2020 Child Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables

Table C2_1
Childa Current Asthmab Prevalence
by Sex and State or Territory: BRFSS 2020
State Male Sample Sized Male Prevalence Male Standard Error Male 95% CIe Female Sample Sized Female Prevalence Female Standard Error Female 95% CIe
Totalf 24,044 8.4 0.49 (7.5–9.4) 22,184 6.7 0.41 (5.9–7.5)
CA 444 7.7 1.76 (4.8–11.9) 441 6.3 1.44 (4.0–9.8)
CT 942 12.7 1.91 (9.4–16.9) 871 10.5 1.88 (7.3–14.8)
DC 271 11.5 2.46 (7.5–17.3) 265 7.0 2.05 (3.9–12.3)
FL 890 6.4 1.58 (3.9–10.3) 794 5.8 1.45 (3.5–9.4)
GA 867 13.6 2.32 (9.7–18.8) 819 6.6 1.10 (4.7–9.1)
HI 797 9.4 1.50 (6.8–12.7) 737 6.0 1.07 (4.2–8.4)
IN 858 5.6 0.87 (4.1–7.6) 822 5.9 1.00 (4.2–8.2)
KS 1,155 9.5 1.11 (7.5–11.9) 1,124 5.7 0.87 (4.2–7.7)
KY 400 7.9 1.95 (4.8–12.6) 367 5.9 1.40 (3.6–9.3)
ME 770 10.3 1.52 (7.7–13.7) 702 5.9 1.24 (3.9–8.8)
MA 296 8.5 2.09 (5.2–13.6) 273 6.8 2.27 (3.5–12.9)
MI 747 9.4 1.27 (7.1–12.2) 688 7.7 1.21 (5.6–10.4)
MN 1,850 4.7 0.69 (3.5–6.3) 1,754 3.7 0.54 (2.8–4.9)
MS 668 10.7 1.79 (7.7–14.8) 651 8.8 1.92 (5.7–13.3)
MO 972 9.9 1.33 (7.6–12.8) 812 8.0 1.29 (5.8–10.9)
MT 715 7.2 1.52 (4.7–10.8) 640 4.7 0.87 (3.3–6.7)
NE 1,762 5.4 0.85 (4.0–7.3) 1,553 4.0 0.76 (2.7–5.8)
NV 216 8.3 2.46 (4.6–14.6) 218 6.3 2.49 (2.8–13.3)
NH 464 5.7 1.49 (3.4–9.4) 447 9.1 1.46 (6.6–12.3)
NJ 1,133 8.6 0.97 (6.9–10.7) 984 6.9 0.95 (5.2–9.0)
NM 750 8.5 1.76 (5.6–12.6) 699 6.0 1.34 (3.9–9.2)
NY 515 6.9 1.45 (4.5–10.3) 446 9.7 1.72 (6.8–13.7)
OH 1,474 8.0 1.22 (5.9–10.8) 1,326 6.3 1.05 (4.5–8.7)
PA 563 14.2 2.74 (9.7–20.5) 522 9.0 1.70 (6.1–12.9)
RI 517 10.7 1.85 (7.6–14.9) 460 8.4 1.71 (5.6–12.4)
TX 1,280 8.5 1.57 (5.9–12.1) 1,162 5.4 1.29 (3.4–8.6)
UT 1,642 6.3 0.74 (5.0–8.0) 1,579 5.9 0.77 (4.5–7.6)
VT 635 6.6 1.33 (4.4–9.7) 555 7.5 1.31 (5.3–10.5)
WI 451 5.3 1.20 (3.4–8.2) 473 6.9 1.92 (3.9–11.7)
Territory
PR 587 8.5 1.31 (6.3–11.5) 570 6.3 1.09 (4.5–8.8)

Notes: For additional information on methods and variable description, refer to “Technical Information, available at: https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/brfss/2020/child/brfsschildtechinfo.html
aAged 0-17
bCurrent asthma question: Does the child still have asthma?
cWeighted number of respondents who answered the current asthma question
dUnweighted number of respondents who answered the current asthma question
eCI denotes confidence interval
fTotal includes data from 30 states and DC, but excludes Puerto Rico
‘.–./blank’: Suppressed if the normal approximation to the binomial distribution does not apply due to small sample size or relative standard error (RSE)>30%

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

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