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Asthma-related Emergency
Department Visits:
Boston 2003
In 2003, the rate for emergency department (ED) visits for asthma by blacks was ten times the rate for Asians, and more than six times the rate for whites.
Rate is defined as ED visits for asthma per 1,000 population.
Source: The Health of Boston 2006, prepared by the Boston Public Health Commission, March 2006
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