Understanding the biology of disease in underserved children with asthma

African American children are disproportionately affected by asthma compared with non-Hispanic white children. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that asthma prevalence rates (10.3% vs 7.8%) remain higher among non-Hispanic black children than non-Hispanic white children, and non-Hispanic black children are almost 3 times as likely to die of asthma as non-Hispanic white children.1 Studies have also found that African American children have more frequent and burdensome asthma symptoms and use emergency department (ED) care more frequently than white children.

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