Abstract
The childhood asthma death reported to the committee until October in 2013 were reviewed on 215 patients from 0 to 34 years of age, who had died from 1989 to 2013. The number of annual asthma death has decreased since 1998. Sex ratio (male to female) was 134 to 81. The older the asthmatic children became, the number of asthma death at school environment was concerned. The frequency of asthma severity during the past year before asthma death were severe, moderate and mild, 43%, 29% and 28% respectively. The proportion of those who severity of one year prior to death was unknown or blank ones before 1997 was 36.9 percent since 1998 had increased to 46.2 percent. Childhood asthma mortality, particularly since 2004, remained at 1-3 person/year, is considered to be decreased. It is considered that dissemination of guidelines are related largely to this decrease. Asthma death was higher in younger children. It still sufficient diagnosis and treatment is not performed at a low age, understanding of the family and the surrounding persons illness is likely to be inadequate. Sufficient diagnosis and treatment is difficult to be performed at a low age. And understanding of the family of asthma might be inadequate.
