Asthma and Latino cultures: different prevalence reported among groups sharing the same environment.

Objectives: This 1999 study measured asthma prevalence among Latinos of different cultural traditions who live on the same streets and in the same buildings.

Methods: Health promoters from El Puente in North Brooklyn, New York City, surveyed 3015 people in 946 households, asking standard asthma prevalence questions.

Results: Some 46% of households identified themselves as Dominican, 42% as Puerto Rican, 6% as other Latino, and 6% as other.