BEAMS RESEARCH PROGRAM
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood. Asthma affects the breathing of 6 million children across the US, and nearly 1 million of those children are under 4 years of age. In Mexico, rates of asthma are increasing, with up to 25% of school-aged children affected.
Our team found that rates of asthma in children vary significantly across the Arizona-Mexico border region, from 7% in some areas of Sonora, to 28% in South Tucson. We believe that these differences are due to different environments and exposures in each neighborhood.
