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THE NUMBER of children hospitalised for asthma increased 45 per cent from 2002 to 2016, according to a just-released Massey University study. Hospitalisation rates were highest among Pacific (1314 per 100,000) and Maori (827 per 100,000) children.
The report showed more than 6000 children under the age of 15 were hospitalised with asthma in 2016, with children aged birth to four having the highest rate. The district health...