Table L1
Child Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Rate (Percent)
and Prevalence (Number) by State or Territory: BRFSS 2015
State
Sample Size
Prevalence
(Percent)
Standard
Error
95% CI *
(Percent)
Prevalence
(Number)
95% CI *
(Number)
Total **
53,273
13.1
0.29
(12.5 – 13.7)
6,329,732
(6,047,668 – 6,611,796)
CA
2,938
12.6
0.72
(11.3 – 14.1)
930,666
(823,931 – 1,037,400)
CT
2,290
16.3
1.08
(14.3 – 18.6)
120,042
(103,788 – 136,297)
DC
562
14.0
2.18
(10.2 – 18.8)
16,704
(11,651 – 21,757)
GA
817
15.3
1.79
(12.1 – 19.2)
375,344
(285,110 – 465,578)
HI
1,462
16.8
1.32
(14.4 – 19.6)
51,049
(42,799 – 59,300)
IL
1,126
11.5
1.15
(9.5 – 14.0)
335,349
(268,382 – 402,316)
IN
1,163
13.1
1.52
(10.4 – 16.4)
201,303
(153,526 – 249,081)
KS
5,064
12.2
0.53
(11.2 – 13.3)
85,184
(77,843 – 92,526)
LA
969
14.0
1.33
(11.6 – 16.8)
150,712
(122,317 – 179,107)
ME
1,002
14.9
1.49
(12.2 – 18.0)
37,125
(29,593 – 44,657)
MA
545
17.1
2.13
(13.3 – 21.7)
221,872
(166,821 – 276,923)
MI
1,986
11.6
0.81
(10.1 – 13.3)
247,183
(213,188 – 281,177)
MN
3,862
9.2
0.58
(8.2 – 10.4)
115,067
(100,675 – 129,459)
MS
1,223
13.0
1.22
(10.8 – 15.6)
90,624
(73,466 – 107,782)
MO
1,330
11.1
1.10
(9.1 – 13.4)
148,147
(119,113 – 177,181)
MT
1,193
9.7
1.12
(7.7 – 12.1)
21,042
(16,203 – 25,881)
NE
4,044
9.5
0.72
(8.2 – 11.0)
44,065
(37,423 – 50,707)
NV
619
10.0
1.81
(6.9 – 14.1)
64,982
(41,631 – 88,333)
NH
1,206
11.1
1.08
(9.2 – 13.4)
28,447
(22,969 – 33,926)
NJ
2,669
12.2
0.87
(10.6 – 14.0)
232,193
(199,483 – 264,904)
NM
1,443
12.1
1.11
(10.0 – 14.4)
59,398
(48,738 – 70,058)
NY
1,214
13.9
1.23
(11.7 – 16.5)
561,365
(461,623 – 661,107)
OH
1,422
13.5
1.44
(10.9 – 16.6)
334,576
(261,294 – 407,859)
OK
659
16.2
1.92
(12.8 – 20.3)
150,789
(113,548 – 188,031)
OR
921
15.8
1.79
(12.6 – 19.7)
130,005
(98,984 – 161,027)
PA
1,139
15.5
1.39
(13.0 – 18.5)
406,260
(333,262 – 479,257)
RI
1,114
15.1
1.39
(12.6 – 18.0)
30,724
(25,131 – 36,316)
TX
2,955
13.0
1.04
(11.1 – 15.2)
894,775
(751,204 – 1,038,347)
UT
3,825
10.6
0.64
(9.4 – 11.9)
94,121
(82,665 – 105,577)
VT
1,347
14.8
1.26
(12.4 – 17.4)
17,088
(14,160 – 20,016)
WI
1,164
10.8
1.19
(8.7 – 13.4)
133,529
(104,441 – 162,617)
Territory
PR
1,297
26.5
1.57
(23.5 – 29.7)
214,590
(187,887 – 241,293)
Notes
* CI denotes confidence interval.
** Total includes data from 31 states based on cellphone and landline data combined 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.
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, National Center for Environmental Health
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