Chou Cheng-cheng, a pediatrician specializing in rheumatism at NTU Hospital points out that the rate of asthma in New Zealand and Australia is close to 20 percent and is in the teens in America and Europe. While Taiwan may be seven to ten years "behind" those advanced industrial nations, he points out that "we are quickly catching up."
台大醫院小兒部過敏免疫風濕科醫師周正成指出，紐澳地區的氣喘盛行率約百分之二十，歐美國家約百分之十幾，台灣雖然「落後」先進國家七到十年，但正在「急起直追」中。