2020 Child Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables

Table L2.2
Childa Lifetime 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 24,134 3,026,108 (2,747,702–3,304,514) 22,243 2,331,655 (2,095,076–2,568,234)
CA 446 504,068 (328,212–679,924) 441 347,357 (211,239–483,475)
CT 946 66,603 (48,648–84,558) 871 55,395 (38,353–72,437)
DC 272 9,933 (6,393–13,473) 266 6,690 (3,516–9,864)
FL 894 218,799 (137,413–300,186) 795 189,983 (119,171–260,794)
GA 872 244,622 (174,641–314,603) 822 149,637 (106,951–192,323)
HI 801 21,454 (16,541–26,367) 738 17,100 (12,088–22,113)
IN 862 69,839 (53,329–86,350) 824 55,856 (39,938–71,774)
KS 1,161 44,212 (35,807–52,617) 1,130 27,118 (20,491–33,744)
KY 401 54,664 (33,619–75,708) 369 37,944 (22,928–52,960)
ME 774 17,112 (12,670–21,553) 704 10,046 (6,672–13,420)
MA 299 75,777 (45,315–106,238) 274 69,151 (34,002–104,300)
MI 751 145,825 (111,522–180,127) 694 105,554 (77,237–133,871)
MN 1,852 46,057 (35,678–56,437) 1,757 36,477 (28,034–44,919)
MS 670 50,399 (37,050–63,748) 653 40,517 (27,314–53,721)
MO 974 81,326 (63,575–99,077) 813 73,206 (52,898–93,514)
MT 718 12,006 (8,442–15,570) 645 8,553 (6,035–11,071)
NE 1,766 19,826 (15,197–24,454) 1,555 14,031 (9,880–18,182)
NV 217 30,754 (13,921–47,587) 218 25,320 (9,491–41,148)
NH 467 13,491 (8,937–18,044) 448 15,884 (11,276–20,493)
NJ 1,137 107,323 (87,228–127,418) 989 99,807 (73,142–126,471)
NM 754 28,894 (19,474–38,313) 702 19,404 (12,008–26,800)
NY 516 200,840 (134,957–266,722) 447 265,795 (187,356–344,233)
OH 1,480 131,104 (98,929–163,279) 1,330 107,246 (79,256–135,237)
PA 565 215,692 (142,628–288,756) 524 133,059 (87,007–179,112)
RI 522 16,268 (11,441–21,095) 462 12,939 (8,555–17,322)
TX 1,283 488,920 (351,029–626,812) 1,162 305,994 (179,578–432,411)
UT 1,645 42,708 (34,751–50,666) 1,582 35,309 (27,482–43,135)
VT 638 6,433 (4,563–8,302) 555 5,424 (3,888–6,960)
WI 451 61,159 (37,449–84,868) 473 60,860 (31,198–90,522)
Territory
PR 587 53,458 (41,494–65,423) 570 40,615 (30,373–50,858)

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
bLifetime question: Has a doctor, nurse or other health professional ever said that the child has asthma?
cWeighted number of respondents who answered the lifetime asthma question
dUnweighted number of respondents who answered the lifetime 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

Page last reviewed: April 16, 2021