The data describes the rate of deaths with asthma as the underlying cause in the U.S. from 1999 to 2016, sorted by gender. In 2016, the death rate per 100,000 population (with asthma as the underlying cause) amounted to .8 for the male population and to 1.2 for the female population.
1999 | 1 | 1.9 |
2000 | 1 | 1.8 |
2001 | 1 | 1.8 |
2002 | 1 | 1.7 |
2003 | 1 | 1.6 |
2004 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
2005 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
2006 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
2007 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
2008 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
2009 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
2010 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
2011 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
2012 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
2013 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
2014 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
2015 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
2016 | 0.8 | 1.2 |