2021 Adult Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables and Maps

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Table L4
Adulta Lifetime Asthmab Prevalence
and Number by Race/Ethnicity and State or Territory: BRFSS 2021
State Race/Ethnicityg Sample
Sizec		 Prevalence
(Percent)		 Standard
Error		 95% CId
(Percent)		 ||
||		 Weighted
Numbere		 95% CId
(Weighted Number)
U.S. Totalf White NH 321,217 14.8 0.13 (14.6–15.1) || 21,868,907 (21,469,416–22,268,399)
U.S. Totalf Black NH 31,805 16.9 0.38 (16.2–17.6) || 4,760,506 (4,536,010–4,985,001)
U.S. Totalf Other NH 32,240 12.9 0.47 (12.0–13.8) || 2,814,081 (2,602,891–3,025,272)
U.S. Totalf Hispanic 34,001 13.0 0.38 (12.3–13.8) || 5,095,708 (4,789,016–5,402,401)
AL White NH 3,075 15.9 0.92 (14.1–17.7) || 413,983 (363,899–464,067)
AL Black NH 1,169 17.9 1.63 (14.8–21.1) || 176,916 (142,151–211,681)
AL Other NH 190 10.9 2.80 (5.4–16.4) || 15,049 (7,201–22,897)
AL Hispanic 84 18.2 5.16 (7.9–28.4) || 28,131 (10,809–45,453)
AK White NH 3,824 12.8 0.81 (11.2–14.4) || 43,177 (37,653–48,701)
AK Black NH 95 (.–.) || 3,511 (.–.)
AK Other NH 1,163 15.1 1.56 (12.0–18.1) || 21,241 (16,720–25,763)
AK Hispanic 190 21.1 3.83 (13.5–28.6) || 7,918 (4,743–11,092)
AZ White NH 7,209 16.0 0.61 (14.8–17.1) || 495,568 (456,757–534,380)
AZ Black NH 283 23.0 3.42 (16.2–29.7) || 59,781 (39,229–80,332)
AZ Other NH 953 12.6 1.52 (9.6–15.6) || 62,203 (46,655–77,752)
AZ Hispanic 1,907 12.4 0.94 (10.6–14.3) || 197,496 (166,605–228,386)
AR White NH 4,232 13.7 0.82 (12.0–15.3) || 229,432 (200,759–258,104)
AR Black NH 585 13.5 2.28 (9.0–18.0) || 43,775 (28,295–59,255)
AR Other NH 273 16.8 3.36 (10.2–23.4) || 16,628 (9,470–23,786)
AR Hispanic 132 9.9 2.89 (4.1–15.6) || 15,402 (6,166–24,639)
CA White NH 3,063 16.3 0.88 (14.6–18.1) || 1,901,899 (1,689,924–2,113,874)
CA Black NH 342 23.3 2.96 (17.5–29.1) || 395,729 (285,501–505,956)
CA Other NH 982 12.4 1.44 (9.6–15.2) || 733,852 (557,847–909,858)
CA Hispanic 2,205 12.8 0.91 (11.0–14.6) || 1,412,377 (1,202,402–1,622,351)
CO White NH 7,315 16.1 0.54 (15.0–17.2) || 501,361 (466,514–536,208)
CO Black NH 309 15.4 2.28 (10.9–19.9) || 27,544 (18,904–36,184)
CO Other NH 608 14.0 1.76 (10.5–17.4) || 37,501 (27,574–47,428)
CO Hispanic 1,817 13.2 0.95 (11.3–15.0) || 116,818 (99,075–134,562)
CT White NH 5,946 14.1 0.65 (12.8–15.4) || 263,247 (238,102–288,392)
CT Black NH 557 20.3 2.36 (15.7–25.0) || 56,805 (42,331–71,280)
CT Other NH 587 12.6 2.13 (8.4–16.8) || 24,258 (15,592–32,924)
CT Hispanic 981 19.9 1.67 (16.6–23.1) || 89,529 (73,062–105,997)
DE White NH 2,459 12.8 0.93 (10.9–14.6) || 63,412 (53,919–72,905)
DE Black NH 553 19.3 2.34 (14.7–23.9) || 31,945 (23,455–40,435)
DE Other NH 198 12.9 3.25 (6.5–19.3) || 6,277 (2,963–9,591)
DE Hispanic 332 11.7 2.41 (6.9–16.4) || 7,708 (4,395–11,021)
DC White NH 1,486 17.4 1.40 (14.6–20.1) || 38,515 (31,787–45,243)
DC Black NH 1,156 19.4 1.61 (16.2–22.6) || 41,971 (34,560–49,381)
DC Other NH 256 16.4 2.84 (10.9–22.0) || 6,490 (4,097–8,884)
DC Hispanic 187 18.0 3.63 (10.9–25.2) || 10,809 (6,002–15,617)
GA White NH 4,993 15.0 0.78 (13.5–16.5) || 653,586 (583,285–723,887)
GA Black NH 2,009 15.2 1.34 (12.6–17.8) || 377,241 (307,026–447,457)
GA Other NH 476 12.5 2.06 (8.4–16.5) || 65,984 (43,384–88,585)
GA Hispanic 461 11.7 2.04 (7.6–15.7) || 84,704 (53,780–115,628)
HI White NH 2,586 10.0 0.89 (8.2–11.7) || 26,415 (21,566–31,264)
HI Black NH 90 (.–.) || 3,937 (.–.)
HI Other NH 4,410 14.1 0.72 (12.7–15.5) || 103,337 (92,505–114,168)
HI Hispanic 549 21.0 2.15 (16.7–25.2) || 21,624 (16,878–26,369)
ID White NH 5,737 13.8 0.56 (12.7–14.9) || 157,858 (144,824–170,893)
ID Black NH 32 (.–.) || 1,553 (.–.)
ID Other NH 278 12.9 2.52 (8.0–17.9) || 7,931 (4,735–11,127)
ID Hispanic 503 17.4 2.15 (13.1–21.6) || 27,393 (20,039–34,748)
IL White NH 2,206 12.9 0.90 (11.2–14.7) || 784,390 (673,371–895,409)
IL Black NH 380 15.7 2.21 (11.4–20.1) || 204,591 (145,086–264,096)
IL Other NH 243 10.6 2.94 (4.8–16.4) || 80,476 (33,601–127,351)
IL Hispanic 290 13.8 2.86 (8.2–19.5) || 216,888 (120,871–312,905)
IN White NH 7,804 14.9 0.52 (13.8–15.9) || 607,347 (563,759–650,935)
IN Black NH 780 20.3 1.92 (16.6–24.1) || 95,374 (75,407–115,341)
IN Other NH 547 17.8 2.19 (13.6–22.1) || 39,566 (29,121–50,011)
IN Hispanic 499 12.7 1.82 (9.2–16.3) || 42,273 (29,567–54,978)
IA White NH 8,033 12.7 0.50 (11.7–13.7) || 264,980 (243,720–286,240)
IA Black NH 195 23.3 3.73 (15.9–30.7) || 19,681 (12,524–26,837)
IA Other NH 293 19.7 3.08 (13.6–25.7) || 21,057 (13,801–28,313)
IA Hispanic 836 8.4 1.54 (5.4–11.4) || 11,036 (6,860–15,211)
KS White NH 14,751 14.8 0.38 (14.1–15.6) || 254,479 (241,216–267,742)
KS Black NH 774 15.3 1.69 (12.0–18.6) || 18,362 (14,123–22,602)
KS Other NH 818 18.8 1.81 (15.3–22.4) || 24,938 (19,713–30,163)
KS Hispanic 831 14.9 1.43 (12.1–17.7) || 34,630 (27,614–41,647)
KY White NH 4,463 15.7 0.71 (14.3–17.0) || 459,884 (418,087–501,681)
KY Black NH 548 18.0 2.95 (12.2–23.8) || 48,785 (31,676–65,894)
KY Other NH 186 13.7 3.63 (6.5–20.9) || 16,614 (7,453–25,775)
KY Hispanic 98 21.8 5.05 (11.8–31.8) || 24,096 (11,985–36,208)
LA White NH 3,458 14.2 0.76 (12.7–15.7) || 294,256 (262,313–326,198)
LA Black NH 1,067 17.0 1.52 (14.0–20.0) || 180,771 (146,436–215,107)
LA Other NH 246 20.6 3.51 (13.7–27.5) || 27,686 (17,125–38,247)
LA Hispanic 179 11.3 2.90 (5.6–17.0) || 21,827 (10,333–33,322)
ME White NH 10,861 16.8 0.56 (15.7–17.9) || 171,083 (159,332–182,833)
ME Black NH 59 (.–.) || 1,912 (.–.)
ME Other NH 359 20.3 2.99 (14.4–26.2) || 7,447 (5,068–9,826)
ME Hispanic 193 26.5 4.82 (17.0–36.0) || 5,690 (3,263–8,117)
MD White NH 9,664 14.0 0.55 (13.0–15.1) || 335,617 (308,281–362,953)
MD Black NH 3,410 17.1 0.93 (15.3–18.9) || 239,619 (211,886–267,351)
MD Other NH 971 13.7 1.62 (10.5–16.9) || 59,312 (44,506–74,118)
MD Hispanic 1,052 10.9 1.27 (8.4–13.4) || 53,625 (40,709–66,540)
MA White NH 5,465 17.6 0.72 (16.2–19.0) || 687,137 (627,735–746,539)
MA Black NH 428 16.7 2.39 (12.0–21.4) || 62,285 (42,991–81,580)
MA Other NH 584 12.8 1.90 (9.0–16.5) || 72,445 (49,602–95,289)
MA Hispanic 948 16.0 1.55 (13.0–19.1) || 104,170 (83,058–125,281)
MI White NH 7,393 16.0 0.59 (14.8–17.1) || 946,493 (873,894–1,019,091)
MI Black NH 910 19.1 1.60 (15.9–22.2) || 192,913 (158,190–227,636)
MI Other NH 597 15.4 1.96 (11.6–19.3) || 67,733 (49,886–85,580)
MI Hispanic 257 17.9 3.31 (11.4–24.5) || 64,142 (37,875–90,410)
MN White NH 13,294 12.6 0.36 (11.9–13.3) || 445,323 (419,884–470,762)
MN Black NH 619 15.3 1.76 (11.9–18.8) || 40,982 (30,933–51,031)
MN Other NH 950 14.9 1.55 (11.9–18.0) || 48,899 (38,048–59,751)
MN Hispanic 752 11.0 1.32 (8.5–13.6) || 22,974 (17,308–28,639)
MS White NH 2,621 14.3 0.91 (12.5–16.0) || 185,881 (161,510–210,252)
MS Black NH 1,571 15.5 1.32 (12.9–18.1) || 122,610 (100,680–144,539)
MS Other NH 101 (.–.) || 14,313 (.–.)
MS Hispanic 39 (.–.) || 10,220 (.–.)
MO White NH 10,465 13.4 0.54 (12.3–14.4) || 508,066 (466,011–550,121)
MO Black NH 745 14.9 1.65 (11.7–18.1) || 76,380 (58,968–93,792)
MO Other NH 534 17.4 2.47 (12.5–22.2) || 36,356 (25,438–47,274)
MO Hispanic 254 13.8 2.88 (8.1–19.4) || 25,825 (14,470–37,180)
MT White NH 5,171 14.3 0.62 (13.1–15.5) || 105,363 (96,059–114,668)
MT Black NH 18 (.–.) || 628 (.–.)
MT Other NH 711 18.7 2.19 (14.4–23.0) || 11,962 (8,916–15,009)
MT Hispanic 147 18.0 3.82 (10.5–25.6) || 6,266 (3,395–9,136)
NE White NH 13,046 12.1 0.43 (11.2–12.9) || 143,462 (133,068–153,855)
NE Black NH 240 14.1 2.85 (8.5–19.7) || 9,256 (5,233–13,280)
NE Other NH 481 12.6 1.97 (8.7–16.5) || 9,392 (6,350–12,434)
NE Hispanic 907 9.1 1.22 (6.7–11.5) || 13,192 (9,573–16,811)
NV White NH 1,847 14.3 1.19 (12.0–16.6) || 168,785 (139,748–197,821)
NV Black NH 137 17.0 3.89 (9.3–24.7) || 39,250 (19,769–58,731)
NV Other NH 221 14.1 3.71 (6.8–21.4) || 45,295 (19,827–70,762)
NV Hispanic 428 9.1 1.47 (6.2–12.0) || 58,924 (39,922–77,927)
NH White NH 5,935 17.9 0.74 (16.5–19.4) || 177,966 (162,541–193,390)
NH Black NH 32 (.–.) || 103 (.–.)
NH Other NH 273 15.3 3.76 (7.9–22.7) || 7,816 (3,628–12,003)
NH Hispanic 122 (.–.) || 6,256 (.–.)
NJ White NH 4,171 13.6 0.81 (12.0–15.2) || 529,227 (462,144–596,310)
NJ Black NH 943 15.6 1.49 (12.6–18.5) || 135,393 (108,013–162,773)
NJ Other NH 884 10.4 1.57 (7.3–13.5) || 86,887 (59,779–113,995)
NJ Hispanic 1,643 13.5 1.01 (11.5–15.5) || 193,621 (163,479–223,763)
NM White NH 2,963 15.3 0.92 (13.5–17.1) || 92,926 (81,297–104,555)
NM Black NH 70 (.–.) || 2,653 (.–.)
NM Other NH 808 11.7 1.56 (8.6–14.8) || 21,034 (15,241–26,827)
NM Hispanic 2,271 13.4 0.94 (11.6–15.3) || 102,406 (87,648–117,164)
NY White NH 28,366 14.1 0.42 (13.2–14.9) || 1,224,958 (1,148,518–1,301,398)
NY Black NH 2,888 15.3 0.92 (13.5–17.1) || 330,365 (288,500–372,229)
NY Other NH 2,959 10.2 1.02 (8.2–12.2) || 180,672 (143,483–217,862)
NY Hispanic 3,588 16.6 0.82 (15.0–18.2) || 466,332 (417,840–514,824)
NC White NH 3,114 12.8 0.77 (11.3–14.4) || 672,841 (589,749–755,932)
NC Black NH 908 17.4 1.56 (14.4–20.5) || 294,932 (239,063–350,801)
NC Other NH 336 17.2 2.81 (11.7–22.7) || 81,800 (53,529–110,070)
NC Hispanic 478 9.7 1.87 (6.0–13.4) || 67,668 (40,569–94,766)
ND White NH 5,213 11.9 0.62 (10.7–13.1) || 60,012 (53,715–66,310)
ND Black NH 75 (.–.) || 2,589 (.–.)
ND Other NH 417 17.5 2.69 (12.2–22.8) || 8,427 (5,610–11,245)
ND Hispanic 94 (.–.) || 2,728 (.–.)
OH White NH 12,178 15.1 0.49 (14.1–16.1) || 1,085,744 (1,012,980–1,158,509)
OH Black NH 829 16.6 1.62 (13.4–19.7) || 180,888 (143,572–218,205)
OH Other NH 612 15.0 1.83 (11.4–18.6) || 54,375 (40,982–67,767)
OH Hispanic 317 15.2 2.57 (10.2–20.3) || 54,580 (35,174–73,987)
OK White NH 3,911 15.3 0.75 (13.9–16.8) || 308,743 (277,715–339,771)
OK Black NH 283 19.1 2.78 (13.6–24.6) || 41,417 (28,340–54,494)
OK Other NH 750 20.1 1.81 (16.6–23.7) || 88,862 (71,793–105,931)
OK Hispanic 357 9.2 1.69 (5.9–12.5) || 26,727 (16,730–36,725)
OR White NH 4,275 17.1 0.71 (15.7–18.5) || 434,231 (397,100–471,362)
OR Black NH 78 31.5 6.46 (18.6–44.3) || 22,837 (10,948–34,725)
OR Other NH 360 17.2 2.22 (12.8–21.6) || 51,790 (37,735–65,845)
OR Hispanic 448 10.8 1.50 (7.9–13.8) || 41,545 (29,826–53,263)
PA White NH 4,818 14.5 0.68 (13.1–15.8) || 1,124,847 (1,015,873–1,233,822)
PA Black NH 710 20.5 1.95 (16.7–24.4) || 214,554 (169,851–259,257)
PA Other NH 370 10.2 1.83 (6.6–13.8) || 54,700 (34,825–74,575)
PA Hispanic 342 18.3 2.57 (13.3–23.4) || 136,511 (96,466–176,557)
RI White NH 4,186 17.6 0.83 (16.0–19.3) || 108,903 (98,063–119,744)
RI Black NH 253 15.0 3.03 (9.1–21.0) || 6,707 (3,787–9,627)
RI Other NH 324 17.5 2.74 (12.1–22.9) || 10,150 (6,782–13,517)
RI Hispanic 630 17.5 2.00 (13.5–21.4) || 23,009 (17,286–28,732)
SC White NH 7,067 13.1 0.59 (12.0–14.3) || 344,885 (312,876–376,895)
SC Black NH 1,945 15.8 1.40 (13.0–18.5) || 157,487 (127,358–187,616)
SC Other NH 437 11.7 2.39 (7.0–16.4) || 17,032 (9,819–24,246)
SC Hispanic 327 10.1 2.30 (5.6–14.6) || 22,018 (11,567–32,468)
SD White NH 5,630 12.4 1.04 (10.4–14.5) || 69,003 (57,323–80,682)
SD Black NH 51 (.–.) || 827 (.–.)
SD Other NH 1,268 13.6 2.55 (8.6–18.6) || 8,946 (5,624–12,268)
SD Hispanic 163 (.–.) || 3,345 (.–.)
TN White NH 3,840 15.2 0.75 (13.7–16.6) || 611,168 (550,043–672,293)
TN Black NH 471 14.8 2.10 (10.7–18.9) || 125,707 (88,258–163,156)
TN Other NH 241 16.4 2.93 (10.6–22.2) || 39,000 (24,497–53,504)
TN Hispanic 113 22.4 5.26 (11.9–32.8) || 50,940 (23,471–78,408)
TX White NH 5,721 14.8 0.77 (13.3–16.3) || 1,367,314 (1,222,047–1,512,580)
TX Black NH 981 13.6 1.71 (10.3–17.0) || 355,285 (263,438–447,132)
TX Other NH 703 7.5 1.44 (4.7–10.3) || 120,448 (75,015–165,881)
TX Hispanic 3,010 11.3 0.98 (9.4–13.2) || 924,940 (760,817–1,089,063)
UT White NH 8,735 15.6 0.52 (14.6–16.6) || 286,648 (267,019–306,277)
UT Black NH 80 23.3 6.33 (10.7–35.9) || 5,709 (2,008–9,410)
UT Other NH 463 14.5 2.03 (10.5–18.5) || 22,075 (15,589–28,562)
UT Hispanic 1,045 11.6 1.12 (9.4–13.8) || 37,068 (29,726–44,409)
VT White NH 5,994 17.2 0.73 (15.8–18.6) || 82,131 (74,909–89,352)
VT Black NH 45 (.–.) || 734 (.–.)
VT Other NH 278 19.2 4.09 (11.2–27.3) || 3,820 (2,086–5,554)
VT Hispanic 89 (.–.) || 2,150 (.–.)
VA White NH 7,192 15.2 0.59 (14.0–16.3) || 629,723 (579,045–680,401)
VA Black NH 1,397 16.3 1.26 (13.9–18.8) || 204,421 (171,411–237,432)
VA Other NH 570 13.2 1.83 (9.6–16.8) || 83,622 (59,666–107,577)
VA Hispanic 457 13.4 1.95 (9.6–17.3) || 82,914 (57,760–108,068)
WA White NH 10,159 16.7 0.50 (15.7–17.7) || 690,613 (647,857–733,370)
WA Black NH 274 15.7 2.63 (10.5–20.8) || 36,641 (23,445–49,838)
WA Other NH 1,289 14.5 1.24 (12.1–17.0) || 133,248 (109,470–157,025)
WA Hispanic 999 11.8 1.19 (9.4–14.1) || 80,027 (63,484–96,570)
WV White NH 6,129 16.2 0.60 (15.1–17.4) || 209,408 (193,650–225,166)
WV Black NH 186 19.1 3.45 (12.3–25.9) || 8,974 (5,419–12,528)
WV Other NH 188 19.5 3.37 (12.8–26.1) || 6,110 (3,821–8,398)
WV Hispanic 85 19.3 4.79 (9.8–28.9) || 4,614 (2,148–7,081)
WI White NH 5,257 14.5 0.70 (13.1–15.8) || 552,106 (497,345–606,866)
WI Black NH 232 22.3 4.65 (13.1–31.4) || 57,933 (30,777–85,089)
WI Other NH 343 19.8 3.52 (12.9–26.7) || 43,601 (27,209–59,993)
WI Hispanic 164 9.9 2.89 (4.2–15.6) || 27,382 (10,904–43,860)
WY White NH 3,896 14.8 0.90 (13.1–16.6) || 54,514 (47,647–61,381)
WY Black NH 13 (.–.) || 244 (.–.)
WY Other NH 151 25.1 5.09 (15.1–35.2) || 5,424 (2,870–7,977)
WY Hispanic 201 8.0 2.23 (3.7–12.4) || 3,240 (1,422–5,059)

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
bLifetime question: Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had asthma?
cUnweighted number of respondents who answered the lifetime asthma question
dCI denotes confidence interval
eWeighted number of respondents who answered the lifetime asthma question
fU.S. Total includes 50 states plus the District of Columbia and excludes the territories
gOther Non-Hispanic (NH) race includes American Indian or Native Alaskan; Asian; Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; other race; and multiracial.
(.-.) 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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