[Prevalence of bronchial asthma in a student population in Guadalajara City, Jal. México]. / Prevalencia del asma bronquial en población escolar en la ciudad de Guadalajara, Jal. México.

In an intent to know the bronchial Asthma prevalence in our school children we performed a prospective descriptive survey of 1064 children. The diagnosis was confirmed by clinical history, physical examination and skin test. We found an accumulative prevalence of 12.8% with predominance in males. The 93.4% had confirmed diagnosis, the 30% had need for hospitalization in the last school year. We also analyze the age of onset, family history of allergy and school absenteeism. Bronchial asthma is a common ill at school age, affecting school attendance and family habits and finances.