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2012 Adult Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables and Maps

Table L4
Adult Self-Reported Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Rate (Percent)
and Prevalence (Number) by Race and State or Territory: BRFSS 2012
StateRaceSample
Size
Prevalence
(percent)
Standard
Error
95% CI*
(percent)
||
||
||
Prevalence
(number)
95% CI*
(number)
U.S. Total**White379,12912.80.11(12.5 - 13.0)||22,639,053(22,230,776 - 23,047,331)
U.S. Total**Black41,30915.70.36(15.0 - 16.4)||4,591,971(4,365,966 - 4,817,975)
U.S. Total**Other29,02712.40.45(11.5 - 13.2)||2,776,228(2,565,690 - 2,986,767)
U.S. Total**Multi9,84221.51.00(19.5 - 23.5)||976,249(874,693 - 1,077,804)
ALWhite6,30712.00.59(10.9 - 13.2)||306,905(276,593 - 337,218)
ALBlack2,31216.41.34(13.8 - 19.0)||150,984(124,086 - 177,881)
ALOther22514.43.93(6.7 - 22.1)||19,622(8,052 - 31,192)
ALMulti9420.96.65(7.7 - 34.1)||12,357(3,397 - 21,317)
AKWhite2,98914.00.84(12.4 - 15.7)||52,463(46,119 - 58,806)
AKBlack6118.05.52(6.9 - 29.0)||3,839(1,321 - 6,357)
AKOther1,04811.31.41(8.6 - 14.1)||13,681(10,200 - 17,161)
AKMulti17223.05.24(12.7 - 33.4)||4,866(2,306 - 7,426)
AZWhite5,90215.20.76(13.7 - 16.7)||537,560(482,332 - 592,787)
AZBlack1297.22.38(2.5 - 11.9)||13,928(4,721 - 23,135)
AZOther9778.71.40(5.9 - 11.4)||82,778(55,672 - 109,885)
AZMulti11924.86.97(11.0 - 38.6)||20,603(7,793 - 33,413)
ARWhite4,02013.00.73(11.5 - 14.4)||226,554(200,652 - 252,455)
ARBlack79512.11.79(8.6 - 15.6)||39,191(27,099 - 51,283)
AROther2068.92.37(4.2 - 13.6)||9,148(4,272 - 14,025)
ARMulti8311.53.75(4.0 - 18.9)||3,380(1,178 - 5,582)
CAWhite11,70013.70.44(12.8 - 14.5)||2,757,586(2,577,231 - 2,937,942)
CABlack77218.21.82(14.7 - 21.8)||356,189(279,945 - 432,433)
CAOther1,49114.61.25(12.1 - 17.0)||824,050(674,746 - 973,355)
CAMulti48122.72.71(17.4 - 28.0)||194,828(143,839 - 245,817)
COWhite10,74312.30.43(11.5 - 13.1)||400,460(372,120 - 428,800)
COBlack24222.33.34(15.7 - 28.9)||36,252(23,990 - 48,513)
COOther74413.71.62(10.5 - 16.8)||50,676(38,113 - 63,239)
COMulti25516.52.92(10.8 - 22.3)||12,595(7,969 - 17,221)
CTWhite7,20013.20.58(12.1 - 14.4)||281,418(255,958 - 306,879)
CTBlack66717.51.82(14.0 - 21.1)||46,531(36,640 - 56,423)
CTOther61817.32.18(13.1 - 21.6)||51,609(37,588 - 65,631)
CTMulti8025.15.72(13.7 - 36.4)||6,918(3,550 - 10,286)
DEWhite4,07112.00.68(10.7 - 13.4)||59,493(52,688 - 66,299)
DEBlack74018.41.84(14.8 - 22.0)||26,361(20,703 - 32,019)
DEOther19112.53.47(5.7 - 19.4)||6,307(2,596 - 10,018)
DEMulti11427.45.68(16.1 - 38.7)||3,183(1,676 - 4,690)
DCWhite1,73911.21.38(8.5 - 13.9)||26,081(19,480 - 32,682)
DCBlack1,74818.61.51(15.6 - 21.6)||43,385(35,884 - 50,885)
DCOther17911.33.21(5.0 - 17.7)||4,728(1,951 - 7,505)
DCMulti6723.27.52(8.2 - 38.2)||2,123(574 - 3,673)
FLWhite6,17512.00.68(10.7 - 13.4)||1,339,999(1,184,626 - 1,495,371)
FLBlack79112.51.66(9.2 - 15.7)||287,068(208,413 - 365,724)
FLOther29712.33.07(6.2 - 18.3)||120,381(55,921 - 184,842)
FLMulti14725.26.51(12.3 - 38.0)||88,556(33,490 - 143,621)
GAWhite4,13612.10.76(10.6 - 13.6)||536,400(466,488 - 606,313)
GABlack1,50215.91.34(13.2 - 18.5)||352,393(289,464 - 415,322)
GAOther2959.42.05(5.4 - 13.5)||50,205(28,050 - 72,360)
GAMulti9215.94.86(6.3 - 25.5)||20,859(7,038 - 34,680)
HIWhite2,50211.31.00(9.3 - 13.3)||33,029(26,910 - 39,149)
HIBlack7612.85.82(1.2 - 24.4)||2,022(47 - 3,997)
HIOther2,91312.10.88(10.4 - 13.8)||59,887(51,002 - 68,772)
HIMulti2,03121.71.41(19.0 - 24.5)||58,280(50,083 - 66,478)
IDWhite5,51111.60.75(10.1 - 13.0)||120,805(105,215 - 136,395)
IDBlack1514.0  ||1,010 
IDOther11510.93.91(3.2 - 18.7)||4,220(1,153 - 7,287)
IDMulti6918.47.34(3.8 - 33.1)||3,529(566 - 6,492)
ILWhite4,66711.70.69(10.3 - 13.0)||866,070(761,692 - 970,448)
ILBlack52819.82.64(14.6 - 25.0)||278,815(195,928 - 361,702)
ILOther2637.51.95(3.7 - 11.3)||55,422(26,278 - 84,566)
ILMulti8514.35.05(4.3 - 24.4)||27,616(6,517 - 48,715)
INWhite7,21512.30.51(11.3 - 13.3)||518,541(474,798 - 562,285)
INBlack93317.42.08(13.3 - 21.5)||74,923(55,587 - 94,258)
INOther14615.34.64(6.2 - 24.5)||15,078(5,040 - 25,116)
INMulti13720.84.45(12.0 - 29.7)||15,195(8,033 - 22,358)
IAWhite6,72911.40.52(10.4 - 12.5)||245,132(222,452 - 267,813)
IABlack9421.55.58(10.4 - 32.5)||9,489(3,759 - 15,218)
IAOther2215.81.68(2.5 - 9.1)||6,052(2,571 - 9,532)
IAMulti5840.68.21(24.2 - 57.1)||13,323(6,594 - 20,052)
KSWhite10,49611.60.42(10.8 - 12.5)||207,625(192,533 - 222,717)
KSBlack54815.12.31(10.6 - 19.6)||18,061(12,205 - 23,917)
KSOther52011.41.66(8.2 - 14.7)||22,212(15,591 - 28,833)
KSMulti16017.73.88(10.0 - 25.3)||7,110(3,725 - 10,496)
KYWhite9,60015.40.56(14.3 - 16.5)||456,935(422,811 - 491,059)
KYBlack1,06920.32.39(15.6 - 25.0)||51,087(38,155 - 64,019)
KYOther20818.04.67(8.8 - 27.2)||16,034(6,928 - 25,140)
KYMulti23733.67.47(18.8 - 48.3)||11,935(4,647 - 19,224)
LAWhite6,01111.30.64(10.0 - 12.5)||247,165(218,855 - 275,476)
LABlack2,68214.01.19(11.6 - 16.3)||153,477(126,119 - 180,834)
LAOther22112.13.57(5.0 - 19.1)||16,309(6,107 - 26,510)
LAMulti7910.85.43(0.0 - 21.6)||3,967(0 - 8,146)
MEWhite9,43614.80.48(13.9 - 15.8)||148,892(139,195 - 158,589)
MEBlack4214.06.99(0.0 - 28.2)||944(0 - 1,983)
MEOther16614.43.64(7.2 - 21.6)||2,791(1,279 - 4,303)
MEMulti12725.96.07(13.9 - 37.9)||3,808(1,645 - 5,970)
MDWhite9,35213.70.67(12.4 - 15.0)||360,051(323,223 - 396,880)
MDBlack2,49515.61.15(13.3 - 17.8)||202,465(170,857 - 234,072)
MDOther5795.00.98(3.1 - 6.9)||23,608(14,496 - 32,719)
MDMulti17015.54.95(5.8 - 25.3)||8,517(2,573 - 14,461)
MAWhite17,57715.30.44(14.4 - 16.1)||629,938(592,538 - 667,337)
MABlack1,39615.01.46(12.2 - 17.9)||50,350(40,062 - 60,637)
MAOther1,95315.71.22(13.3 - 18.1)||95,290(79,685 - 110,895)
MAMulti34927.23.80(19.8 - 34.7)||14,671(9,968 - 19,374)
MIWhite8,07614.60.54(13.5 - 15.6)||886,405(818,292 - 954,518)
MIBlack1,70420.31.63(17.1 - 23.5)||205,794(170,368 - 241,219)
MIOther29517.93.32(11.4 - 24.5)||50,262(29,595 - 70,930)
MIMulti27424.43.37(17.7 - 31.0)||24,009(16,550 - 31,468)
MNWhite10,96310.60.39(9.8 - 11.4)||370,622(343,000 - 398,243)
MNBlack45917.22.61(12.0 - 22.3)||33,621(22,629 - 44,613)
MNOther55313.62.02(9.6 - 17.6)||39,394(27,000 - 51,788)
MNMulti11823.65.56(12.6 - 34.6)||13,823(6,321 - 21,325)
MSWhite4,94911.30.65(10.1 - 12.6)||153,238(135,518 - 170,958)
MSBlack2,60012.40.92(10.6 - 14.2)||99,447(84,370 - 114,523)
MSOther1208.52.96(2.6 - 14.4)||4,046(1,198 - 6,895)
MSMulti5612.27.42(0.0 - 27.0)||2,787(0 - 6,435)
MOWhite5,49213.80.67(12.5 - 15.1)||531,643(479,463 - 583,824)
MOBlack85919.52.31(15.0 - 24.1)||98,865(73,402 - 124,328)
MOOther16211.73.21(5.4 - 18.1)||18,974(8,316 - 29,632)
MOMulti15626.26.41(13.5 - 38.8)||13,717(5,506 - 21,928)
MTWhite7,64713.30.53(12.3 - 14.4)||93,525(86,037 - 101,013)
MTBlack1628.4  ||481 
MTOther72517.22.41(12.5 - 21.9)||9,594(6,651 - 12,538)
MTMulti20419.13.87(11.4 - 26.7)||2,787(1,563 - 4,010)
NEWhite17,56410.60.34(9.9 - 11.2)||126,761(118,728 - 134,794)
NEBlack43617.62.42(12.8 - 22.3)||10,236(7,207 - 13,266)
NEOther8349.21.36(6.5 - 11.9)||9,997(6,968 - 13,026)
NEMulti19523.34.02(15.4 - 31.2)||2,989(1,835 - 4,143)
NVWhite3,63812.60.81(11.0 - 14.1)||162,052(140,821 - 183,283)
NVBlack20119.63.54(12.6 - 26.6)||32,221(19,281 - 45,161)
NVOther6896.31.01(4.3 - 8.3)||32,297(22,108 - 42,487)
NVMulti21018.24.99(8.4 - 28.0)||9,186(3,728 - 14,644)
NHWhite7,09514.00.64(12.8 - 15.3)||135,585(122,891 - 148,279)
NHBlack4420.47.78(4.7 - 36.1)||2,176(394 - 3,957)
NHOther20211.62.64(6.4 - 16.8)||4,294(2,305 - 6,284)
NHMulti588.4  ||788 
NJWhite11,52311.80.47(10.9 - 12.8)||533,776(490,287 - 577,264)
NJBlack1,99517.11.22(14.7 - 19.5)||156,447(132,575 - 180,318)
NJOther1,67111.21.09(9.0 - 13.3)||126,265(100,630 - 151,901)
NJMulti14019.84.38(11.1 - 28.5)||10,101(5,334 - 14,868)
NMWhite6,63913.80.55(12.7 - 14.9)||154,259(141,866 - 166,652)
NMBlack11411.63.39(4.8 - 18.3)||2,791(1,097 - 4,485)
NMOther1,66911.80.93(9.9 - 13.6)||44,247(37,073 - 51,420)
NMMulti14119.74.14(11.5 - 27.9)||5,360(2,889 - 7,832)
NYWhite4,74013.30.69(11.9 - 14.6)||1,336,646(1,193,634 - 1,479,657)
NYBlack58617.02.15(12.8 - 21.3)||398,207(289,986 - 506,429)
NYOther33011.62.43(6.8 - 16.4)||187,477(105,206 - 269,749)
NYMulti9625.37.54(10.3 - 40.2)||55,733(14,837 - 96,628)
NCWhite8,26711.60.50(10.6 - 12.5)||588,973(536,945 - 641,001)
NCBlack2,16712.60.93(10.8 - 14.5)||197,760(167,725 - 227,795)
NCOther1,1439.81.43(6.9 - 12.6)||62,220(43,116 - 81,324)
NCMulti18320.13.44(13.4 - 26.9)||20,689(13,286 - 28,093)
NDWhite4,57210.20.64(8.9 - 11.4)||49,822(43,498 - 56,145)
NDBlack281.8  ||83 
NDOther17714.63.88(6.9 - 22.3)||4,691(1,981 - 7,401)
NDMulti4824.48.73(6.8 - 41.9)||1,880(346 - 3,414)
OHWhite11,26213.10.46(12.2 - 14.0)||962,886(894,569 - 1,031,202)
OHBlack1,05018.31.66(15.0 - 21.5)||186,868(150,284 - 223,452)
OHOther40615.22.38(10.5 - 19.9)||52,303(34,893 - 69,712)
OHMulti16634.25.51(23.3 - 45.1)||24,335(14,251 - 34,418)
OKWhite6,15913.40.57(12.3 - 14.5)||285,191(260,249 - 310,134)
OKBlack43017.02.28(12.5 - 21.4)||34,034(24,351 - 43,716)
OKOther82213.71.55(10.7 - 16.8)||55,588(42,419 - 68,757)
OKMulti55020.32.35(15.7 - 24.9)||26,398(19,828 - 32,969)
ORWhite4,48316.90.73(15.5 - 18.3)||427,392(389,345 - 465,438)
ORBlack4913.75.16(3.3 - 24.1)||8,351(1,705 - 14,997)
OROther20814.33.34(7.7 - 20.9)||30,905(15,468 - 46,342)
ORMulti41134.84.93(25.1 - 44.5)||33,907(21,084 - 46,729)
PAWhite17,40912.80.41(12.0 - 13.6)||1,050,445(982,217 - 1,118,673)
PABlack1,44717.51.40(14.8 - 20.2)||182,608(151,324 - 213,893)
PAOther37212.92.51(8.0 - 17.9)||39,578(23,530 - 55,626)
PAMulti24223.14.87(13.5 - 32.7)||39,232(19,728 - 58,737)
RIWhite4,76615.50.78(13.9 - 17.0)||104,736(93,691 - 115,782)
RIBlack19514.24.13(6.1 - 22.4)||6,064(2,201 - 9,926)
RIOther37118.82.49(13.9 - 23.7)||15,904(11,387 - 20,420)
RIMulti4521.76.80(8.0 - 35.4)||2,328(823 - 3,833)
SCWhite8,49112.30.55(11.2 - 13.4)||299,739(271,979 - 327,498)
SCBlack3,64214.50.93(12.7 - 16.3)||137,885(119,381 - 156,389)
SCOther31915.53.27(9.1 - 21.9)||26,367(14,267 - 38,467)
SCMulti19326.64.67(17.4 - 35.8)||8,763(5,511 - 12,015)
SDWhite6,81310.20.57(9.1 - 11.3)||55,978(49,809 - 62,147)
SDBlack3818.18.01(1.9 - 34.4)||1,101(0 - 2,202)
SDOther84815.32.13(11.1 - 19.4)||8,475(5,968 - 10,982)
SDMulti13519.34.96(9.5 - 29.1)||2,273(1,054 - 3,492)
TNWhite5,82211.10.64(9.8 - 12.4)||427,788(376,945 - 478,632)
TNBlack9688.41.27(5.9 - 10.9)||65,678(45,540 - 85,815)
TNOther12516.75.10(6.6 - 26.8)||31,223(9,854 - 52,593)
TNMulti7018.56.16(6.2 - 30.8)||17,532(4,762 - 30,302)
TXWhite7,15511.00.57(9.9 - 12.1)||1,470,964(1,316,235 - 1,625,692)
TXBlack71712.11.37(9.4 - 14.8)||268,114(206,212 - 330,017)
TXOther3559.21.99(5.3 - 13.1)||109,904(61,136 - 158,672)
TXMulti13910.92.69(5.5 - 16.2)||40,201(20,439 - 59,963)
UTWhite11,34313.10.43(12.3 - 14.0)||221,516(206,787 - 236,244)
UTBlack5723.77.41(8.8 - 38.5)||3,958(1,034 - 6,882)
UTOther78310.51.32(7.9 - 13.1)||24,240(18,005 - 30,475)
UTMulti12120.64.62(11.5 - 29.7)||4,887(2,540 - 7,234)
VTWhite5,75115.00.66(13.7 - 16.3)||71,031(64,566 - 77,495)
VTBlack306.3  ||207 
VTOther11916.44.57(7.4 - 25.5)||1,726(670 - 2,783)
VTMulti6426.67.87(10.9 - 42.3)||1,407(408 - 2,406)
VAWhite5,64012.20.59(11.1 - 13.4)||523,436(472,170 - 574,702)
VABlack1,07016.01.51(13.1 - 19.0)||185,237(147,914 - 222,559)
VAOther44417.22.52(12.2 - 22.1)||107,662(72,774 - 142,551)
VAMulti9921.34.72(11.9 - 30.6)||27,120(14,589 - 39,652)
WAWhite13,26215.70.44(14.9 - 16.6)||647,150(609,930 - 684,370)
WABlack23917.72.88(12.0 - 23.4)||28,324(18,394 - 38,253)
WAOther1,19510.61.05(8.5 - 12.6)||87,913(70,170 - 105,655)
WAMulti29819.22.85(13.6 - 24.9)||19,072(13,080 - 25,064)
WVWhite5,10612.30.56(11.2 - 13.4)||170,811(155,306 - 186,317)
WVBlack1229.73.17(3.4 - 16.0)||2,937(948 - 4,926)
WVOther5518.56.73(5.0 - 32.0)||3,069(573 - 5,564)
WVMulti9827.15.59(16.0 - 38.2)||8,753(4,652 - 12,854)
WIWhite4,59610.20.66(8.9 - 11.5)||389,942(339,789 - 440,095)
WIBlack38817.53.99(9.6 - 25.3)||43,246(21,482 - 65,010)
WIOther22413.53.96(5.7 - 21.3)||33,671(12,443 - 54,899)
WIMulti4833.09.54(13.9 - 52.2)||17,121(5,050 - 29,191)
WYWhite5,82812.20.73(10.8 - 13.6)||47,638(41,913 - 53,363)
WYBlack2120.3  ||469 
WYOther23513.83.26(7.4 - 20.3)||3,854(1,969 - 5,739)
WYMulti7812.64.33(4.0 - 21.2)||851(282 - 1,421)
Territories        
GUWhite2118.82.94(3.1 - 14.6)||703(216 - 1,190)
GUBlack171.9  ||15 
GUOther1,46011.41.19(9.0 - 13.7)||9,229(7,254 - 11,203)
GUMulti33414.12.23(9.7 - 18.5)||2,429(1,649 - 3,210)
PRWhite3,64013.80.66(12.5 - 15.1)||206,563(186,233 - 226,893)
PRBlack35414.52.09(10.4 - 18.6)||25,534(17,772 - 33,296)
PROther2,29314.70.90(13.0 - 16.5)||165,895(144,583 - 187,206)
PRMulti1112.8  ||569 

Notes:

*CI denotes confidence interval.

**U.S. Total includes 50 states plus the District of Columbia and excludes the three territories.

If values for the standard error and the 95% confidence interval are not provided, the normal approximation to the binomial distribution does not apply due to small sample size.

When the sample size is less than 50, estimates are not precise and should be interpreted with caution.

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