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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)
