2008 Child Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables

Table L1
Child Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Rate (Percent)
and Prevalence (Number) by State or Territory: BRFSS 2008
State Sample Size Prevalence
(Percent)
Standard
Error
95% CI *
(Percent)
Prevalence
(Number)
95% CI *
(Number)
Total ** 78,185 13.3 0.23 (12.8 – 13.7) 7,600,135 (7,339,948 – 7,860,321)
AZ 1,549 12.0 1.63 (9.2 – 15.6) 201,454 (147,478 – 255,431)
CA 4,046 11.5 0.62 (10.3 – 12.8) 1,116,129 (995,850 – 1,236,408)
CT 1,656 16.5 1.27 (14.2 – 19.1) 132,510 (111,657 – 153,364)
DC 912 18.4 1.77 (15.2 – 22.1) 20,897 (16,693 – 25,102)
GA 1,717 16.1 1.25 (13.8 – 18.7) 400,784 (336,614 – 464,954)
HI 2,052 18.6 1.09 (16.6 – 20.8) 54,456 (48,081 – 60,830)
ID 1,633 8.7 0.90 (7.1 – 10.7) 33,190 (26,417 – 39,964)
IL 1,578 12.0 1.01 (10.1 – 14.1) 382,780 (318,675 – 446,884)
IN 1,430 12.9 1.16 (10.8 – 15.4) 205,460 (168,998 – 241,923)
IA 1,725 9.1 0.76 (7.7 – 10.7) 60,427 (50,535 – 70,319)
KS 2,448 12.2 0.75 (10.8 – 13.7) 83,877 (73,659 – 94,096)
KY 2,204 13.8 0.94 (12.1 – 15.8) 137,093 (118,722 – 155,463)
ME 1,678 13.9 0.94 (12.1 – 15.8) 38,384 (33,296 – 43,472)
MD 2,904 14.1 0.85 (12.6 – 15.9) 191,255 (168,241 – 214,269)
MA 1,901 13.8 1.13 (11.7 – 16.1) 194,931 (163,196 – 226,666)
MI 2,537 15.5 0.94 (13.7 – 17.4) 374,386 (327,772 – 420,999)
MS 1,916 14.1 1.05 (12.2 – 16.3) 91,736 (77,909 – 105,564)
MO 1,352 14.4 1.32 (12.0 – 17.1) 199,884 (163,222 – 236,547)
MT 1,710 10.2 0.91 (8.5 – 12.1) 21,995 (18,106 – 25,884)
NE 4,576 7.9 0.65 (6.7 – 9.3) 35,244 (29,548 – 40,941)
NV 1,408 11.2 1.23 (9.0 – 13.8) 72,291 (56,599 – 87,982)
NH 1,851 11.9 0.89 (10.3 – 13.8) 34,995 (29,837 – 40,154)
NJ 3,498 12.9 0.76 (11.5 – 14.5) 265,999 (234,481 – 297,517)
NM 1,884 11.1 0.88 (9.5 – 13.0) 56,911 (48,096 – 65,725)
NY 2,080 16.1 1.08 (14.1 – 18.3) 717,957 (618,804 – 817,110)
ND 1,318 7.4 0.79 (6.0 – 9.1) 10,678 (8,440 – 12,917)
OH 3,301 13.6 0.80 (12.1 – 15.2) 369,345 (326,140 – 412,551)
OK 2,272 13.7 0.85 (12.1 – 15.5) 122,389 (107,299 – 137,480)
OR 1,196 9.7 0.99 (8.0 – 11.9) 82,249 (65,605 – 98,894)
PA 3,232 13.7 0.98 (11.9 – 15.8) 379,119 (324,509 – 433,729)
RI 1,298 16.9 1.22 (14.7 – 19.5) 39,039 (33,350 – 44,727)
TX 3,289 14.1 0.91 (12.4 – 16.0) 917,340 (798,066 – 1,036,615)
UT 2,285 9.8 0.83 (8.3 – 11.6) 77,512 (64,451 – 90,573)
VT 1,780 14.4 0.97 (12.6 – 16.4) 18,852 (16,323 – 21,381)
VA 1,365 14.4 1.37 (12.0 – 17.3) 259,531 (210,666 – 308,397)
WV 978 14.7 1.32 (12.3 – 17.5) 56,547 (46,404 – 66,689)
WI 1,395 10.2 1.16 (8.1 – 12.7) 132,348 (102,354 – 162,342)
WY 2,231 8.3 0.65 (7.1 – 9.7) 10,158 (8,595 – 11,722)
Territories
PR 1,130 28.9 1.58 (25.9 – 32.1) 300,080 (266,073 – 334,086)

Notes:

* CI denotes confidence interval.

** Total includes data from 37 states plus the District of Columbia and excludes the territory, Puerto Rico.

If values for the standard error and the 95% confidence interval are not provided, the normal approximation to the binomial distribution does not apply due to small sample size.

When the sample size is less than 50, estimates are not precise and should be interpreted with caution.

View Page In: PDF [112K]
Page last reviewed: July 23, 2010