According to a survey of the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) Department of Pediatrics, the rate of asthma among children was about 1.3 % in the 1970's.
根據台大醫院小兒科的調查統計，台灣地區兒童氣喘罹患率在民國六十年代約為百分之一．三；到七十年代劇增至百分之五。