Table 6 Percentages of Physicians Who Use Inhaled Corticosteroids as a First-Choice Treatment for Asthma Maintenance in the Specified Age Groups
From: Monitoring and Management of Childhood Asthma in Asian Countries A Questionnaire Study
India | Australia | Sri Lanka | Taiwan | China | Indonesia | Singapore | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infants | 52.4 | 34.5 | 81.6 | 58.0 | 85.0 | 11.0 | 36.4 | 30.8 |
Preschoolers | 48.7 | 38.8 | 69.4 | 41.1 | 83.0 | 10.0 | 46.2 | 35.0 |
Older children | 42.6 | 40.4 | 69.4 | 59.8 | 81.0 | 24.0 | 42.2 | 35.0 |