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Asthma Mortality

Asthma is a chronic airway disease that can precipitate fatal attacks, with hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide in recent years.

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Can a person die from asthma?

Yes — asthma can and does kill people, though the risk for any individual with the disease is generally low in high‑income settings and many deaths are considered avoidable with proper care; global es...