CDC- BRFSS – ACBS 19-21 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, 2019-2021.
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 57 28 44.8 7.7 (29.7 – 59.9) 29 55.2 7.7 (40.1 – 70.3)
Connecticut 163 75 55.3 5.8 (43.9 – 66.7) 88 44.7 5.8 (33.3 – 56.1)
Florida 114 57 50.3 9.7 (31.3 – 69.3) 57 49.7 9.7 (30.7 – 68.7)
Georgia 98 43 51.0 8.2 (34.9 – 67.1) 55 49.0 8.2 (32.9 – 65.1)
Hawaii 62 27 43.9 8.6 (27.0 – 60.8) 35 56.1 8.6 (39.2 – 73.0)
Indiana 131 60 42.4 5.6 (31.4 – 53.4) 71 57.6 5.6 (46.6 – 68.6)
Kansas 113 59 56.3 6.0 (44.5 – 68.1) 54 43.7 6.0 (31.9 – 55.5)
Massachusetts 65 37 63.2 8.8 (46.0 – 80.4) 28 36.8 8.8 (19.6 – 54.0)
Michigan 165 73 43.1 4.6 (34.1 – 52.1) 92 56.9 4.6 (47.9 – 65.9)
Minnesota 164 75 41.0 5.1 (31.0 – 51.0) 89 59.0 5.1 (49.0 – 69.0)
Missouri 137 73 60.9 6.3 (48.6 – 73.2) 64 39.1 6.3 (26.8 – 51.4)
Nebraska 127 57 49.5 6.6 (36.6 – 62.4) 70 50.5 6.6 (37.6 – 63.4)
New Hampshire 103 51 40.9 6.4 (28.4 – 53.4) 52 59.1 6.4 (46.6 – 71.6)
New York 119 52 50.4 8.0 (34.7 – 66.1) 67 49.6 8.0 (33.9 – 65.3)
Ohio 106 58 54.9 7.0 (41.2 – 68.6) 48 45.1 7.0 (31.4 – 58.8)
Pennsylvania 62 28 41.1 7.9 (25.6 – 56.6) 34 58.9 7.9 (43.4 – 74.4)
Rhode Island 77 32 44.4 8.2 (28.3 – 60.5) 45 55.6 8.2 (39.5 – 71.7)
Texas 172 88 62.8 6.9 (49.3 – 76.3) 84 37.2 6.9 (23.7 – 50.7)
Utah 205 111 49.4 4.7 (40.2 – 58.6) 94 50.6 4.7 (41.4 – 59.8)
Vermont 113 55 51.1 6.2 (38.9 – 63.3) 58 48.9 6.2 (36.7 – 61.1)
Wisconsin 73 40 54.9 9.2 (36.9 – 72.9) 33 45.1 9.2 (27.1 – 63.1)
21 States / Area 2,489 1,214 51.2 2.4 (46.5 – 55.9) 1,275 48.8 2.4 (44.1 – 53.5)
Median 50.4 49.7
Range 40.9-63.2 36.8-59.1

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/2021/pdf/sdq_report_acbs_21-508.pdf