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Ella Pickover & Ketsuda Phoutinane

Asthma deaths 'twice as likely for women' as experts warn of 'stark health inequality'

An asthma attack is twice as likely to cause death in British women than men, a charity reports.

Asthma + Lung UK said two thirds of asthma deaths in the UK have been among women over the past five years.

It said many people are unaware that fluctuations in female sex hormones can cause asthma symptoms to flare up or even trigger life-threatening attacks.

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