Dialysis Centers used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to examine the prevalence of chronic diseases ...

However, chronic diseases vary based on age, location, and other risk factors. Asthma, which causes airways to narrow and restricts breathing, is the most common chronic disease in children.

Cavities are the most common chronic disease among America's youth. But there are plenty of ways to avoid them.

The American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association, the leading research groups for two of the most common chronic diseases in the U.S., also declined to comment. In several of ...