2020 Child Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables

Table C3
Childa Current Asthmab Prevalence
and Weighted Numberc by Age and State or Territory: BRFSS 2020
State Age Group Sample Sized Prevalence (Percent) Standard Error 95% CIe (Percent) Weighted Numberc 95% CIe Weighted Number
Totalf 0-4 9,622 4.6 0.65 (3.5–6.0) 606,370 (433,774–778,966)
Totalf 5-9 10,496 7.9 0.67 (6.7–9.4) 1,052,654 (871,166–1,234,143)
Totalf 10-14 16,519 8.8 0.52 (7.8–9.8) 1,167,667 (1,028,453–1,306,882)
Totalf 15-17 10,569 9.2 0.66 (7.9–10.5) 749,151 (640,218–858,085)
CA 0-4 199 7.7 2.79 (3.7–15.2) 184,287 (46,002–322,572)
CA 5-9 193 7.3 2.20 (4.0–13.0) 180,391 (71,404–289,379)
CA 10-14 332 6.0 1.48 (3.6–9.6) 157,723 (79,798–235,647)
CA 15-17 183 6.0 1.94 (3.2–11.1) 75,960 (27,357–124,563)
CT 0-4 319 11.8 3.30 (6.7–19.9) 21,418 (8,754–34,083)
CT 5-9 437 11.8 2.44 (7.8–17.5) 20,542 (11,851–29,233)
CT 10-14 659 13.9 2.58 (9.5–19.7) 27,170 (16,740–37,599)
CT 15-17 436 8.6 1.75 (5.8–12.7) 11,516 (6,945–16,086)
DC 0-4 122 4.6 2.44 (1.6–12.6) 2,047 (0–4,244)
DC 5-9 185 11.3 3.30 (6.3–19.6) 4,281 (1,653–6,910)
DC 10-14 123 14.7 3.68 (8.8–23.4) 4,388 (2,093–6,684)
DC 15-17 113 8.4 3.14 (3.9–17.0) 1,645 (391–2,898)
FL 0-4 326 5.6 2.44 (2.3–12.8) 62,159 (7,336–116,982)
FL 5-9 410 5.7 1.90 (3.0–10.8) 61,876 (21,361–102,392)
FL 10-14 656 5.3 1.21 (3.4–8.2) 58,679 (32,896–84,462)
FL 15-17 329 7.6 2.76 (3.7–15.1) 57,086 (14,660–99,512)
GA 0-4 303 8.1 2.71 (4.1–15.2) 53,454 (16,878–90,031)
GA 5-9 409 11.3 3.05 (6.5–18.8) 71,858 (31,134–112,582)
GA 10-14 581 10.6 1.76 (7.6–14.6) 67,844 (45,164–90,523)
GA 15-17 428 8.9 2.12 (5.5–14.0) 38,289 (19,873–56,705)
HI 0-4 404 4.5 1.44 (2.4–8.3) 3,764 (1,369–6,158)
HI 5-9 328 9.4 1.93 (6.3–14.0) 7,984 (4,677–11,291)
HI 10-14 588 9.2 1.62 (6.4–12.9) 6,811 (4,368–9,253)
HI 15-17 247 8.1 2.69 (4.1–15.1) 3,802 (1,202–6,402)
IN 0-4 311 3.3 1.11 (1.7–6.3) 13,570 (4,541–22,599)
IN 5-9 401 5.4 1.26 (3.4–8.5) 21,551 (11,525–31,577)
IN 10-14 649 5.5 0.92 (3.9–7.6) 21,789 (14,534–29,044)
IN 15-17 351 10.5 2.13 (7.0–15.5) 27,632 (16,036–39,228)
KS 0-4 501 3.7 1.21 (2.0–7.0) 6,947 (2,444–11,450)
KS 5-9 556 8.8 1.54 (6.2–12.3) 15,841 (10,188–21,494)
KS 10-14 814 8.2 1.13 (6.3–10.7) 15,162 (11,004–19,320)
KS 15-17 459 10.2 1.80 (7.2–14.3) 11,768 (7,527–16,009)
KY 0-4 175 (.–.) 5,487 (.–.)
KY 5-9 194 6.9 2.41 (3.5–13.4) 17,216 (5,170–29,262)
KY 10-14 279 11.7 2.82 (7.2–18.4) 34,098 (16,842–51,353)
KY 15-17 139 5.5 1.98 (2.7–10.9) 7,535 (2,177–12,893)
ME 0-4 313 3.4 1.31 (1.6–7.1) 1,989 (477–3,501)
ME 5-9 331 8.8 2.05 (5.5–13.7) 5,353 (2,826–7,881)
ME 10-14 528 11.4 2.14 (7.9–16.3) 7,123 (4,388–9,858)
ME 15-17 342 8.2 1.89 (5.1–12.7) 3,361 (1,809–4,914)
MA 0-4 137 5.4 2.48 (2.1–12.9) 16,641 (1,149–32,134)
MA 5-9 122 6.4 2.57 (2.8–13.7) 20,667 (4,005–37,329)
MA 10-14 159 10.2 3.96 (4.6–20.9) 27,134 (4,900–49,368)
MA 15-17 173 10.1 3.28 (5.2–18.5) 27,515 (9,178–45,852)
MI 0-4 334 2.8 1.00 (1.4–5.6) 14,991 (4,426–25,556)
MI 5-9 354 10.4 1.70 (7.5–14.2) 56,040 (37,855–74,225)
MI 10-14 401 11.7 2.12 (8.1–16.5) 65,670 (40,930–90,409)
MI 15-17 358 8.9 1.67 (6.1–12.8) 32,289 (20,158–44,420)
MN 0-4 653 1.0 0.38 (0.5–2.1) 3,703 (1,070–6,336)
MN 5-9 769 3.8 0.87 (2.4–5.9) 13,411 (7,253–19,570)
MN 10-14 1,411 6.2 0.74 (4.9–7.8) 20,760 (15,864–25,655)
MN 15-17 830 7.3 1.63 (4.7–11.2) 15,440 (8,478–22,403)
MS 0-4 329 4.9 1.49 (2.7–8.8) 8,216 (3,221–13,212)
MS 5-9 328 5.4 1.29 (3.3–8.5) 9,457 (4,959–13,955)
MS 10-14 410 13.6 2.24 (9.8–18.7) 25,846 (17,123–34,568)
MS 15-17 286 15.7 4.76 (8.4–27.4) 19,183 (5,968–32,397)
MO 0-4 471 4.8 1.34 (2.8–8.2) 16,217 (7,157–25,277)
MO 5-9 386 8.5 1.89 (5.5–13.0) 30,780 (16,798–44,762)
MO 10-14 610 10.5 1.67 (7.7–14.3) 37,173 (25,039–49,306)
MO 15-17 362 13.1 2.58 (8.9–19.1) 30,721 (17,878–43,565)
MT 0-4 265 1.9 0.93 (0.7–4.9) 1,184 (40–2,327)
MT 5-9 365 8.0 2.36 (4.4–14.0) 4,753 (1,837–7,669)
MT 10-14 478 5.5 1.15 (3.6–8.2) 3,286 (1,931–4,642)
MT 15-17 272 9.6 2.02 (6.3–14.3) 3,639 (2,121–5,157)
NE 0-4 723 2.1 0.98 (0.8–5.2) 2,701 (165–5,238)
NE 5-9 678 3.3 1.08 (1.7–6.2) 4,335 (1,516–7,153)
NE 10-14 1,152 5.9 0.99 (4.3–8.2) 7,564 (5,058–10,071)
NE 15-17 818 9.4 1.62 (6.7–13.1) 7,297 (4,724–9,870)
NV 0-4 75 (.–.) 0 (.–.)
NV 5-9 116 5.3 2.99 (1.7–15.2) 9,852 (0–20,976)
NV 10-14 153 9.0 3.20 (4.4–17.6) 17,312 (4,900–29,725)
NV 15-17 103 20.6 6.79 (10.3–36.9) 19,658 (4,769–34,546)
NH 0-4 141 (.–.) 2,124 (.–.)
NH 5-9 223 6.7 1.83 (3.9–11.3) 4,239 (1,925–6,553)
NH 10-14 343 8.7 1.61 (6.1–12.5) 5,889 (3,741–8,036)
NH 15-17 227 10.9 2.31 (7.2–16.4) 5,079 (2,905–7,254)
NJ 0-4 503 4.9 1.13 (3.1–7.6) 23,561 (12,684–34,437)
NJ 5-9 456 4.3 0.99 (2.8–6.7) 21,635 (11,879–31,391)
NJ 10-14 726 12.6 1.69 (9.6–16.3) 59,315 (42,737–75,893)
NJ 15-17 509 10.5 1.66 (7.6–14.2) 32,265 (21,845–42,686)
NM 0-4 273 2.2 1.13 (0.8–5.9) 2,664 (0–5,414)
NM 5-9 304 6.7 2.06 (3.6–12.1) 8,286 (3,195–13,377)
NM 10-14 611 9.7 2.11 (6.2–14.6) 11,568 (6,429–16,707)
NM 15-17 280 11.9 3.79 (6.2–21.5) 9,809 (3,281–16,337)
NY 0-4 205 4.4 1.95 (1.8–10.3) 46,612 (5,194–88,030)
NY 5-9 309 8.3 1.84 (5.3–12.7) 83,599 (46,908–120,290)
NY 10-14 286 10.1 2.27 (6.4–15.5) 107,930 (58,614–157,247)
NY 15-17 176 11.5 3.16 (6.6–19.2) 72,857 (32,034–113,679)
OH 0-4 629 2.8 0.77 (1.6–4.8) 17,474 (7,905–27,044)
OH 5-9 555 8.4 2.13 (5.0–13.6) 57,183 (27,355–87,011)
OH 10-14 930 8.5 1.28 (6.3–11.4) 56,715 (39,514–73,916)
OH 15-17 740 10.1 1.64 (7.3–13.8) 40,765 (27,143–54,387)
PA 0-4 221 4.9 2.03 (2.1–10.8) 31,388 (5,063–57,713)
PA 5-9 228 10.5 2.95 (6.0–17.8) 74,206 (30,832–117,579)
PA 10-14 312 19.0 3.80 (12.7–27.6) 132,581 (72,522–192,639)
PA 15-17 360 10.8 2.65 (6.6–17.2) 45,205 (22,078–68,333)
RI 0-4 198 4.6 2.20 (1.8–11.4) 2,366 (103–4,630)
RI 5-9 195 10.5 2.83 (6.1–17.5) 5,665 (2,562–8,769)
RI 10-14 383 13.7 2.25 (9.9–18.8) 7,160 (4,765–9,555)
RI 15-17 221 8.8 2.48 (5.0–15.0) 3,204 (1,370–5,039)
TX 0-4 488 2.6 1.33 (1.0–7.0) 53,938 (164–107,711)
TX 5-9 474 10.0 2.61 (5.9–16.4) 203,556 (94,496–312,616)
TX 10-14 1,038 7.0 1.51 (4.6–10.6) 129,055 (72,764–185,347)
TX 15-17 486 8.6 2.30 (5.0–14.3) 105,904 (48,823–162,985)
UT 0-4 606 1.7 0.72 (0.8–3.9) 4,480 (801–8,159)
UT 5-9 645 6.9 1.16 (5.0–9.6) 17,936 (11,897–23,976)
UT 10-14 1,198 7.8 1.05 (5.9–10.1) 19,571 (14,170–24,971)
UT 15-17 837 9.7 1.29 (7.5–12.6) 14,830 (10,802–18,857)
VT 0-4 211 (.–.) 161 (.–.)
VT 5-9 320 5.3 1.36 (3.2–8.7) 1,570 (781–2,359)
VT 10-14 415 9.7 2.02 (6.4–14.4) 2,914 (1,681–4,146)
VT 15-17 273 15.1 3.24 (9.8–22.6) 3,201 (1,733–4,669)
WI 0-4 187 (.–.) 2,826 (.–.)
WI 5-9 225 5.8 2.20 (2.7–12.0) 18,590 (4,478–32,702)
WI 10-14 294 8.5 2.42 (4.8–14.6) 29,440 (12,865–46,015)
WI 15-17 231 9.9 3.34 (5.0–18.6) 21,696 (6,499–36,893)
Territory
PR 0-4 238 3.8 1.40 (1.8–7.7) 6,572 (1,764–11,380)
PR 5-9 286 11.4 2.05 (7.9–16.1) 21,985 (13,821–30,150)
PR 10-14 409 8.3 1.52 (5.7–11.8) 14,812 (9,297–20,327)
PR 15-17 236 5.1 1.42 (2.9–8.7) 7,328 (3,280–11,376)

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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