QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged 18 Years or Older Who Currently Have Asthma by Sex and Race/Ethnicity

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During 2017–2018, women aged 18 years or older were more likely than men (9.7% versus 5.5%) to currently have asthma.
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Authors: Amy E. Cha, PhD, and Debra L. Blackwell, PhD

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Bar chart showing the age-adjusted percentage of adults aged ≥18 years who had asthma, by sex and race/ethnicity in the United States during 2017–2018
Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged ≥18 years who had asthma, by sex and race/ethnicity in the United States during 2017–2018

During 2017–2018, women aged 18 years or older were more likely than men (9.7% versus 5.5%) to currently have asthma.

This pattern prevailed in each of the race/ethnicity groups: Hispanic adults (7.8% versus 3.9%); non-Hispanic white adults (10.3% versus 5.9%); non-Hispanic black adults (11.4% versus 6.2%); and non-Hispanic Asian adults (5.0% versus 3.3%).

Non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black men were more likely to currently have asthma than were Hispanic and non-Hispanic Asian men.

The same pattern existed among women.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6925a7.htm

Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2017–2018 data. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.

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