2021 Adult Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables and Maps

Table C2.1
Adulta Current Asthmab Prevalence
by Sex at Birth and State or Territory, BRFSS 2021
State Sample
Sizec
Male
Prevalence
(Percent)
Male
Standard
Error
Male
95% CId
(Percent)
||
||
Sample
Sizec
Female
Prevalence
(Percent)
Female
Standard
Error
Female
95% CId
(Percent)
U.S. Totalf 199,011 6.8 0.12 (6.6–7.0) || 229,101 12.4 0.15 (12.1–12.7)
AL 1,817 5.9 0.75 (4.5–7.4) || 2,744 13.8 0.96 (11.9–15.7)
AK 2,771 5.9 0.65 (4.6–7.2) || 2,666 12.5 0.97 (10.5–14.4)
AZ 4,995 6.5 0.47 (5.6–7.4) || 5,586 12.2 0.61 (11.0–13.4)
AR 2,226 6.8 0.76 (5.3–8.3) || 3,098 11.1 0.95 (9.2–12.9)
CA 3,376 6.9 0.58 (5.8–8.1) || 3,319 10.6 0.69 (9.2–11.9)
CO 5,294 7.1 0.43 (6.3–7.9) || 5,094 13.7 0.60 (12.6–14.9)
CT 3,987 7.7 0.63 (6.5–9.0) || 4,295 13.1 0.71 (11.7–14.5)
DE 1,618 6.9 0.94 (5.0–8.7) || 1,992 12.6 1.00 (10.6–14.5)
DC 1,421 8.0 1.05 (5.9–10.0) || 1,743 14.8 1.22 (12.4–17.2)
GA 3,489 5.5 0.62 (4.3–6.8) || 4,620 12.9 0.78 (11.4–14.4)
HI 3,578 5.6 0.51 (4.6–6.6) || 4,175 10.7 0.68 (9.3–12.0)
ID 3,153 7.1 0.57 (6.0–8.2) || 3,573 12.5 0.71 (11.1–13.9)
IL 1,529 6.4 0.93 (4.6–8.2) || 1,667 10.8 1.03 (8.8–12.9)
IN 4,478 6.7 0.50 (5.7–7.7) || 5,341 13.8 0.59 (12.6–14.9)
IA 4,740 6.8 0.48 (5.8–7.7) || 4,802 11.4 0.64 (10.2–12.7)
KS 8,221 8.0 0.39 (7.3–8.8) || 9,189 13.1 0.47 (12.2–14.0)
KY 2,543 8.3 0.71 (6.9–9.7) || 2,835 14.9 0.94 (13.1–16.8)
LA 2,277 6.9 0.81 (5.3–8.5) || 2,789 12.3 0.87 (10.6–14.0)
ME 5,058 8.6 0.61 (7.5–9.8) || 6,645 16.1 0.72 (14.7–17.5)
MD 7,103 5.9 0.40 (5.1–6.7) || 8,410 12.5 0.56 (11.4–13.6)
MA 3,515 7.7 0.55 (6.6–8.8) || 4,081 15.4 0.85 (13.8–17.1)
MI 4,312 8.2 0.58 (7.1–9.4) || 5,041 14.7 0.66 (13.4–16.0)
MN 7,669 6.2 0.34 (5.5–6.9) || 8,184 11.3 0.45 (10.4–12.2)
MS 1,802 7.5 0.95 (5.6–9.4) || 2,597 12.4 0.93 (10.5–14.2)
MO 5,613 7.1 0.55 (6.0–8.1) || 6,537 11.7 0.62 (10.4–12.9)
MT 3,146 6.5 0.55 (5.4–7.6) || 3,045 12.9 0.78 (11.4–14.5)
NE 6,790 5.7 0.41 (5.0–6.5) || 8,059 10.7 0.52 (9.7–11.7)
NV 1,262 7.2 1.01 (5.3–9.2) || 1,454 11.0 1.24 (8.6–13.4)
NH 2,872 8.8 0.77 (7.3–10.3) || 3,624 15.3 0.90 (13.5–17.0)
NJ 3,857 5.6 0.46 (4.7–6.5) || 4,030 12.0 0.75 (10.6–13.5)
NM 2,843 6.6 0.62 (5.4–7.8) || 3,475 14.4 0.84 (12.7–16.1)
NY 17,806 7.3 0.35 (6.6–8.0) || 20,922 12.2 0.42 (11.4–13.0)
NC 2,292 5.1 0.56 (4.0–6.2) || 2,628 12.0 0.84 (10.3–13.6)
ND 2,997 7.5 0.67 (6.2–8.9) || 2,862 9.3 0.74 (7.8–10.7)
OH 6,447 6.9 0.46 (6.0–7.8) || 7,760 13.8 0.60 (12.6–14.9)
OK 2,372 8.2 0.73 (6.7–9.6) || 3,010 13.5 0.79 (11.9–15.0)
OR 2,568 7.6 0.59 (6.5–8.8) || 2,757 14.5 0.85 (12.9–16.2)
PA 3,051 8.0 0.63 (6.7–9.2) || 3,332 12.5 0.78 (11.0–14.0)
RI 2,480 10.1 0.92 (8.3–11.9) || 3,079 15.0 0.85 (13.4–16.7)
SC 4,459 6.9 0.64 (5.6–8.1) || 5,532 11.2 0.64 (10.0–12.5)
SD 3,370 5.9 1.02 (3.9–7.9) || 3,842 10.8 1.17 (8.5–13.1)
TN 2,164 7.0 0.76 (5.6–8.5) || 2,566 13.4 0.90 (11.6–15.2)
TX 5,182 5.5 0.50 (4.5–6.5) || 5,544 11.2 0.73 (9.7–12.6)
UT 5,280 7.8 0.48 (6.8–8.7) || 5,223 11.7 0.58 (10.6–12.8)
VT 2,978 8.8 0.76 (7.3–10.3) || 3,540 14.6 0.93 (12.8–16.4)
VA 4,357 6.4 0.49 (5.4–7.3) || 5,431 13.0 0.64 (11.7–14.2)
WA 6,171 7.4 0.43 (6.6–8.3) || 6,875 13.5 0.57 (12.4–14.6)
WV 2,985 8.7 0.64 (7.4–9.9) || 3,719 15.3 0.75 (13.9–16.8)
WI 2,802 7.4 0.68 (6.1–8.7) || 3,282 14.1 0.95 (12.2–15.9)
WY 1,895 7.1 0.78 (5.6–8.6) || 2,487 12.4 1.08 (10.3–14.5)
Territories
GU 823 4.5 1.07 (2.4–6.6) || 826 4.9 1.13 (2.7–7.1)
PR 1,583 8.1 0.90 (6.3–9.9) || 2,423 14.3 0.95 (12.4–16.1)
VI 637 5.0 1.45 (2.2–7.9) || 731 4.9 1.43 (2.1–7.7)

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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