CDC- BRFSS – ACBS 18-20 Child Prevalence Table 2b

Table 2b: Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among children 1 with current 2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2018-2020.
State/Territory Sample
size±
Attack in past year No attack or symptoms in past year
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI
California 69 36 47.5 7.6 (32.6 – 62.4) 33 52.5 7.6 (37.6 – 67.4)
Connecticut 148 72 51.1 6.3 (38.8 – 63.4) 76 48.9 6.3 (36.6 – 61.2)
Florida 134 73 56.7 8.3 (40.4 – 73.0) 61 43.3 8.3 (27.0 – 59.6)
Hawaii 67 28 40.6 7.6 (25.7 – 55.5) 39 59.4 7.6 (44.5 – 74.3)
Indiana 96 42 45.7 6.8 (32.4 – 59.0) 54 54.3 6.8 (41.0 – 67.6)
Kansas 108 59 56.3 5.8 (44.9 – 67.7) 49 43.7 5.8 (32.3 – 55.1)
Michigan 181 88 50.3 4.8 (40.9 – 59.7) 93 49.7 4.8 (40.3 – 59.1)
Minnesota 168 86 43.9 5.4 (33.3 – 54.5) 82 56.1 5.4 (45.5 – 66.7)
Missouri 88 50 73.3 5.8 (61.9 – 84.7) 38 26.7 5.8 (15.3 – 38.1)
Montana 58 30 51.6 8.6 (34.7 – 68.5) 28 48.4 8.6 (31.5 – 65.3)
Nebraska 129 63 51.8 6.6 (38.9 – 64.7) 66 48.2 6.6 (35.3 – 61.1)
New Hampshire 67 38 51.1 8.9 (33.7 – 68.5) 29 48.9 8.9 (31.5 – 66.3)
New Mexico 75 41 57.5 9.0 (39.9 – 75.1) 34 42.5 9.0 (24.9 – 60.1)
New York 71 39 59.0 8.4 (42.5 – 75.5) 32 41.0 8.4 (24.5 – 57.5)
Ohio 126 68 52.3 6.8 (39.0 – 65.6) 58 47.7 6.8 (34.4 – 61.0)
Oregon 56 27 37.5 6.5 (24.8 – 50.2) 29 62.5 6.5 (49.8 – 75.2)
Pennsylvania 73 34 47.8 7.7 (32.7 – 62.9) 39 52.2 7.7 (37.1 – 67.3)
Rhode Island 52 28 51.3 9.3 (33.1 – 69.5) 24 48.7 9.3 (30.5 – 66.9)
Texas 122 62 60.2 9.1 (42.4 – 78.0) 60 39.8 9.1 (22.0 – 57.6)
Utah 192 107 50.8 4.7 (41.6 – 60.0) 85 49.2 4.7 (40.0 – 58.4)
Vermont 109 58 57.4 5.9 (45.8 – 69.0) 51 42.6 5.9 (31.0 – 54.2)
Wisconsin 68 34 48.2 7.1 (34.3 – 62.1) 34 51.8 7.1 (37.9 – 65.7)
Puerto Rico 117 33 26.8 4.6 (17.8 – 35.8) 84 73.2 4.6 (64.2 – 82.2)
24 States / Area 2,479 1,251 52.5 2.5 (47.6 – 57.4) 1,228 47.5 2.5 (42.6 – 52.4)
Median 51.2 48.8
Range 26.8-73.3 26.7-73.2

1 Aged < 18 years

2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”

± Sample size is for multiple years of participation. Responses of “Don’t Know” and “Refused” are excluded.

§ Standard error

Confidence interval

Link for Summary Data Quality Report: https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/acbs/2020/pdf/sdq_report_acbs_20-508.pdf