Table C4
Adult Self-Reported Current Asthma Prevalence Rate (Percent)
and Prevalence (Number) by Race and State or Territory: BRFSS 2008
State
Race
Sample
Size
Prevalence
(percent)
Standard
Error
95% CI*
(percent)
||
||
||
Prevalence
(number)
95% CI*
(number)
U.S. Total**
White
336,414
8.4
0.10
(8.2 – 8.6)
||
14,719,994
(14,381,822 – 15,058,167)
U.S. Total**
Black
31,879
9.9
0.34
(9.2 – 10.6)
||
2,355,130
(2,187,767 – 2,522,492)
U.S. Total**
Other
24,967
7.0
0.35
(6.3 – 7.6)
||
1,630,804
(1,464,033 – 1,797,575)
U.S. Total**
Multi
7,322
13.0
0.81
(11.4 – 14.6)
||
568,507
(496,235 – 640,780)
AL
White
4,489
7.8
0.70
(6.4 – 9.2)
||
194,304
(158,817 – 229,790)
AL
Black
1,760
7.5
0.87
(5.8 – 9.2)
||
66,719
(51,558 – 81,880)
AL
Other
104
7.4
2.77
(1.9 – 12.9)
||
6,222
(1,596 – 10,849)
AL
Multi
63
12.1
4.62
(2.9 – 21.4)
||
4,501
(1,015 – 7,987)
AK
White
1,844
10.0
1.18
(7.7 – 12.3)
||
34,781
(26,445 – 43,117)
AK
Black
35
11.0
||
1,138
AK
Other
627
8.8
2.40
(4.1 – 13.6)
||
9,322
(4,068 – 14,575)
AK
Multi
98
7.3
2.75
(1.8 – 12.8)
||
1,791
(509 – 3,073)
AZ
White
4,793
10.3
1.15
(8.0 – 12.5)
||
373,317
(286,792 – 459,842)
AZ
Black
73
4.4
||
4,359
AZ
Other
1,090
8.8
1.80
(5.2 – 12.3)
||
73,238
(43,055 – 103,421)
AZ
Multi
58
10.4
4.74
(1.0 – 19.9)
||
4,787
(738 – 8,837)
AR
White
4,625
7.7
0.56
(6.7 – 8.8)
||
140,865
(120,698 – 161,032)
AR
Black
723
10.9
1.92
(7.2 – 14.7)
||
20,781
(13,272 – 28,289)
AR
Other
138
3.8
1.70
(0.5 – 7.2)
||
2,395
(340 – 4,450)
AR
Multi
93
26.4
6.62
(13.2 – 39.5)
||
9,910
(3,827 – 15,993)
CA
White
9,464
8.4
0.38
(7.6 – 9.1)
||
1,744,357
(1,584,284 – 1,904,430)
CA
Black
516
11.3
1.69
(8.0 – 14.6)
||
181,859
(125,895 – 237,824)
CA
Other
1,224
6.4
0.94
(4.6 – 8.3)
||
268,995
(189,223 – 348,767)
CA
Multi
332
11.8
2.00
(7.9 – 15.7)
||
113,610
(74,346 – 152,874)
CO
White
10,420
7.9
0.36
(7.2 – 8.6)
||
241,996
(220,314 – 263,679)
CO
Black
276
6.0
1.76
(2.6 – 9.5)
||
7,274
(2,963 – 11,584)
CO
Other
678
8.9
1.28
(6.4 – 11.4)
||
32,271
(22,819 – 41,723)
CO
Multi
157
13.9
4.21
(5.6 – 22.2)
||
9,093
(3,053 – 15,132)
CT
White
5,084
8.6
0.64
(7.3 – 9.9)
||
195,031
(165,572 – 224,489)
CT
Black
413
8.9
2.30
(4.4 – 13.4)
||
11,497
(5,395 – 17,599)
CT
Other
466
7.4
1.48
(4.5 – 10.3)
||
17,024
(10,295 – 23,754)
CT
Multi
26
30.6
14.93
(0.0 – 61.3)
||
4,703
(0 – 10,338)
DE
White
3,258
8.8
0.82
(7.2 – 10.4)
||
45,661
(37,056 – 54,266)
DE
Black
482
12.4
2.46
(7.5 – 17.2)
||
10,832
(6,286 – 15,378)
DE
Other
134
6.7
2.49
(1.8 – 11.7)
||
2,187
(571 – 3,802)
DE
Multi
71
32.8
14.87
(3.2 – 62.5)
||
3,972
(0 – 9,146)
DC
White
2,072
8.1
0.81
(6.5 – 9.7)
||
14,825
(11,831 – 17,819)
DC
Black
1,792
11.3
1.09
(9.2 – 13.5)
||
24,423
(19,543 – 29,304)
DC
Other
231
7.1
1.90
(3.4 – 10.9)
||
3,217
(1,495 – 4,938)
DC
Multi
41
15.2
8.83
(0.0 – 33.0)
||
840
(0 – 1,950)
FL
White
9,112
6.6
0.47
(5.7 – 7.5)
||
683,854
(587,141 – 780,568)
FL
Black
853
6.4
1.26
(3.9 – 8.8)
||
111,349
(67,393 – 155,305)
FL
Other
660
7.4
1.78
(3.9 – 10.9)
||
146,765
(74,490 – 219,041)
FL
Multi
97
5.9
2.83
(0.3 – 11.5)
||
10,120
(799 – 19,441)
GA
White
4,089
8.1
0.61
(6.9 – 9.3)
||
353,813
(299,783 – 407,843)
GA
Black
1,294
10.4
1.63
(7.2 – 13.7)
||
213,064
(142,982 – 283,146)
GA
Other
208
5.7
1.59
(2.5 – 8.8)
||
30,514
(13,852 – 47,176)
GA
Multi
52
5.6
||
5,745
HI
White
2,251
7.9
0.82
(6.3 – 9.5)
||
20,538
(16,186 – 24,891)
HI
Black
44
2.5
||
222
HI
Other
2,306
7.0
0.75
(5.5 – 8.4)
||
28,612
(22,422 – 34,802)
HI
Multi
1,776
14.8
1.21
(12.5 – 17.2)
||
46,150
(38,244 – 54,056)
ID
White
4,750
9.2
0.62
(8.0 – 10.4)
||
91,119
(78,787 – 103,450)
ID
Black
14
3.7
||
233
ID
Other
205
5.1
1.48
(2.2 – 8.0)
||
2,845
(1,225 – 4,464)
ID
Multi
57
7.6
||
1,066
IL
White
4,290
8.0
0.51
(7.0 – 9.0)
||
571,666
(499,801 – 643,532)
IL
Black
548
10.1
1.63
(6.9 – 13.3)
||
142,072
(95,342 – 188,802)
IL
Other
231
2.3
0.89
(0.6 – 4.0)
||
21,398
(5,199 – 37,596)
IL
Multi
67
12.8
5.13
(2.5 – 23.0)
||
24,639
(3,882 – 45,396)
IN
White
4,060
9.2
0.62
(8.0 – 10.4)
||
378,534
(328,398 – 428,671)
IN
Black
580
11.5
2.85
(5.9 – 17.1)
||
31,891
(15,156 – 48,627)
IN
Other
106
2.7
||
4,586
IN
Multi
72
13.2
4.90
(3.4 – 23.0)
||
11,946
(3,843 – 20,048)
IA
White
5,721
7.4
0.46
(6.5 – 8.3)
||
159,827
(139,852 – 179,803)
IA
Black
80
21.5
6.79
(8.0 – 35.0)
||
8,129
(2,142 – 14,115)
IA
Other
120
11.7
3.63
(4.5 – 18.9)
||
8,404
(3,048 – 13,761)
IA
Multi
26
11.3
||
1,070
KS
White
7,672
8.6
0.45
(7.7 – 9.4)
||
152,797
(136,529 – 169,065)
KS
Black
298
11.1
2.69
(5.8 – 16.4)
||
8,793
(4,347 – 13,238)
KS
Other
460
6.8
1.65
(3.6 – 10.0)
||
10,966
(5,588 – 16,343)
KS
Multi
116
18.4
4.99
(8.5 – 28.3)
||
6,873
(2,920 – 10,827)
KY
White
7,563
9.1
0.48
(8.1 – 10.0)
||
266,774
(239,302 – 294,246)
KY
Black
244
15.1
4.25
(6.7 – 23.5)
||
26,128
(9,972 – 42,283)
KY
Other
110
14.9
5.58
(3.8 – 25.9)
||
11,938
(2,315 – 21,561)
KY
Multi
86
13.9
4.12
(5.7 – 22.0)
||
4,132
(1,840 – 6,424)
LA
White
4,542
7.7
0.57
(6.6 – 8.8)
||
166,263
(141,430 – 191,097)
LA
Black
1,311
9.5
1.23
(7.1 – 11.9)
||
87,366
(63,855 – 110,878)
LA
Other
207
5.4
1.48
(2.5 – 8.3)
||
8,717
(4,009 – 13,424)
LA
Multi
40
7.7
||
1,749
ME
White
6,506
10.1
0.49
(9.2 – 11.1)
||
101,177
(91,413 – 110,941)
ME
Black
22
3.8
||
209
ME
Other
106
16.3
6.12
(4.1 – 28.4)
||
3,608
(545 – 6,671)
ME
Multi
73
13.9
4.75
(4.4 – 23.4)
||
1,765
(484 – 3,046)
MD
White
7,248
9.3
0.50
(8.4 – 10.3)
||
245,622
(218,802 – 272,442)
MD
Black
1,556
9.5
1.04
(7.5 – 11.5)
||
109,279
(84,721 – 133,838)
MD
Other
376
7.3
1.84
(3.7 – 10.9)
||
26,212
(12,752 – 39,671)
MD
Multi
131
17.1
4.23
(8.7 – 25.4)
||
15,406
(7,313 – 23,499)
MA
White
16,885
9.3
0.36
(8.6 – 10.0)
||
383,319
(353,690 – 412,948)
MA
Black
1,134
10.8
1.82
(7.2 – 14.4)
||
26,729
(17,237 – 36,221)
MA
Other
2,020
11.0
1.11
(8.8 – 13.1)
||
56,979
(45,341 – 68,618)
MA
Multi
153
13.9
3.59
(6.8 – 21.0)
||
6,126
(3,130 – 9,122)
MI
White
7,344
9.4
0.47
(8.5 – 10.3)
||
575,083
(517,100 – 633,066)
MI
Black
1,522
10.7
1.28
(8.2 – 13.2)
||
92,038
(69,460 – 114,616)
MI
Other
212
11.2
2.71
(5.8 – 16.5)
||
40,895
(20,410 – 61,379)
MI
Multi
210
18.7
3.88
(11.1 – 26.3)
||
39,117
(21,582 – 56,651)
MN
White
4,049
7.9
0.57
(6.7 – 9.0)
||
288,193
(246,420 – 329,966)
MN
Black
93
14.4
4.59
(5.3 – 23.5)
||
15,105
(4,791 – 25,420)
MN
Other
106
2.5
||
3,588
MN
Multi
14
0.0
||
0
MS
White
5,350
6.3
0.41
(5.5 – 7.1)
||
86,346
(75,141 – 97,550)
MS
Black
2,356
8.3
0.81
(6.7 – 9.9)
||
60,495
(48,600 – 72,390)
MS
Other
102
9.0
3.54
(2.0 – 16.1)
||
3,374
(674 – 6,075)
MS
Multi
54
7.6
||
951
MO
White
4,431
8.1
0.62
(6.9 – 9.3)
||
313,752
(266,135 – 361,370)
MO
Black
452
9.3
1.78
(5.8 – 12.8)
||
33,058
(20,252 – 45,865)
MO
Other
125
10.8
3.19
(4.5 – 17.1)
||
15,794
(6,294 – 25,293)
MO
Multi
105
19.7
5.49
(8.9 – 30.6)
||
14,605
(5,529 – 23,682)
MT
White
6,135
9.2
0.55
(8.2 – 10.3)
||
62,015
(54,638 – 69,392)
MT
Black
15
0.0
||
0
MT
Other
515
13.4
2.24
(9.0 – 17.8)
||
6,023
(3,916 – 8,130)
MT
Multi
80
19.9
5.60
(8.8 – 31.1)
||
1,665
(669 – 2,661)
NE
White
15,183
7.4
0.48
(6.4 – 8.3)
||
87,609
(76,146 – 99,072)
NE
Black
114
8.2
2.68
(2.8 – 13.5)
||
2,611
(896 – 4,326)
NE
Other
620
2.4
0.55
(1.3 – 3.4)
||
1,700
(962 – 2,437)
NE
Multi
182
10.6
3.68
(3.4 – 17.9)
||
2,326
(735 – 3,916)
NV
White
3,738
9.2
0.80
(7.7 – 10.8)
||
123,549
(101,846 – 145,251)
NV
Black
117
11.4
3.86
(3.8 – 19.1)
||
9,191
(2,712 – 15,671)
NV
Other
589
5.2
1.33
(2.6 – 7.8)
||
19,798
(9,593 – 30,003)
NV
Multi
230
12.7
3.56
(5.7 – 19.7)
||
13,230
(5,442 – 21,017)
NH
White
6,504
10.4
0.53
(9.4 – 11.5)
||
100,831
(90,435 – 111,228)
NH
Black
30
6.7
||
485
NH
Other
166
8.8
2.51
(3.8 – 13.8)
||
2,637
(1,109 – 4,165)
NH
Multi
56
18.8
6.29
(6.2 – 31.4)
||
1,592
(475 – 2,708)
NJ
White
8,923
8.4
0.48
(7.4 – 9.3)
||
382,000
(338,199 – 425,801)
NJ
Black
1,225
12.0
1.46
(9.1 – 14.9)
||
95,635
(71,116 – 120,155)
NJ
Other
1,254
7.0
0.95
(5.2 – 8.9)
||
78,508
(57,137 – 99,880)
NJ
Multi
86
7.4
2.41
(2.6 – 12.2)
||
5,020
(1,909 – 8,131)
NM
White
4,923
9.0
0.63
(7.8 – 10.3)
||
103,317
(88,821 – 117,813)
NM
Black
55
10.3
7.74
(0.0 – 25.8)
||
1,837
(0 – 4,829)
NM
Other
1,032
6.2
0.94
(4.4 – 8.1)
||
15,954
(11,180 – 20,727)
NM
Multi
124
5.1
2.13
(0.9 – 9.3)
||
1,557
(263 – 2,850)
NY
White
6,456
8.5
0.48
(7.5 – 9.4)
||
851,179
(754,872 – 947,485)
NY
Black
724
7.9
1.18
(5.6 – 10.2)
||
181,755
(126,799 – 236,710)
NY
Other
405
10.8
1.92
(7.0 – 14.6)
||
173,419
(109,069 – 237,769)
NY
Multi
102
17.8
5.82
(6.3 – 29.4)
||
54,240
(14,778 – 93,702)
NC
White
12,131
7.8
0.35
(7.1 – 8.4)
||
371,661
(337,807 – 405,515)
NC
Black
2,351
7.9
0.82
(6.3 – 9.5)
||
95,564
(75,486 – 115,642)
NC
Other
1,022
6.2
1.21
(3.8 – 8.6)
||
46,311
(27,987 – 64,634)
NC
Multi
195
6.3
1.99
(2.4 – 10.2)
||
5,456
(2,110 – 8,802)
ND
White
4,768
7.6
0.52
(6.6 – 8.6)
||
34,112
(29,456 – 38,769)
ND
Black
14
2.4
||
62
ND
Other
177
11.1
3.15
(4.9 – 17.3)
||
3,307
(1,428 – 5,185)
ND
Multi
31
30.4
14.59
(0.6 – 60.2)
||
1,405
(0 – 3,204)
OH
White
11,361
9.0
0.43
(8.2 – 9.9)
||
685,957
(620,461 – 751,454)
OH
Black
954
13.6
1.65
(10.3 – 16.8)
||
83,716
(62,565 – 104,868)
OH
Other
346
15.0
3.70
(7.8 – 22.3)
||
47,412
(21,514 – 73,311)
OH
Multi
78
11.0
3.89
(3.3 – 18.7)
||
7,193
(2,282 – 12,104)
OK
White
6,058
8.8
0.49
(7.9 – 9.8)
||
170,945
(151,864 – 190,026)
OK
Black
460
9.0
1.95
(5.1 – 12.8)
||
16,869
(9,266 – 24,473)
OK
Other
743
7.5
1.10
(5.4 – 9.7)
||
29,947
(21,143 – 38,751)
OK
Multi
478
13.2
1.98
(9.3 – 17.1)
||
22,248
(15,472 – 29,023)
OR
White
4,428
8.4
0.53
(7.3 – 9.4)
||
219,909
(192,260 – 247,558)
OR
Black
27
8.8
||
1,809
OR
Other
144
5.2
1.89
(1.5 – 9.0)
||
6,863
(1,951 – 11,774)
OR
Multi
116
23.6
5.49
(12.7 – 34.5)
||
18,655
(8,617 – 28,692)
PA
White
11,149
8.7
0.43
(7.9 – 9.5)
||
712,835
(642,814 – 782,855)
PA
Black
1,405
14.9
2.25
(10.5 – 19.3)
||
123,924
(84,417 – 163,432)
PA
Other
251
9.1
2.54
(4.1 – 14.1)
||
35,790
(15,370 – 56,209)
PA
Multi
148
9.5
3.58
(2.4 – 16.5)
||
10,898
(2,999 – 18,797)
RI
White
4,243
10.3
0.66
(9.0 – 11.6)
||
75,302
(65,633 – 84,971)
RI
Black
152
13.4
3.25
(7.0 – 19.8)
||
3,384
(1,666 – 5,102)
RI
Other
276
12.9
3.06
(6.9 – 19.0)
||
7,218
(3,562 – 10,873)
RI
Multi
23
7.8
||
421
SC
White
6,828
7.9
0.56
(6.8 – 9.0)
||
177,296
(152,082 – 202,510)
SC
Black
2,844
8.7
1.05
(6.6 – 10.7)
||
73,874
(55,631 – 92,117)
SC
Other
245
6.0
1.94
(2.2 – 9.9)
||
8,976
(3,345 – 14,606)
SC
Multi
121
21.7
5.95
(9.9 – 33.5)
||
11,579
(5,023 – 18,135)
SD
White
6,146
7.0
0.46
(6.1 – 7.9)
||
37,751
(32,808 – 42,694)
SD
Black
13
17.6
||
373
SD
Other
694
7.8
1.48
(4.9 – 10.7)
||
3,177
(1,985 – 4,369)
SD
Multi
56
23.3
9.64
(3.9 – 42.6)
||
954
(12 – 1,896)
TN
White
4,312
9.0
0.64
(7.7 – 10.2)
||
335,769
(287,943 – 383,596)
TN
Black
540
9.9
1.79
(6.3 – 13.4)
||
66,970
(42,391 – 91,549)
TN
Other
72
6.2
||
8,765
TN
Multi
59
6.5
||
5,486
TX
White
7,860
7.7
0.45
(6.8 – 8.6)
||
834,341
(737,340 – 931,342)
TX
Black
752
11.9
2.02
(7.9 – 15.8)
||
200,520
(128,647 – 272,392)
TX
Other
1,719
4.8
0.92
(3.0 – 6.6)
||
198,724
(121,884 – 275,564)
TX
Multi
124
8.9
3.37
(2.2 – 15.5)
||
18,610
(4,214 – 33,005)
UT
White
4,856
9.0
0.62
(7.7 – 10.2)
||
145,410
(124,949 – 165,872)
UT
Black
20
4.5
||
422
UT
Other
338
3.6
1.15
(1.3 – 5.8)
||
5,772
(2,116 – 9,429)
UT
Multi
34
8.5
||
1,053
VT
White
6,414
9.7
0.47
(8.8 – 10.6)
||
45,392
(41,024 – 49,760)
VT
Black
14
8.4
||
83
VT
Other
105
19.4
7.26
(5.0 – 33.8)
||
1,813
(225 – 3,402)
VT
Multi
94
8.5
2.97
(2.6 – 14.4)
||
574
(169 – 979)
VA
White
4,256
9.6
0.91
(7.8 – 11.4)
||
443,660
(357,424 – 529,896)
VA
Black
698
9.4
1.42
(6.7 – 12.2)
||
59,032
(41,571 – 76,493)
VA
Other
228
6.4
2.82
(0.8 – 12.0)
||
34,452
(4,543 – 64,361)
VA
Multi
37
11.0
||
6,622
WA
White
20,273
9.3
0.29
(8.8 – 9.9)
||
401,846
(376,453 – 427,239)
WA
Black
234
14.8
3.00
(8.9 – 20.7)
||
10,891
(6,299 – 15,482)
WA
Other
1,106
6.8
0.98
(4.9 – 8.7)
||
26,871
(19,121 – 34,621)
WA
Multi
539
12.3
1.73
(8.9 – 15.7)
||
15,623
(11,236 – 20,009)
WV
White
3,964
9.6
0.57
(8.5 – 10.7)
||
130,408
(114,918 – 145,898)
WV
Black
71
10.9
4.90
(1.2 – 20.7)
||
2,872
(154 – 5,589)
WV
Other
40
8.7
||
1,652
WV
Multi
70
11.3
3.47
(4.4 – 18.2)
||
2,783
(1,061 – 4,504)
WI
White
6,100
8.6
0.57
(7.5 – 9.7)
||
331,104
(287,394 – 374,815)
WI
Black
550
19.3
3.95
(11.5 – 27.0)
||
28,111
(15,421 – 40,802)
WI
Other
290
12.9
4.88
(3.3 – 22.5)
||
23,160
(4,383 – 41,938)
WI
Multi
73
19.9
7.79
(4.4 – 35.4)
||
12,983
(1,708 – 24,258)
WY
White
7,493
8.7
0.41
(7.9 – 9.5)
||
31,980
(28,953 – 35,008)
WY
Black
29
3.8
||
99
WY
Other
238
16.5
4.17
(8.2 – 24.7)
||
2,493
(1,067 – 3,918)
WY
Multi
118
25.5
6.38
(12.9 – 38.2)
||
1,672
(641 – 2,703)
Territories
GU
White
83
0.4
||
30
GU
Black
6
0.0
||
0
GU
Other
672
4.9
0.87
(3.2 – 6.6)
||
4,537
(2,961 – 6,114)
GU
Multi
30
3.8
||
141
PR
White
2,614
4.8
0.50
(3.8 – 5.8)
||
76,211
(60,679 – 91,743)
PR
Black
222
3.5
1.42
(0.7 – 6.3)
||
6,016
(1,141 – 10,890)
PR
Other
1,599
6.0
0.74
(4.6 – 7.5)
||
64,302
(48,539 – 80,065)
PR
Multi
14
0.0
||
0
VI
White
469
5.6
1.17
(3.3 – 7.9)
||
663
(387 – 938)
VI
Black
1,692
4.1
0.61
(2.9 – 5.3)
||
2,144
(1,517 – 2,772)
VI
Other
167
5.9
2.59
(0.8 – 11.0)
||
314
(31 – 597)
VI
Multi
55
12.1
5.40
(1.2 – 22.9)
||
205
(10 – 400)
Notes:
*CI denotes confidence interval.
**U.S. Total includes 50 states plus the District of Columbia and excludes the three territories.
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.
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