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High Asthma Rates a Mystery

By Kerry Grens on Sunday, April 9, 2006.

A new report finds asthma rates in New Hampshire are among the highest in the country.

And the incidence of new cases in New England is increasing faster than in other regions.

No one really knows why asthma is so common in the Northeast.

But even more puzzling to health advocates is why efforts to control the disease are often ignored.

New Hampshire Public Radioâ€™s Kerry Grens has more.