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Allergy Prevalence Among U.S. Children by Current Asthma Status
| STATE | With asthma | Without asthma | z-score | ||||
| Allergy Prev (%) | 95% CI d | SE | Allergy Prev
(%) |
95% CI d | SE | ||
| Alabama | 53.8 | 36.2-70.5 | 9.10 | 18.3 | 14.9-22.1 | 1.84 | 3.82 |
| Alaska | 83.8 | 67.6-92.8 | 6.28 | 15.2 | 11.9-19.3 | 1.88 | 10.46 |
| Arizona | 63.0 | 44.3-78.5 | 9.06 | 19.4 | 15.8-23.5 | 1.97 | 4.70 |
| Arkansas | 60.7 | 41.1-77.4 | 9.69 | 24.4 | 20.5-28.8 | 2.10 | 3.66 |
| California | 60.2 | 49.7-69.7 | 5.17 | 15.2 | 13.4-17.2 | 0.97 | 8.55 |
| Colorado | 79.1 | 68.4-86.9 | 4.71 | 18.1 | 15.4-21.2 | 1.47 | 12.36 |
| Connecticut | 44.1 | 29.4-59.9 | 8.02 | 15.9 | 13.0-19.4 | 1.63 | 3.45 |
| Delaware | 77.3 | 60.6-88.3 | 7.12 | 21.7 | 18.0-25.9 | 2.03 | 7.51 |
| Washington D.C. | 58.0 | 34.2-78.6 | 12.15 | 22.4 | 17.7-27.9 | 2.61 | 2.86 |
| Florida | 56.1 | 33.7-76.2 | 11.57 | 17.1 | 14.1-20.7 | 1.69 | 3.34 |
| Georgia | 70.6 | 55.3-82.3 | 7.00 | 17.2 | 14.7-20.1 | 1.40 | 7.48 |
| Hawaii | 40.2 | 23.7-59.3 | 9.46 | 18.0 | 14.4-22.3 | 2.02 | 2.29 |
| Idaho | 55.6 | 36.9-72.8 | 9.57 | 14.0 | 11.2-17.3 | 1.54 | 4.29 |
| Illinois | 45.3 | 26.5-65.6 | 10.52 | 19.9 | 16.5-24.0 | 1.91 | 2.38 |
| Indiana | 69.3 | 52.2-82.4 | 7.92 | 17.4 | 14.5-20.8 | 1.60 | 6.42 |
| Iowa | 75.4 | 54.7-88.6 | 8.82 | 17.7 | 14.7-21.1 | 1.63 | 6.43 |
| Kansas | 79.9 | 60.9-91.0 | 7.67 | 20.4 | 17.0-24.2 | 1.82 | 7.55 |
| Kentucky | 82.7 | 65.9-92.2 | 6.60 | 27.3 | 23.3-31.7 | 2.14 | 7.98 |
| Louisiana | 72.9 | 54.0-86.0 | 8.34 | 20.2 | 16.5-24.4 | 2.01 | 6.14 |
| Maine | 66.5 | 50.1-79.7 | 7.77 | 19.4 | 16.1-23.2 | 1.82 | 5.90 |
| Maryland | 63.8 | 45.4-78.9 | 8.85 | 16.2 | 13.2-19.6 | 1.64 | 5.29 |
| Massachusetts | 61.8 | 42.9-77.6 | 9.21 | 20.5 | 16.8-24.8 | 2.05 | 4.38 |
| Michigan | 68.9 | 50.9-82.6 | 8.32 | 21.5 | 17.8-25.7 | 2.03 | 5.53 |
| Minnesota | 73.5 | 58.5-84.5 | 6.73 | 17.5 | 14.1-21.4 | 1.86 | 8.02 |
| Mississippi | 63.9 | 38.8-83.1 | 12.06 | 19.9 | 16.1-24.4 | 2.11 | 3.59 |
| Missouri | 69.1 | 51.4-82.5 | 8.13 | 19.6 | 16.0-23.8 | 1.99 | 5.91 |
| Montana | 68.5 | 47.6-83.9 | 9.61 | 18.7 | 15.2-22.8 | 1.93 | 5.08 |
| Nebraska | 69.2 | 52.7-81.9 | 7.61 | 17.8 | 15.3-20.6 | 1.36 | 6.65 |
| Nevada | 73.9 | 51.6-88.2 | 9.61 | 17.2 | 13.7-21.3 | 1.94 | 5.78 |
| New Hampshire | 41.7 | 26.9-58.2 | 8.25 | 18.5 | 15.1-22.4 | 1.87 | 2.74 |
| New Jersey | 60.8 | 37.1-80.3 | 11.74 | 17.7 | 14.5-21.3 | 1.73 | 3.63 |
| New Mexico | 64.0 | 47.6-77.7 | 7.91 | 20.8 | 17.3-24.9 | 1.95 | 5.30 |
| New York | 68.6 | 61.0-75.4 | 3.67 | 17.9 | 16.4-19.4 | 0.76 | 13.53 |
| North Carolina | 72.6 | 56.6-84.3 | 7.18 | 26.7 | 22.2-31.7 | 2.44 | 6.05 |
| North Dakota | 76.0 | 56.7-88.4 | 8.22 | 17.0 | 13.5-21.2 | 1.95 | 6.98 |
| Ohio | 65.1 | 53.5-75.3 | 5.64 | 18.4 | 16.1-21.1 | 1.28 | 8.07 |
| Oklahoma | 70.1 | 52.2-83.5 | 8.19 | 22.3 | 18.6-26.5 | 2.02 | 5.67 |
| Oregon | 69.1 | 58.3-78.1 | 5.12 | 18.0 | 16.0-20.2 | 1.07 | 9.77 |
| Pennsylvania | 70.6 | 58.3-80.5 | 5.74 | 21.0 | 18.4-24.0 | 1.43 | 8.38 |
| Rhode Island | 73.0 | 50.7-87.7 | 9.72 | 20.6 | 16.8-25.1 | 2.12 | 5.27 |
| South Carolina | 78.5 | 52.0-92.5 | 10.45 | 18.4 | 15.1-22.2 | 1.81 | 5.67 |
| South Dakota | 70.3 | 49.5-85.1 | 9.38 | 16.8 | 13.7-20.6 | 1.76 | 5.61 |
| Tennessee | 67.1 | 54.8-77.4 | 5.85 | 25.3 | 22.6-28.2 | 1.43 | 6.94 |
| Texas | 75.3 | 59.7-86.3 | 6.87 | 18.8 | 15.3-22.9 | 1.94 | 7.91 |
| Utah | 66.0 | 49.1-79.6 | 8.00 | 14.4 | 11.6-17.7 | 1.54 | 6.33 |
| Vermont | 59.3 | 42.9-73.8 | 8.12 | 17.5 | 14.3-21.3 | 1.79 | 5.03 |
| Virginia | 64.0 | 46.9-78.1 | 8.21 | 23.1 | 19.4-27.3 | 2.01 | 4.84 |
| Washington | 59.7 | 36.7-79.2 | 11.54 | 20.3 | 16.6-24.6 | 2.04 | 3.36 |
| West Virginia | 69.6 | 51.8-83.1 | 8.19 | 24.6 | 20.9-28.6 | 1.97 | 5.34 |
| Wisconsin | 70.0 | 53.1-82.8 | 7.76 | 16.8 | 13.7-20.5 | 1.74 | 6.69 |
| Wyoming | 84.7 | 74.4-91.4 | 4.28 | 19.8 | 16.9-23.0 | 1.55 | 14.26 |
| Average | 65.9 | 62.7-68.9 | 1.60 | 18.9 | 18.2-19.6 | 0.33 | 28.77 |
| Median | 68.9 | 51.4-81.9 | 8.19 | 18.5 | 15.8-22.4 | 1.86 | 6.00 |
| Minimum | 40.2 | 23.7-58.2 | 3.67 | 14.0 | 11.2-17.2 | 0.76 | 6.99 |
| Maximum | 84.7 | 74.4-92.8 | 12.15 | 27.3 | 23.3-31.7 | 2.61 | 4.62 |
Approximately 65.9% of childrena aged 17 years or younger with asthmab had an allergyc (such as food, drug, seasonal, other).
About 21.8% of all U.S. children had allergy in 2022. For the 50 states and Washington D.C., the prevalence of having an allergy among children with current asthma varies from 40.2% in Hawaii to 84.7% in Wyoming, and, among children without asthma, it varies from 14.0% in Idaho to 27.3% in Kentucky.
The prevalence of having an allergy was significantly higher among children with asthma than the prevalence of having an allergy among children without asthma (z-score>1.96) in all jurisdictions.
Abbreviation: SE = Standard Error
aAged 0-17 years
bHas a doctor or other health care provider EVER told you that this child has…Asthma? If yes, does this child CURRENTLY have the condition?
cHas a doctor or other health care provider EVER told you that this child has…Allergies (including food, drug, insect, seasonal, or other)?
dCI denotes confidence interval
Data source: 2022 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH)
CDC’s National Asthma Control Program (NACP) was created in 1999 to help the millions of people with asthma in the United States gain control over their disease. The NACP conducts national asthma surveillance and funds programs to improve the reach, quality, effectiveness, and sustainability of asthma control services and to reduce asthma morbidity, mortality, and disparities by implementing evidence-based strategies.
