CDC- BRFSS – ACBS 19-21 Child Prevalence Table 10

Table 10: Estimated percent of children allowed to carry medication in school among children 1 with current 2 asthma status who attended school in the past year 3 by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2019-2021.
State/Territory Current
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI
California 25 57.3 9.2 (39.3 – 75.3)
Connecticut 66 41.7 6.5 (29.0 – 54.4)
Florida 61 65.8 9.8 (46.6 – 85.0)
Georgia 44 44.9 8.8 (27.7 – 62.1)
Hawaii 35 53.0 9.6 (34.2 – 71.8)
Indiana 54 59.1 6.3 (46.8 – 71.4)
Kansas 51 51.7 6.7 (38.6 – 64.8)
Massachusetts 22 44.8 9.6 (26.0 – 63.6)
Michigan 73 49.6 5.2 (39.4 – 59.8)
Minnesota 88 62.5 5.9 (50.9 – 74.1)
Missouri 52 61.9 7.0 (48.2 – 75.6)
Nebraska 75 47.4 6.9 (33.9 – 60.9)
New Hampshire 62 64.3 5.9 (52.7 – 75.9)
New York 49 62.7 10.9 (41.3 – 84.1)
Ohio 53 70.6 6.5 (57.9 – 83.3)
Pennsylvania 25 42.9 8.9 (25.5 – 60.3)
Rhode Island 33 47.0 9.1 (29.2 – 64.8)
Texas 80 41.8 7.9 (26.3 – 57.3)
Utah 134 82.0 4.7 (72.8 – 91.2)
Vermont 62 67.3 6.4 (54.8 – 79.8)
Wisconsin 37 61.5 9.4 (43.1 – 79.9)
21 States / Area 1,213 54.1 2.8 (48.6 – 59.6)
Median 58.2
Range 41.7-82.0

1 Aged < 18 years

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

3 Attended school outside the home. Home Schooled are excluded

± 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/2021/pdf/sdq_report_acbs_21-508.pdf