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Standardised comparisons of the prevalence of asthma are
important for generating and testing hypotheses about the causes of
asthma and, in particular, the causes of the global increases in its
prevalence. Such surveys may involve international
comparisons1 2 or comparisons between
"subpopulations"
for example, age, sex, socioeconomic, or regional
subgroupswithin a single geographical population or country. It is
important that such population surveys should use the most practical
and valid methods for measuring the prevalence of asthma in populations
and differences between populations. This is inherently problematic
because of the difficulties in defining asthma and the practical
considerations that must be taken into account in achieving high
response rates in large random population surveys.
Furthermore, there is no single test or pathognomonic feature which
defines the presence or absence of asthma. The variability of the
condition also means that evidence of it may or may not be present on
the
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