2021 Child Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables

Table C1
Childa Current Asthmab Prevalence
and Weighted Numberc by State or Territory: BRFSS 2021
State Sample Sized Prevalence
(Percent)
Standard
Error
95% CIe
(Percent)
|| Weighted
Numberc
95% CIe
(Number)
Totalf 52,906 6.5 0.25 (6.1–7.0) || 3,161,613 (2,924,928–3,398,298)
AL 886 9.6 1.39 (7.2–12.7) || 101,444 (71,615–131,272)
CA 1,431 5.0 0.77 (3.7–6.7) || 429,421 (297,311–561,531)
CT 1,754 8.9 1.15 (6.9–11.4) || 61,173 (45,191–77,155)
DC 478 9.7 1.89 (6.5–14.0) || 12,265 (7,443–17,086)
GA 1,317 9.7 1.38 (7.3–12.8) || 227,311 (161,991–292,632)
HI 1,549 5.1 1.04 (3.4–7.6) || 15,518 (9,261–21,775)
IL 499 7.0 1.76 (4.3–11.4) || 177,920 (88,010–267,830)
IN 1,943 7.0 0.76 (5.7–8.7) || 104,392 (81,926–126,859)
KS 4,155 7.4 0.51 (6.5–8.5) || 49,437 (42,769–56,106)
KY 982 5.1 0.82 (3.7–6.9) || 46,968 (32,209–61,727)
ME 1,716 7.2 0.93 (5.5–9.2) || 15,928 (11,878–19,978)
MD 3,124 6.8 0.68 (5.6–8.2) || 88,631 (71,319–105,942)
MA 1,353 9.7 1.06 (7.8–12.0) || 117,125 (91,661–142,590)
MI 1,583 7.0 0.89 (5.4–9.0) || 141,630 (105,918–177,342)
MN 3,263 5.9 0.59 (4.9–7.2) || 75,033 (60,243–89,822)
MS 960 10.1 1.38 (7.7–13.1) || 65,000 (47,367–82,633)
MO 2,572 7.1 0.83 (5.7–8.9) || 91,030 (70,079–111,981)
MT 1,256 5.0 0.73 (3.8–6.7) || 10,917 (7,803–14,032)
NE 3,169 5.7 0.67 (4.5–7.1) || 26,513 (20,329–32,697)
NH 829 7.5 1.11 (5.6–10.0) || 17,980 (12,820–23,139)
NJ 1,628 5.4 0.79 (4.0–7.2) || 99,705 (70,709–128,702)
NM 1,405 6.3 0.88 (4.8–8.2) || 28,512 (20,756–36,267)
NY 2,162 6.5 0.85 (5.0–8.4) || 256,043 (189,859–322,228)
OH 2,496 5.9 0.69 (4.7–7.4) || 145,335 (112,091–178,579)
PA 1,173 6.5 0.86 (5.0–8.4) || 156,659 (116,740–196,578)
RI 1,153 6.6 0.98 (4.9–8.8) || 13,272 (9,345–17,200)
TX 2,255 6.4 0.77 (5.0–8.1) || 451,772 (342,990–560,554)
UT 3,252 5.5 0.48 (4.6–6.5) || 50,288 (41,744–58,832)
VT 1,291 4.4 0.64 (3.3–5.9) || 4,932 (3,530–6,333)
WI 1,033 6.2 1.32 (4.1–9.4) || 76,907 (44,081–109,733)
Territory
PR 889 10.4 1.20 (8.3–13.0) || 70,138 (54,016–86,260)
VI 239 9.7 3.31 (4.9–18.4) || 2,551 (773–4,329)

 

For additional information on methods and variable description, refer to “Technical Information, available at: https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/brfss/2021/child/brfsschildtechinfo.html
aAged 0-17 years
bCurrent asthma question: Does the child still have asthma?
cWeighted number of respondents who answered the current asthma question
dUnweighted number of respondents who answered the current asthma question
eCI denotes confidence interval
fTotal includes data from 29 states and DC, but excludes Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
(.–.) or empty cell: 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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