Hospitalizations of children principally for asthma fell by almost 60,000 between 1997 and 2006, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. However, the number of children who are admitted to hospitals to treat other conditions but who also have asthma rose by nearly 70,000 during the same period. In 2006, there were 335,000 hospital stays for children with asthma.
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