2019 Child Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables

Table L3
Child § Lifetime Asthma Prevalence and Weighted Number
by Age and State or Territory: BRFSS 2019
State Age Group Sample Size Prevalence (Percent) Standard Error 95% CI (Percent) Weighted Number 95% CI Weighted Number
Total * 0-4 9,592 4.8 0.42 (4.1–5.7) 574,746 (475,557–673,934)
Total * 5-9 9,971 12.3 0.72 (10.9–13.7) 1,567,989 (1,374,448–1,761,530)
Total * 10-14 12,518 14.3 0.69 (13.0–15.7) 1,574,525 (1,415,484–1,733,566)
Total * 15-17 10,084 16.3 0.78 (14.8–17.8) 1,317,884 (1,183,360–1,452,407)
CA 0-4 607 5.3 1.17 (3.4–8.1) 103,805 (57,305–150,305)
CA 5-9 592 11.8 1.66 (8.9–15.5) 273,906 (193,879–353,933)
CA 10-14 678 16.5 1.81 (13.2–20.4) 337,707 (258,573–416,842)
CA 15-17 508 18.3 2.18 (14.4–23.0) 280,536 (208,604–352,468)
CT 0-4 245 6.1 1.72 (3.5–10.4) 10,829 (4,752–16,906)
CT 5-9 284 14.6 2.55 (10.3–20.3) 24,188 (15,375–33,001)
CT 10-14 412 16.7 2.82 (11.9–22.9) 25,900 (16,357–35,444)
CT 15-17 371 20.9 3.19 (15.4–27.9) 25,912 (17,043–34,781)
DC 0-4 85 10.6 4.86 (4.2–24.5) 4,494 (200–8,789)
DC 5-9 106 14.0 3.45 (8.5–22.2) 5,526 (2,749–8,302)
DC 10-14 126 21.7 4.20 (14.6–31.0) 5,085 (2,945–7,225)
DC 15-17 73 19.7 5.45 (11.1–32.5) 2,275 (926–3,624)
FL 0-4 493 4.8 1.35 (2.8–8.3) 54,972 (24,512–85,431)
FL 5-9 581 9.3 1.88 (6.2–13.7) 87,200 (52,377–122,023)
FL 10-14 690 14.5 2.62 (10.1–20.4) 107,002 (66,414–147,590)
FL 15-17 432 19.7 3.32 (14.0–27.0) 141,715 (91,438–191,993)
GA 0-4 268 11.1 3.43 (5.9–19.8) 69,003 (23,936–114,069)
GA 5-9 297 16.9 3.88 (10.5–25.9) 97,426 (48,093–146,759)
GA 10-14 318 12.8 2.41 (8.8–18.3) 69,279 (42,745–95,813)
GA 15-17 289 21.0 4.70 (13.2–31.6) 75,586 (37,377–113,796)
HI 0-4 371 4.9 1.41 (2.8–8.5) 2,901 (1,235–4,566)
HI 5-9 362 14.3 2.33 (10.3–19.5) 10,615 (6,957–14,273)
HI 10-14 397 16.7 2.19 (12.9–21.5) 11,569 (8,392–14,746)
HI 15-17 320 23.1 2.89 (17.9–29.2) 10,500 (7,583–13,417)
IL 0-4 248 5.2 1.76 (2.7–10.0) 39,626 (12,732–66,520)
IL 5-9 248 9.9 2.59 (5.9–16.3) 76,324 (34,758–117,890)
IL 10-14 350 13.0 2.03 (9.5–17.5) 76,017 (51,581–100,453)
IL 15-17 290 14.0 2.58 (9.6–19.8) 57,840 (35,407–80,273)
IN 0-4 300 3.9 1.14 (2.2–6.9) 14,690 (6,252–23,128)
IN 5-9 356 9.7 1.74 (6.8–13.7) 35,808 (22,741–48,876)
IN 10-14 429 10.9 1.65 (8.0–14.6) 34,672 (23,893–45,450)
IN 15-17 362 18.1 2.49 (13.7–23.5) 43,367 (30,412–56,321)
KS 0-4 530 5.3 1.15 (3.4–8.0) 9,621 (5,432–13,811)
KS 5-9 555 10.0 1.49 (7.4–13.4) 18,207 (12,643–23,772)
KS 10-14 671 15.9 1.85 (12.6–19.9) 24,033 (18,060–30,006)
KS 15-17 545 18.0 2.80 (13.2–24.2) 20,501 (13,411–27,590)
ME 0-4 297 4.4 1.68 (2.1–9.1) 2,194 (520–3,868)
ME 5-9 274 18.5 3.34 (12.8–25.9) 11,143 (6,752–15,534)
ME 10-14 435 18.0 2.56 (13.5–23.6) 9,509 (6,652–12,366)
ME 15-17 321 13.4 2.46 (9.2–18.9) 5,418 (3,387–7,449)
MA 0-4 118 5.5 3.53 (1.5–18.0) 17,291 (0–39,843)
MA 5-9 146 16.5 3.53 (10.7–24.6) 38,091 (20,793–55,389)
MA 10-14 148 16.0 3.60 (10.1–24.4) 45,789 (23,806–67,772)
MA 15-17 142 20.1 5.06 (11.9–31.8) 49,701 (21,426–77,976)
MI 0-4 430 4.4 1.08 (2.7–7.0) 21,919 (11,202–32,635)
MI 5-9 433 11.7 2.09 (8.2–16.4) 62,679 (39,589–85,769)
MI 10-14 553 15.9 2.12 (12.1–20.5) 81,237 (58,130–104,344)
MI 15-17 534 14.0 1.81 (10.8–17.9) 47,322 (34,903–59,741)
MN 0-4 675 1.9 0.55 (1.0–3.3) 6,631 (2,796–10,466)
MN 5-9 691 8.0 1.42 (5.6–11.3) 28,385 (18,080–38,691)
MN 10-14 856 10.4 1.18 (8.3–12.9) 23,603 (18,201–29,006)
MN 15-17 727 14.8 1.73 (11.7–18.5) 32,056 (24,141–39,971)
MS 0-4 240 3.7 1.54 (1.6–8.2) 4,976 (881–9,071)
MS 5-9 229 13.1 3.01 (8.2–20.2) 23,070 (11,880–34,260)
MS 10-14 282 13.7 2.60 (9.4–19.6) 21,803 (13,245–30,361)
MS 15-17 181 17.0 3.85 (10.7–25.9) 18,498 (9,406–27,591)
MO 0-4 259 4.1 1.34 (2.2–7.7) 14,641 (5,235–24,047)
MO 5-9 271 10.5 2.36 (6.7–16.2) 34,020 (18,383–49,657)
MO 10-14 353 13.8 2.70 (9.3–19.9) 35,888 (21,024–50,751)
MO 15-17 274 14.1 2.58 (9.7–19.9) 31,760 (19,770–43,749)
MT 0-4 302 3.1 1.39 (1.3–7.4) 1,777 (203–3,351)
MT 5-9 312 9.0 1.92 (5.9–13.6) 5,489 (3,097–7,881)
MT 10-14 368 14.6 2.34 (10.6–19.8) 7,144 (4,743–9,546)
MT 15-17 288 10.2 2.39 (6.4–15.9) 3,752 (1,926–5,578)
NE 0-4 742 3.9 0.97 (2.4–6.3) 4,313 (2,164–6,461)
NE 5-9 746 8.5 1.47 (6.0–11.8) 10,724 (6,894–14,554)
NE 10-14 943 11.8 1.79 (8.8–15.8) 13,671 (9,322–18,020)
NE 15-17 759 13.8 1.73 (10.7–17.6) 9,958 (7,351–12,565)
NV 0-4 125 5.1 2.53 (1.9–13.0) 9,719 (170–19,268)
NV 5-9 133 15.2 4.58 (8.2–26.4) 28,336 (9,988–46,684)
NV 10-14 178 14.5 4.32 (7.9–25.1) 15,994 (5,696–26,292)
NV 15-17 136 10.5 3.56 (5.3–19.8) 9,039 (2,819–15,258)
NH 0-4 156 2.9 1,832
NH 5-9 192 13.1 3.35 (7.8–21.2) 8,170 (3,762–12,579)
NH 10-14 245 17.7 3.00 (12.5–24.4) 10,789 (6,919–14,660)
NH 15-17 218 14.1 2.82 (9.5–20.6) 6,169 (3,633–8,705)
NM 0-4 228 1.3 1,503
NM 5-9 251 9.2 3.17 (4.6–17.6) 11,826 (3,382–20,270)
NM 10-14 327 11.5 2.71 (7.2–18.0) 10,341 (5,274–15,407)
NM 15-17 240 13.1 3.13 (8.1–20.6) 9,997 (5,015–14,979)
NY 0-4 146 6.6 2.57 (3.0–13.8) 50,585 (10,638–90,531)
NY 5-9 166 19.8 4.42 (12.5–29.8) 205,314 (103,273–307,356)
NY 10-14 206 13.2 2.79 (8.6–19.7) 119,503 (67,048–171,958)
NY 15-17 167 13.4 3.77 (7.6–22.6) 81,597 (33,311–129,882)
OH 0-4 418 5.3 1.99 (2.5–10.8) 27,319 (6,375–48,263)
OH 5-9 436 14.6 2.59 (10.2–20.4) 99,313 (61,761–136,864)
OH 10-14 581 12.0 1.99 (8.7–16.5) 70,181 (46,228–94,134)
OH 15-17 478 16.2 2.52 (11.8–21.7) 67,041 (44,702–89,380)
OR 0-4 251 4.2 2.09 (1.6–10.8) 6,880 (0–13,777)
OR 5-9 244 11.9 4.20 (5.8–22.9) 27,321 (6,315–48,326)
OR 10-14 304 17.1 4.20 (10.4–26.9) 29,947 (13,432–46,461)
OR 15-17 251 12.8 3.06 (7.9–20.1) 16,614 (8,338–24,889)
PA 0-4 286 4.3 1.27 (2.4–7.6) 26,091 (11,068–41,113)
PA 5-9 305 11.9 2.29 (8.1–17.2) 79,181 (48,097–110,265)
PA 10-14 344 14.7 2.16 (11.0–19.5) 88,473 (61,807–115,140)
PA 15-17 295 16.8 2.49 (12.5–22.2) 66,380 (46,235–86,526)
RI 0-4 164 9.5 3.23 (4.8–17.9) 5,120 (1,524–8,716)
RI 5-9 178 12.7 3.26 (7.6–20.6) 6,800 (3,201–10,399)
RI 10-14 235 14.9 3.14 (9.7–22.1) 5,414 (3,000–7,829)
RI 15-17 204 20.0 3.77 (13.6–28.4) 6,342 (3,791–8,893)
TX 0-4 483 2.4 0.73 (1.3–4.3) 38,830 (15,786–61,873)
TX 5-9 481 11.0 2.62 (6.8–17.3) 201,563 (101,765–301,361)
TX 10-14 589 13.8 2.78 (9.2–20.2) 231,318 (133,156–329,480)
TX 15-17 491 14.0 2.52 (9.7–19.7) 158,580 (100,259–216,901)
UT 0-4 783 3.2 0.75 (2.0–5.0) 7,454 (3,977–10,931)
UT 5-9 698 8.1 1.15 (6.1–10.6) 20,733 (14,776–26,690)
UT 10-14 974 10.8 1.11 (8.8–13.2) 18,548 (14,688–22,409)
UT 15-17 775 14.7 1.56 (11.9–18.0) 22,234 (17,307–27,160)
VT 0-4 203 5.9 2.14 (2.9–11.8) 1,768 (488–3,049)
VT 5-9 242 15.3 3.10 (10.1–22.4) 3,791 (2,192–5,391)
VT 10-14 309 17.1 2.85 (12.3–23.5) 4,592 (2,996–6,187)
VT 15-17 220 18.8 4.19 (11.9–28.4) 4,046 (2,052–6,040)
WI 0-4 139 4.2 1.75 (1.8–9.3) 13,962 (2,472–25,453)
WI 5-9 162 9.9 2.84 (5.6–17.0) 32,840 (13,774–51,905)
WI 10-14 217 13.8 3.10 (8.8–21.1) 39,518 (21,093–57,942)
WI 15-17 193 7.7 2.21 (4.3–13.3) 13,149 (5,591–20,708)
Territories
PR 0-4 295 14.7 2.28 (10.8–19.7) 25,153 (16,959–33,347)
PR 5-9 334 29.4 2.76 (24.3–35.1) 55,901 (44,006–67,797)
PR 10-14 367 26.0 2.50 (21.4–31.2) 36,545 (28,881–44,209)
PR 15-17 293 25.5 2.79 (20.4–31.3) 35,986 (27,286–44,686)

Notes:
§Aged 0-17
CI denotes confidence interval.
* Total includes data from 29 states and DC, but excludes 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.

Asthma and Community Health Branch, National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Page last reviewed: February 23, 2021