Table 2 Prevalence of lung conditions by location of dwelling
| Â | Overall | Location of dwelling | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 3,509) | Large Urban (n = 2380) | Small Urban (n = 415) | Rural (n = 714) | p-value overall | p-value (trend) | |
% with ever asthma | 19.6 | 20.7†| 21.5‡ | 15.1 | 0.003 | 0.003 |
% with current asthma | 14.1 | 14.9†| 15.7‡ | 10.9 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
% with ever wheeze | 27.8 | 27.2 | 31.8 | 27.4 | 0.16 | 0.61 |
% with current wheeze | 13.7 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 0.83 | 0.55 |
% with report of respiratory allergy | 29.6 | 30.6 | 27.0 | 27.6 | 0.15 | 0.08 |
% with report of hay fever | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 0.56 |
% with report of eczema | 17.2 | 17.4 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 0.68 | 0.69 |
% with current cough | 21.3 | 22.3†| 21.8 | 17.9 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
% with cough disturbing sleep | 30.3 | 30.7 | 29.1 | 29.8 | 0.76 | 0.56 |
% with wheeze limiting speech | 7.4 | 6.3†| 8.1 | 11.2 | 0.10 | 0.03 |
% with wheeze with exercise | 9.4 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 8.5 | 0.23 | 0.83 |
% taking breathing medications in the past 12Â months | 15.3 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 13.6 | 0.36 | 0.22 |