2020 Child Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables

Table C2.2
Childa Current Asthmab Weighted Numberc
by Sex at Birth and State or Territory, BRFSS 2020
State Male Sample Sized Male Weighted Numberc Male 95% CIe Female Sample Sized Female Weighted Numberc Female 95% CIe
Totalf 24,044 1,990,511 (1,752,458–2,228,564) 22,184 1,551,729 (1,362,112–1,741,346)
CA 444 336,894 (179,481–494,307) 441 259,435 (139,674–379,195)
CT 942 43,373 (29,881–56,866) 871 34,855 (21,982–47,728)
DC 271 7,395 (4,140–10,650) 265 4,693 (1,933–7,453)
FL 890 129,099 (65,307–192,891) 794 110,701 (56,014–165,388)
GA 867 154,319 (98,099–210,539) 819 77,126 (52,204–102,047)
HI 797 13,274 (8,953–17,594) 737 8,549 (5,504–11,594)
IN 858 41,286 (28,493–54,079) 822 41,872 (27,759–55,984)
KS 1,155 31,081 (23,739–38,423) 1,124 18,636 (12,977–24,295)
KY 400 36,561 (18,463–54,660) 367 26,834 (14,250–39,418)
ME 770 11,246 (7,923–14,569) 702 6,375 (3,685–9,065)
MA 296 46,663 (23,338–69,989) 273 39,729 (12,962–66,497)
MI 747 94,330 (68,976–119,683) 688 74,660 (51,308–98,013)
MN 1,850 29,418 (20,847–37,989) 1,754 23,122 (16,581–29,662)
MS 668 34,119 (22,227–46,011) 651 28,583 (16,276–40,889)
MO 972 59,223 (42,979–75,467) 812 53,074 (35,818–70,329)
MT 715 7,756 (4,526–10,986) 640 5,107 (3,256–6,957)
NE 1,762 12,503 (8,631–16,375) 1,553 9,089 (5,661–12,516)
NV 216 28,108 (11,529–44,687) 218 18,714 (3,890–33,539)
NH 464 6,813 (3,229–10,398) 447 10,487 (7,179–13,796)
NJ 1,133 73,683 (57,130–90,235) 984 57,889 (42,041–73,736)
NM 750 18,845 (10,926–26,764) 699 13,391 (7,482–19,299)
NY 515 129,649 (75,950–183,348) 446 178,883 (115,193–242,573)
OH 1,474 94,726 (65,631–123,822) 1,326 72,856 (48,876–96,836)
PA 563 174,419 (103,792–245,046) 522 107,445 (66,224–148,666)
RI 517 10,286 (6,710–13,861) 460 8,085 (4,808–11,362)
TX 1,280 299,611 (187,358–411,865) 1,162 191,959 (101,135–282,782)
UT 1,642 29,368 (22,554–36,182) 1,579 26,058 (19,276–32,839)
VT 635 3,502 (2,083–4,921) 555 3,934 (2,587–5,280)
WI 451 32,960 (18,509–47,412) 473 39,592 (17,166–62,018)
Territory
PR 587 28,209 (19,499–36,919) 570 22,305 (14,617–29,993)

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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