Symposium on asthma disease management: The role of the asthma expert: A view from Mexico

In Mexico, no effort has been made to estimate a nationwide prevalence rate of asthma. However, in the last 10 years several local studies have been c arried out that analyze the same age cohort that have similar methodologica l features, enabling us to have a reference from which to look at childhood asthma prevalence in Mexico. Applying statistical analysis to all the surv eys, we obtained a prevalence rate of childhood asthma of 11.85% with a con fidence interval of 11.32% and 12.38%. We have data that let us know that t he prevalence of asthma in Mexico is increasing as in other countries. The comportment of asthma medication is changing very slowly, at least in the c ommercial market.