Asthma
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity: Adults
- Number of noninstitutionalized adults who currently have asthma: 18.7 million
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults who currently have asthma: 8.0%
Morbidity: Children
- Number of children who currently have asthma: 6.8 million
- Percent of children who currently have asthma: 9.3%
Health care use: Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices with asthma as primary diagnosis: 14.2 million
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Summary Tables, table 13 [PDF - 403 KB]
Health care use: Outpatient departments
- Number of visits to hospital outpatient departments with asthma as primary diagnosis: 1.3 million
Health care use: Emergency departments
- Number of visits to emergency departments with asthma as primary diagnosis: 1.8 million
Health care use: Hospital inpatient care
- Number of discharges with asthma as first-listed diagnosis: 439,000
- Average length of stay: 3.6 days
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 3,630
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 1.1
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2013, tables 10, 11 [PDF - 1.5 MB]
More data
- Early release of selected estimates from the National Health Interview Survey
- Lung Obstruction Among Adults Aged 40–79: United States, 2007–2012
- MMWR Vital Signs: Asthma Prevalence, Disease Characteristics, and Self-Management Education—United States, 2001—2009
- National Surveillance of Asthma: United States, 2001–2010 [PDF - 910 KB]
- Search Tables for Asthma in Health Data Interactive
- Trends in Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use, and Mortality in the United States, 2001–2010
Related Links
- Ambulatory Health Care Data
- Mortality Data
- National Health Interview Survey
- National Hospital Discharge Survey
- National Asthma Control Program, CDC
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Asthma
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Asthma
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Asthma
- Environmental Protection Agency: Asthma
- Page last reviewed: January 20, 2015
- Page last updated: February 6, 2015
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