2021 Adult Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables and Maps

Table C1
Adulta Current Asthmab Prevalence
and Number by State or Territory: BRFSS 2021
State Sample
Sizec
Prevalence
(Percent)
Standard
Error
95% CId
(Percent)
||
||
Weighted
Numbere
95% CId
(Weighted Number)
U.S. Totalf 428,112 9.7 0.10 (9.5–9.9) || 23,323,001 (22,854,622–23,791,379)
AL 4,561 10.1 0.62 (8.8–11.3) || 394,199 (345,429–442,968)
AK 5,437 9.0 0.58 (7.9–10.1) || 49,453 (43,179–55,726)
AZ 10,581 9.4 0.39 (8.6–10.1) || 519,749 (477,008–562,491)
AR 5,324 9.0 0.62 (7.8–10.2) || 207,857 (179,289–236,425)
CA 6,695 8.8 0.45 (7.9–9.7) || 2,694,396 (2,420,283–2,968,509)
CO 10,388 10.4 0.37 (9.7–11.1) || 476,932 (443,047–510,818)
CT 8,282 10.5 0.48 (9.6–11.4) || 300,910 (273,487–328,333)
DE 3,610 9.8 0.69 (8.5–11.2) || 77,695 (66,800–88,591)
DC 3,164 11.6 0.82 (10.0–13.2) || 64,298 (55,076–73,521)
GA 8,109 9.4 0.51 (8.4–10.4) || 772,663 (688,807–856,519)
HI 7,753 8.1 0.43 (7.3–9.0) || 92,849 (83,128–102,569)
ID 6,726 9.8 0.46 (8.9–10.7) || 138,516 (125,652–151,380)
IL 3,196 8.7 0.70 (7.3–10.1) || 860,395 (721,466–999,324)
IN 9,819 10.3 0.39 (9.6–11.1) || 536,397 (495,771–577,024)
IA 9,542 9.1 0.41 (8.3–9.9) || 224,466 (204,538–244,393)
KS 17,410 10.6 0.31 (10.0–11.2) || 235,953 (222,181–249,726)
KY 5,378 11.7 0.59 (10.6–12.9) || 408,801 (367,802–449,800)
LA 5,066 9.7 0.60 (8.5–10.9) || 344,842 (302,218–387,466)
ME 11,703 12.5 0.47 (11.5–13.4) || 138,396 (127,727–149,065)
MD 15,513 9.4 0.35 (8.7–10.0) || 451,158 (417,249–485,068)
MA 7,596 11.7 0.52 (10.7–12.8) || 661,306 (601,216–721,397)
MI 9,353 11.5 0.45 (10.6–12.4) || 908,568 (837,737–979,399)
MN 15,853 8.8 0.28 (8.2–9.3) || 387,219 (362,321–412,117)
MS 4,399 10.0 0.67 (8.7–11.3) || 226,646 (196,221–257,071)
MO 12,150 9.4 0.42 (8.6–10.2) || 449,253 (409,894–488,612)
MT 6,191 9.7 0.48 (8.8–10.7) || 83,698 (75,457–91,939)
NE 14,849 8.2 0.33 (7.6–8.9) || 122,491 (112,723–132,260)
NV 2,716 9.1 0.80 (7.6–10.7) || 223,954 (184,783–263,125)
NH 6,496 12.1 0.60 (10.9–13.3) || 136,025 (122,462–149,587)
NJ 7,887 8.9 0.46 (8.1–9.8) || 646,963 (580,670–713,255)
NM 6,318 10.6 0.53 (9.5–11.6) || 173,518 (156,295–190,742)
NY 38,728 9.8 0.28 (9.3–10.4) || 1,563,485 (1,475,270–1,651,700)
NC 4,920 8.7 0.51 (7.6–9.7) || 717,344 (632,487–802,200)
ND 5,859 8.4 0.50 (7.4–9.4) || 50,012 (44,097–55,927)
OH 14,207 10.4 0.38 (9.7–11.2) || 955,568 (885,882–1,025,255)
OK 5,382 10.9 0.54 (9.8–11.9) || 326,087 (293,844–358,329)
OR 5,325 11.2 0.53 (10.1–12.2) || 377,851 (342,128–413,573)
PA 6,383 10.3 0.51 (9.3–11.3) || 1,062,292 (957,640–1,166,945)
RI 5,559 12.6 0.62 (11.4–13.9) || 111,498 (100,262–122,734)
SC 9,991 9.2 0.45 (8.3–10.0) || 372,607 (335,439–409,774)
SD 7,212 8.3 0.78 (6.8–9.9) || 55,927 (45,659–66,195)
TN 4,730 10.3 0.59 (9.2–11.5) || 558,276 (494,045–622,506)
TX 10,726 8.4 0.45 (7.5–9.3) || 1,854,306 (1,659,908–2,048,704)
UT 10,503 9.7 0.38 (9.0–10.5) || 231,080 (213,128–249,033)
VT 6,518 11.8 0.61 (10.6–13.0) || 61,465 (55,047–67,884)
VA 9,788 9.8 0.41 (9.0–10.6) || 661,945 (607,174–716,716)
WA 13,046 10.5 0.36 (9.8–11.2) || 641,131 (597,028–685,234)
WV 6,704 12.1 0.50 (11.1–13.0) || 171,141 (156,981–185,302)
WI 6,084 10.8 0.59 (9.6–11.9) || 498,228 (443,684–552,772)
WY 4,382 9.7 0.67 (8.4–11.0) || 43,188 (37,269–49,108)
Territories
GU 1,649 4.7 0.78 (3.2–6.2) || 4,997 (3,368–6,626)
PR 4,006 11.4 0.66 (10.1–12.7) || 311,148 (275,061–347,234)
VI 1,368 5.0 1.02 (3.0–7.0) || 3,920 (2,366–5,475)

Notes: For additional information on methods and variable description, refer to ‘Technical Information’, available at https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/brfss/2021/brfsstechinfo.html
aAged 18+ years
bCurrent asthma question: Do you still have asthma?
cUnweighted number of respondents who answered the current asthma question
dCI denotes confidence interval
eWeighted number of the respondents who answered the current asthma question
fU.S. Total includes 50 states plus the District of Columbia and excludes the territories
‘.–./blank’:Suppressed if the normal approximation to the binomial distribution does not apply due to small sample size or relative standard error (RSE)>30%

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

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