11 Worst Cities for People with Asthma in America

3. Philadelphia, PA

One thing we all hate is to hear about children getting sick, but it seems to be quite a common problem in Philadelphia where tens of thousands of children suffer from asthma, with many of them ending up in the emergency room with situations related to their illness, or worse, dead.

The city doesn’t pride itself in the air’s quality, while the smoking laws are laughably bad, not managing to make any changes in the way people act. The poverty rate and the rate of uninsured residents aren’t helping matters since many have troubles finding medical help. Of course, the latter may be due to the low number of specialists working in the city.

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