Children who were born in socioeconomic tracts that have greater proportions of low-income households, higher population densities and greater poverty experienced higher incidence of asthma, according to study findings.
Also, Black and Hispanic children faced significantly higher risks for asthma compared with white children regardless of neighborhood, the researchers wrote in the study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
“While we know that Black and Hispanic children have elevated rates of asthma and that children who reside in neighborhoods with increased poverty are also at increased risk