2017 Adult Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables and Maps

Table L4:
Adult* Self-Reported Lifetime Asthma Prevalence
and Number by Race and State or Territory: BRFSS 2017
State Race Sample Size§ Prevalence
(percent)
Standard
Error
95% CI
(percent)
||
||
||
Weighted
Number
95% CI
(Weighted Number)
U.S. Total** White 355,539 14.0 0.12 (13.8–14.3) || 25,264,425 (24,805,273–25,723,578)
U.S. Total** Black 37,234 16.5 0.37 (15.8–17.2) || 5,174,363 (4,930,777–5,417,950)
U.S. Total** Other 28,842 11.7 0.41 (10.9–12.6) || 3,129,254 (2,903,644–3,354,863)
U.S. Total** Multi 9,983 23.0 0.88 (21.3–24.8) || 989,148 (906,371–1,071,926)
AL White 4,613 15.4 0.73 (14.0–16.8) || 397,174 (358,645–435,702)
AL Black 1,723 19.2 1.38 (16.5–21.9) || 181,973 (153,670–210,276)
AL Other 211 13.8 3.02 (7.9–19.8) || 21,160 (11,946–30,374)
AL Multi 119 19.0 4.53 (10.0–28.0) || 8,522 (4,188–12,856)
AK White 2,324 12.7 1.10 (10.6–14.9) || 47,727 (39,391–56,064)
AK Black 53 20.0 7.27 (5.4–34.6) || 6,240 (1,176–11,304)
AK Other 602 14.6 3.32 (8.1–21.1) || 15,348 (7,840–22,857)
AK Multi 139 18.0 6.29 (5.6–30.5) || 5,226 (1,143–9,310)
AZ White 12,314 16.3 0.45 (15.4–17.2) || 636,991 (600,606–673,376)
AZ Black 503 20.6 2.23 (16.2–24.9) || 52,149 (39,743–64,555)
AZ Other 1,880 12.9 0.96 (11.1–14.8) || 119,730 (101,319–138,141)
AZ Multi 268 21.5 3.09 (15.5–27.6) || 18,339 (12,672–24,007)
AR White 4,175 15.0 0.98 (13.0–16.9) || 264,240 (228,506–299,975)
AR Black 791 18.2 2.98 (12.3–24.0) || 59,883 (38,599–81,167)
AR Other 162 21.0 6.97 (7.2–34.7) || 26,449 (6,126–46,772)
AR Multi 130 22.6 5.93 (10.9–34.3) || 8,679 (4,213–13,145)
CA White 6,499 14.5 0.59 (13.3–15.6) || 2,715,942 (2,488,999–2,942,884)
CA Black 493 19.1 2.21 (14.8–23.5) || 372,740 (280,822–464,659)
CA Other 1,698 12.4 1.04 (10.3–14.4) || 975,091 (806,000–1,144,181)
CA Multi 292 22.8 3.25 (16.3–29.2) || 133,897 (91,542–176,252)
CO White 8,167 14.3 0.50 (13.3–15.3) || 494,390 (459,113–529,667)
CO Black 282 24.0 3.29 (17.5–30.5) || 42,543 (29,134–55,951)
CO Other 750 12.1 1.38 (9.4–14.8) || 55,502 (42,487–68,517)
CO Multi 180 23.9 3.96 (16.1–31.7) || 16,924 (10,574–23,274)
CT White 8,687 16.7 0.60 (15.5–17.9) || 352,219 (325,628–378,811)
CT Black 749 18.0 1.78 (14.5–21.5) || 53,623 (42,302–64,945)
CT Other 703 16.3 2.03 (12.4–20.3) || 48,001 (35,123–60,879)
CT Multi 142 25.6 5.29 (15.2–36.1) || 7,682 (4,053–11,311)
DE White 2,918 15.6 1.07 (13.5–17.7) || 79,037 (67,521–90,553)
DE Black 613 19.9 2.18 (15.6–24.1) || 30,847 (23,645–38,050)
DE Other 325 10.2 2.45 (5.3–15.0) || 5,469 (2,726–8,212)
DE Multi 57 8.6 (.–.) || 722 (.–.)
DC White 1,246 10.9 1.31 (8.4–13.5) || 26,669 (20,029–33,308)
DC Black 2,224 19.5 1.16 (17.2–21.8) || 47,564 (41,449–53,678)
DC Other 250 7.9 1.68 (4.6–11.2) || 4,847 (2,814–6,880)
DC Multi 63 22.2 7.53 (7.2–37.3) || 1,699 (371–3,027)
FL White 17,127 12.1 0.58 (11.0–13.3) || 1,425,764 (1,286,401–1,565,126)
FL Black 2,374 10.9 1.17 (8.6–13.2) || 280,292 (219,668–340,916)
FL Other 1,327 13.6 2.24 (9.2–18.0) || 204,530 (133,628–275,433)
FL Multi 364 16.7 4.28 (8.3–25.1) || 38,915 (18,676–59,155)
GA White 3,667 12.8 0.73 (11.4–14.2) || 576,070 (507,936–644,205)
GA Black 1,620 13.7 1.09 (11.5–15.8) || 328,772 (274,300–383,245)
GA Other 372 6.3 1.49 (3.4–9.3) || 35,566 (18,786–52,345)
GA Multi 113 25.2 4.89 (15.5–34.9) || 30,052 (16,948–43,155)
HI White 2,678 14.2 1.11 (12.1–16.4) || 45,631 (38,040–53,222)
HI Black 73 18.9 7.20 (4.5–33.2) || 5,173 (646–9,699)
HI Other 2,779 14.2 0.85 (12.5–15.8) || 68,831 (60,303–77,360)
HI Multi 2,130 25.6 1.31 (23.1–28.2) || 70,914 (62,761–79,067)
ID White 4,543 13.5 0.69 (12.2–14.9) || 154,947 (139,261–170,633)
ID Black 18 0.0 (.–.) || 0 (.–.)
ID Other 92 11.2 3.75 (3.7–18.6) || 4,527 (1,404–7,649)
ID Multi 78 31.2 7.73 (15.8–46.6) || 9,205 (3,481–14,929)
IL White 4,276 13.4 0.67 (12.1–14.7) || 974,096 (874,685–1,073,507)
IL Black 752 15.7 1.64 (12.5–18.9) || 217,312 (170,122–264,502)
IL Other 365 10.9 2.02 (6.9–14.8) || 97,416 (59,648–135,183)
IL Multi 75 20.3 6.72 (6.9–33.7) || 28,767 (6,908–50,625)
IN White 11,955 14.4 0.44 (13.5–15.2) || 615,854 (576,977–654,731)
IN Black 959 18.4 1.74 (15.0–21.8) || 83,401 (66,179–100,624)
IN Other 344 11.8 2.56 (6.7–16.8) || 18,468 (9,941–26,996)
IN Multi 217 26.4 3.79 (18.9–33.8) || 17,498 (11,829–23,168)
IA White 7,103 12.9 0.50 (11.9–13.9) || 279,233 (257,153–301,312)
IA Black 126 18.0 4.17 (9.7–26.2) || 13,082 (6,394–19,771)
IA Other 236 13.7 2.74 (8.3–19.1) || 15,491 (8,925–22,057)
IA Multi 85 18.6 4.48 (9.7–27.5) || 4,533 (2,287–6,779)
KS White 19,457 13.4 0.32 (12.8–14.0) || 251,346 (239,266–263,426)
KS Black 937 17.0 1.61 (13.9–20.2) || 21,977 (17,502–26,453)
KS Other 668 11.8 1.52 (8.8–14.8) || 12,861 (9,467–16,255)
KS Multi 384 24.5 2.78 (19.0–30.0) || 9,387 (6,962–11,812)
KY White 7,192 14.7 0.68 (13.4–16.1) || 439,414 (397,629–481,199)
KY Black 947 23.5 3.44 (16.8–30.3) || 62,911 (42,187–83,634)
KY Other 173 12.6 3.48 (5.7–19.5) || 11,643 (5,152–18,133)
KY Multi 193 37.1 6.39 (24.5–49.7) || 13,916 (7,472–20,360)
LA White 3,270 14.6 0.81 (13.0–16.2) || 327,303 (289,489–365,117)
LA Black 1,187 17.1 1.45 (14.2–19.9) || 186,539 (153,024–220,054)
LA Other 170 16.8 4.75 (7.4–26.1) || 27,995 (10,332–45,659)
LA Multi 97 16.1 4.43 (7.3–24.9) || 6,367 (2,660–10,073)
ME White 9,209 15.7 0.59 (14.6–16.9) || 159,503 (147,432–171,575)
ME Black 57 23.8 10.90 (2.0–45.6) || 3,386 (0–7,215)
ME Other 146 21.7 5.30 (11.2–32.2) || 4,598 (2,188–7,009)
ME Multi 149 31.4 5.88 (19.8–43.0) || 5,256 (2,849–7,664)
MD White 9,742 13.9 0.57 (12.8–15.0) || 366,335 (335,064–397,607)
MD Black 2,673 18.9 1.19 (16.5–21.2) || 256,086 (220,660–291,513)
MD Other 622 9.6 1.51 (6.6–12.6) || 47,998 (32,652–63,344)
MD Multi 214 34.3 4.77 (24.9–43.8) || 23,165 (15,320–31,009)
MA White 5,631 17.6 0.87 (15.9–19.3) || 726,941 (652,154–801,729)
MA Black 377 17.5 3.92 (9.8–25.2) || 69,298 (34,525–104,070)
MA Other 426 10.8 1.96 (7.0–14.7) || 59,728 (37,643–81,813)
MA Multi 159 19.6 4.84 (10.0–29.1) || 19,479 (9,026–29,932)
MI White 8,889 15.3 0.51 (14.3–16.3) || 923,601 (860,046–987,156)
MI Black 1,109 21.7 1.52 (18.7–24.7) || 223,509 (189,276–257,742)
MI Other 373 12.3 2.12 (8.1–16.4) || 49,617 (31,623–67,611)
MI Multi 258 26.6 3.52 (19.6–33.5) || 32,719 (22,911–42,526)
MN White 15,191 11.0 0.34 (10.3–11.6) || 391,296 (366,775–415,816)
MN Black 486 11.2 1.69 (7.9–14.6) || 25,029 (17,214–32,843)
MN Other 791 6.4 0.98 (4.5–8.4) || 20,398 (14,193–26,604)
MN Multi 185 16.9 3.42 (10.2–23.6) || 7,881 (4,502–11,261)
MS White 3,284 11.9 0.80 (10.3–13.5) || 159,554 (137,716–181,392)
MS Black 1,520 14.2 1.42 (11.4–17.0) || 114,258 (90,375–138,141)
MS Other 97 14.5 6.54 (1.5–27.5) || 7,434 (2–14,865)
MS Multi 91 21.4 6.09 (9.3–33.5) || 7,246 (2,738–11,753)
MO White 6,380 13.4 0.62 (12.2–14.6) || 517,746 (468,926–566,567)
MO Black 735 18.8 2.00 (14.9–22.7) || 98,279 (76,057–120,501)
MO Other 224 12.6 2.78 (7.1–18.1) || 23,606 (12,785–34,428)
MO Multi 129 26.6 6.18 (14.4–38.9) || 19,712 (9,393–30,031)
MT White 4,907 12.9 0.65 (11.7–14.2) || 94,626 (85,135–104,117)
MT Black 21 14.3 (.–.) || 870 (.–.)
MT Other 786 21.6 2.70 (16.3–26.9) || 14,231 (10,262–18,201)
MT Multi 115 31.8 7.07 (17.8–45.8) || 4,141 (1,817–6,464)
NE White 14,019 12.1 0.45 (11.2–13.0) || 150,264 (139,037–161,492)
NE Black 279 17.9 2.99 (12.0–23.8) || 11,360 (7,248–15,473)
NE Other 652 7.1 1.13 (4.9–9.4) || 6,075 (4,179–7,972)
NE Multi 168 16.9 3.80 (9.4–24.4) || 4,988 (2,690–7,287)
NV White 2,813 14.0 0.99 (12.1–15.9) || 191,940 (164,386–219,495)
NV Black 189 24.5 3.88 (16.9–32.2) || 50,869 (32,537–69,202)
NV Other 495 9.3 1.78 (5.8–12.8) || 54,257 (32,884–75,630)
NV Multi 136 30.9 6.66 (17.8–44.1) || 19,294 (9,684–28,904)
NH White 5,396 18.1 0.83 (16.5–19.7) || 180,259 (163,070–197,448)
NH Black 22 16.3 (.–.) || 1,540 (.–.)
NH Other 169 16.1 4.14 (7.9–24.2) || 7,877 (3,524–12,229)
NH Multi 73 33.4 8.34 (16.7–50.0) || 4,773 (1,800–7,747)
NJ White 8,572 12.0 0.62 (10.7–13.2) || 528,563 (472,071–585,055)
NJ Black 1,463 16.5 1.59 (13.4–19.7) || 157,151 (125,155–189,146)
NJ Other 990 9.3 1.22 (6.9–11.6) || 108,606 (79,771–137,441)
NJ Multi 151 18.2 4.77 (8.8–27.6) || 14,013 (5,917–22,110)
NM White 4,905 16.0 0.77 (14.4–17.5) || 187,093 (168,426–205,760)
NM Black 81 12.1 4.68 (2.8–21.4) || 3,111 (556–5,665)
NM Other 1,045 14.6 1.61 (11.4–17.7) || 35,207 (27,067–43,346)
NM Multi 90 19.9 5.23 (9.6–30.3) || 6,967 (3,051–10,884)
NY White 8,937 13.4 0.51 (12.4–14.4) || 1,322,198 (1,219,669–1,424,727)
NY Black 1,452 17.0 1.23 (14.6–19.4) || 426,986 (361,850–492,122)
NY Other 871 10.6 1.41 (7.8–13.4) || 202,438 (146,607–258,269)
NY Multi 196 29.6 4.43 (20.8–38.3) || 68,724 (44,214–93,235)
NC White 3,310 13.4 0.79 (11.9–15.0) || 716,205 (630,489–801,922)
NC Black 968 16.3 1.62 (13.1–19.5) || 270,981 (213,653–328,309)
NC Other 461 9.6 1.58 (6.5–12.7) || 60,528 (40,562–80,495)
NC Multi 82 14.7 4.63 (5.5–23.9) || 24,172 (8,053–40,290)
ND White 6,442 12.6 0.61 (11.4–13.8) || 64,582 (58,192–70,972)
ND Black 73 11.5 4.59 (2.4–20.7) || 2,031 (307–3,756)
ND Other 320 15.5 2.46 (10.7–20.3) || 5,846 (3,916–7,776)
ND Multi 65 23.3 6.74 (9.8–36.7) || 2,483 (817–4,148)
OH White 10,594 13.1 0.53 (12.1–14.2) || 964,034 (883,717–1,044,351)
OH Black 942 17.7 1.67 (14.4–21.0) || 190,089 (151,521–228,657)
OH Other 313 13.4 2.84 (7.8–18.9) || 39,965 (22,066–57,864)
OH Multi 206 21.1 4.54 (12.2–30.1) || 31,118 (16,200–46,035)
OK White 5,224 14.4 0.65 (13.2–15.7) || 319,983 (290,909–349,058)
OK Black 368 18.7 2.60 (13.6–23.8) || 40,215 (28,025–52,404)
OK Other 580 14.3 1.68 (11.0–17.6) || 50,952 (38,644–63,260)
OK Multi 342 21.4 2.93 (15.7–27.2) || 28,917 (20,231–37,604)
OR White 4,551 17.3 0.66 (16.0–18.6) || 468,708 (432,032–505,385)
OR Black 74 16.6 4.80 (7.0–26.2) || 13,384 (4,951–21,818)
OR Other 270 11.4 2.28 (6.9–15.9) || 28,599 (16,778–40,419)
OR Multi 284 23.8 2.91 (18.0–29.5) || 21,705 (15,982–27,428)
PA White 5,422 15.5 0.70 (14.1–16.8) || 1,260,865 (1,143,549–1,378,180)
PA Black 590 14.9 1.69 (11.5–18.2) || 161,384 (123,554–199,214)
PA Other 301 15.9 3.03 (9.9–21.8) || 88,879 (52,367–125,392)
PA Multi 96 27.1 6.06 (15.1–39.1) || 30,400 (14,310–46,489)
RI White 4,754 17.1 0.83 (15.5–18.7) || 115,010 (103,391–126,629)
RI Black 241 18.2 2.96 (12.4–24.1) || 9,082 (6,021–12,143)
RI Other 387 13.8 2.62 (8.6–18.9) || 11,961 (7,122–16,799)
RI Multi 93 38.2 7.88 (22.6–53.9) || 5,364 (2,427–8,300)
SC White 7,505 14.1 0.58 (12.9–15.2) || 369,914 (338,390–401,439)
SC Black 2,996 14.7 1.01 (12.7–16.7) || 149,266 (127,693–170,838)
SC Other 324 11.8 2.49 (6.9–16.7) || 14,543 (8,167–20,919)
SC Multi 217 20.5 3.94 (12.7–28.3) || 11,823 (6,963–16,683)
SD White 5,366 11.5 0.80 (9.9–13.0) || 64,992 (55,848–74,135)
SD Black 34 1.5 (.–.) || 202 (.–.)
SD Other 1,420 16.5 2.87 (10.9–22.2) || 10,347 (6,449–14,245)
SD Multi 121 12.0 4.77 (2.6–21.5) || 1,303 (280–2,325)
TN White 4,801 16.5 0.78 (14.9–18.0) || 661,510 (597,122–725,898)
TN Black 656 14.0 1.94 (10.1–17.8) || 115,052 (81,599–148,504)
TN Other 176 22.6 6.47 (9.9–35.4) || 44,778 (13,862–75,694)
TN Multi 98 24.8 6.02 (12.9–36.8) || 18,910 (9,320–28,500)
TX White 9,730 11.7 0.67 (10.4–13.0) || 1,739,481 (1,537,756–1,941,205)
TX Black 1,042 16.6 2.37 (11.9–21.2) || 437,859 (303,396–572,322)
TX Other 573 6.7 1.72 (3.3–10.1) || 113,108 (55,015–171,202)
TX Multi 186 19.2 5.97 (7.4–30.9) || 51,280 (15,833–86,727)
UT White 9,197 14.4 0.48 (13.5–15.3) || 268,255 (250,234–286,277)
UT Black 71 16.2 4.97 (6.3–26.1) || 4,789 (1,641–7,938)
UT Other 521 11.7 1.71 (8.4–15.1) || 19,683 (13,774–25,592)
UT Multi 113 29.2 5.72 (17.9–40.5) || 11,029 (5,764–16,295)
VT White 6,042 17.3 0.70 (15.9–18.7) || 80,959 (74,137–87,782)
VT Black 45 39.4 10.39 (18.4–60.3) || 2,572 (799–4,345)
VT Other 178 18.3 4.90 (8.6–28.0) || 3,013 (1,252–4,775)
VT Multi 110 25.3 6.96 (11.5–39.1) || 1,209 (422–1,996)
VA White 7,110 14.5 0.61 (13.3–15.7) || 638,002 (582,346–693,657)
VA Black 1,584 15.7 1.27 (13.2–18.2) || 194,195 (160,899–227,492)
VA Other 496 8.7 1.64 (5.5–12.0) || 55,297 (34,259–76,334)
VA Multi 168 16.7 3.74 (9.3–24.1) || 20,116 (10,678–29,555)
WA White 11,063 16.9 0.49 (15.9–17.9) || 729,062 (684,593–773,531)
WA Black 262 16.0 2.55 (11.0–21.0) || 33,580 (22,108–45,052)
WA Other 1,184 14.4 1.37 (11.7–17.1) || 129,728 (103,535–155,921)
WA Multi 360 29.0 3.22 (22.7–35.3) || 43,387 (31,919–54,855)
WV White 5,125 18.7 0.70 (17.3–20.1) || 251,449 (231,939–270,959)
WV Black 123 24.1 5.11 (14.0–34.2) || 11,446 (5,855–17,036)
WV Other 82 27.5 5.96 (15.6–39.4) || 6,526 (3,190–9,862)
WV Multi 76 14.9 4.87 (5.2–24.6) || 2,531 (780–4,281)
WI White 5,105 12.8 0.62 (11.5–14.0) || 495,717 (447,779–543,656)
WI Black 241 18.5 4.38 (9.9–27.2) || 48,217 (23,263–73,171)
WI Other 315 11.6 2.64 (6.3–16.8) || 30,612 (16,384–44,841)
WI Multi 61 34.0 9.90 (14.2–53.8) || 10,821 (2,849–18,793)
WY White 4,112 13.0 0.67 (11.7–14.3) || 51,729 (46,363–57,095)
WY Black 36 25.2 10.15 (4.6–45.8) || 1,265 (45–2,486)
WY Other 147 16.5 3.57 (9.5–23.6) || 3,892 (2,106–5,677)
WY Multi 65 27.5 7.28 (12.9–42.0) || 2,981 (1,030–4,932)

Notes:
*Aged 18+ years
**U.S. Total includes 50 states plus the District of Columbia and excludes the three territories.
CI denotes confidence interval.
§ Sample size is the number of respondents answered lifetime asthma question
If values for the standard error and the 95% confidence interval are not provided, the normal approximation to the binomial distribution does not apply due to small sample size.
When the Sample Size is less than 50, estimates are not precise and should be interpreted with caution.

Asthma and Community Health Branch, National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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