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Table L4
Adult* Self-Reported Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Number
by Race and State or Territory: BRFSS 2016
State Race Sample Size § Prevalence
(percent)		 Standard
Error		 95% CI ¶
(percent)		 ||
||
||		 Weighted
Number		 95% CI ¶
(Weighted Number)
U.S. Total** White 387,329 13.4 0.11 (13.2–13.6) || 24,284,695 (23,872,573–24,696,817)
U.S. Total** Black 40,273 16.4 0.36 (15.7–17.1) || 5,109,849 (4,871,487–5,348,211)
U.S. Total** Other 27,837 10.7 0.35 (10.0–11.4) || 2,691,101 (2,509,041–2,873,162)
U.S. Total** Multi 10,182 22.9 0.92 (21.1–24.7) || 981,013 (893,558–1,068,469)
AL White 4,755 14.4 0.71 (13.0–15.7) || 373,525 (335,569–411,482)
AL Black 1,898 16.7 1.25 (14.2–19.1) || 158,954 (133,329–184,579)
AL Other 206 11.9 2.77 (6.5–17.4) || 18,544 (9,918–27,170)
AL Multi 103 28.9 6.13 (16.7–41.0) || 10,809 (5,478–16,140)
AK White 2,113 13.8 1.13 (11.5–16.0) || 51,102 (42,602–59,601)
AK Black 40 9.7 (.–.) || 2,681 (.–.)
AK Other 546 16.5 2.92 (10.7–22.2) || 17,328 (10,672–23,985)
AK Multi 126 22.2 5.93 (10.4–33.9) || 7,053 (2,834–11,273)
AZ White 8,990 15.1 0.65 (13.8–16.4) || 585,571 (533,728–637,414)
AZ Black 264 15.6 2.97 (9.8–21.5) || 38,739 (23,373–54,104)
AZ Other 1,167 12.4 1.42 (9.6–15.2) || 106,892 (81,972–131,812)
AZ Multi 171 18.1 5.04 (8.2–28.1) || 13,804 (5,946–21,663)
AR White 4,146 14.3 1.00 (12.3–16.3) || 255,737 (218,708–292,766)
AR Black 796 13.7 2.43 (9.0–18.5) || 44,940 (28,492–61,387)
AR Other 167 16.0 6.12 (3.9–28.1) || 16,016 (2,357–29,675)
AR Multi 104 21.7 8.03 (5.8–37.6) || 6,962 (1,362–12,562)
CA White 8,014 13.1 0.46 (12.2–14.1) || 2,542,390 (2,360,173–2,724,607)
CA Black 697 17.9 1.89 (14.2–21.6) || 362,035 (279,375–444,696)
CA Other 1,984 9.5 0.81 (8.0–11.1) || 699,001 (578,597–819,406)
CA Multi 318 21.9 3.01 (16.0–27.8) || 141,696 (98,385–185,007)
CO White 12,961 13.6 0.42 (12.8–14.4) || 484,101 (453,822–514,380)
CO Black 368 14.3 2.20 (10.0–18.6) || 25,141 (17,013–33,268)
CO Other 808 14.6 1.68 (11.3–17.9) || 45,673 (34,513–56,833)
CO Multi 278 24.8 3.79 (17.4–32.3) || 18,142 (11,737–24,547)
CT White 9,180 15.0 0.55 (13.9–16.1) || 319,571 (295,034–344,108)
CT Black 736 17.6 1.96 (13.8–21.5) || 51,336 (38,902–63,770)
CT Other 664 15.7 1.86 (12.0–19.3) || 43,723 (32,716–54,729)
CT Multi 146 26.5 5.51 (15.6–37.4) || 8,422 (4,225–12,619)
DE White 2,963 11.5 0.79 (9.9–13.0) || 58,437 (50,376–66,498)
DE Black 593 16.6 2.08 (12.5–20.7) || 25,392 (18,592–32,191)
DE Other 250 12.9 2.98 (7.0–18.7) || 5,919 (3,012–8,825)
DE Multi 73 22.8 6.36 (10.2–35.5) || 3,417 (1,294–5,539)
DC White 1,298 11.4 1.18 (9.1–13.7) || 26,666 (20,953–32,378)
DC Black 2,127 17.2 1.00 (15.2–19.1) || 40,089 (35,229–44,950)
DC Other 251 19.8 3.60 (12.7–26.9) || 13,343 (7,862–18,823)
DC Multi 43 21.0 7.17 (6.5–35.5) || 1,795 (430–3,160)
FL White 29,067 10.9 0.37 (10.2–11.7) || 1,263,384 (1,178,338–1,348,430)
FL Black 3,975 11.7 1.05 (9.6–13.7) || 297,136 (242,315–351,956)
FL Other 2,229 9.0 1.26 (6.5–11.5) || 137,919 (98,156–177,682)
FL Multi 511 19.8 4.10 (11.7–27.8) || 41,500 (22,244–60,756)
GA White 3,442 13.5 0.81 (11.9–15.1) || 621,043 (543,788–698,298)
GA Black 1,428 14.6 1.31 (12.0–17.2) || 342,449 (277,416–407,482)
GA Other 254 7.8 2.43 (3.0–12.6) || 41,954 (14,917–68,990)
GA Multi 105 20.1 4.86 (10.5–29.7) || 21,088 (10,152–32,024)
HI White 2,792 13.3 0.95 (11.4–15.1) || 42,023 (35,840–48,207)
HI Black 71 17.3 6.06 (5.3–29.4) || 4,774 (1,107–8,441)
HI Other 2,961 14.3 0.86 (12.6–16.0) || 69,673 (61,002–78,344)
HI Multi 2,174 26.5 1.36 (23.8–29.1) || 76,248 (67,404–85,091)
ID White 4,885 12.7 0.70 (11.3–14.1) || 143,249 (127,557–158,941)
ID Black 26 22.8 12.25 (0.0–48.0) || 3,628 (0–8,397)
ID Other 145 9.9 3.07 (3.8–16.0) || 4,127 (1,522–6,731)
ID Multi 70 10.6 3.64 (3.3–17.8) || 2,173 (699–3,647)
IL White 3,643 13.6 0.76 (12.1–15.1) || 985,490 (872,343–1,098,636)
IL Black 633 17.5 1.87 (13.8–21.2) || 242,290 (187,184–297,395)
IL Other 311 12.2 2.19 (7.9–16.5) || 106,365 (66,627–146,103)
IL Multi 78 31.5 7.51 (16.5–46.4) || 49,675 (19,630–79,721)
IN White 9,697 13.7 0.52 (12.7–14.7) || 592,138 (546,214–638,062)
IN Black 755 20.6 2.23 (16.2–25.0) || 92,717 (70,395–115,039)
IN Other 250 13.3 3.13 (7.1–19.4) || 18,693 (9,485–27,900)
IN Multi 170 27.9 5.47 (17.1–38.7) || 17,105 (9,071–25,138)
IA White 6,814 12.0 0.54 (10.9–13.0) || 261,603 (237,541–285,665)
IA Black 129 10.3 2.93 (4.5–16.1) || 6,948 (2,900–10,997)
IA Other 158 12.3 3.21 (6.0–18.7) || 11,874 (5,386–18,362)
IA Multi 51 28.1 7.42 (13.2–43.0) || 9,795 (3,795–15,795)
KS White 10,965 12.9 0.42 (12.1–13.7) || 240,717 (224,983–256,451)
KS Black 484 17.7 2.31 (13.2–22.3) || 23,111 (16,613–29,609)
KS Other 303 13.3 2.19 (9.0–17.6) || 12,614 (8,304–16,924)
KS Multi 190 19.0 3.34 (12.4–25.6) || 8,462 (5,292–11,631)
KY White 8,800 15.0 0.56 (13.9–16.1) || 446,171 (412,441–479,901)
KY Black 906 16.6 1.88 (12.9–20.2) || 45,059 (34,573–55,546)
KY Other 199 13.9 3.92 (6.2–21.6) || 13,031 (5,232–20,830)
KY Multi 226 27.5 4.85 (18.0–37.1) || 10,098 (6,258–13,938)
LA White 3,663 12.4 0.88 (10.7–14.1) || 276,104 (235,973–316,235)
LA Black 1,256 18.5 1.92 (14.8–22.3) || 204,808 (158,652–250,963)
LA Other 169 13.1 4.24 (4.7–21.4) || 15,726 (4,915–26,537)
LA Multi 88 15.5 5.67 (4.3–26.8) || 9,881 (2,219–17,544)
ME White 9,567 16.4 0.61 (15.2–17.6) || 166,855 (154,101–179,610)
ME Black 40 8.7 (.–.) || 840 (.–.)
ME Other 154 21.4 4.79 (11.9–30.8) || 4,123 (2,115–6,131)
ME Multi 139 32.8 6.68 (19.6–46.0) || 6,048 (2,856–9,240)
MD White 12,817 13.5 0.49 (12.5–14.5) || 355,969 (329,414–382,525)
MD Black 3,989 16.8 0.86 (15.1–18.5) || 227,654 (202,857–252,452)
MD Other 913 9.9 1.22 (7.5–12.3) || 49,773 (37,441–62,104)
MD Multi 298 17.7 2.90 (12.0–23.4) || 10,379 (6,932–13,827)
MA White 6,939 15.0 0.58 (13.8–16.1) || 635,029 (585,039–685,018)
MA Black 505 19.4 2.76 (14.0–24.9) || 75,347 (51,506–99,189)
MA Other 484 14.3 2.35 (9.7–18.9) || 73,109 (47,353–98,866)
MA Multi 144 19.7 3.96 (11.9–27.5) || 16,768 (9,560–23,976)
MI White 9,837 15.8 0.49 (14.8–16.7) || 963,453 (901,797–1,025,109)
MI Black 1,239 20.8 1.47 (17.9–23.6) || 212,182 (179,426–244,939)
MI Other 418 9.7 1.53 (6.7–12.7) || 33,349 (22,893–43,805)
MI Multi 287 24.2 3.13 (18.0–30.3) || 27,498 (19,545–35,451)
MN White 14,972 11.0 0.32 (10.4–11.6) || 392,303 (369,479–415,126)
MN Black 492 15.1 1.82 (11.5–18.7) || 33,031 (24,612–41,451)
MN Other 840 9.5 1.20 (7.1–11.8) || 30,856 (22,809–38,902)
MN Multi 170 22.1 3.62 (14.9–29.2) || 9,761 (6,233–13,288)
MS White 3,041 12.3 0.82 (10.6–13.9) || 165,829 (143,103–188,555)
MS Black 1,898 13.2 1.11 (11.0–15.4) || 105,908 (87,337–124,479)
MS Other 91 13.3 4.58 (4.2–22.4) || 8,595 (2,424–14,765)
MS Multi 31 18.4 7.67 (2.7–34.0) || 4,288 (794–7,781)
MO White 5,984 14.1 0.75 (12.6–15.6) || 553,040 (492,435–613,644)
MO Black 671 16.8 2.40 (12.1–21.5) || 86,560 (60,160–112,960)
MO Other 214 16.0 3.92 (8.2–23.7) || 27,194 (12,941–41,446)
MO Multi 160 18.2 4.47 (9.4–27.0) || 11,256 (5,526–16,987)
MT White 5,011 12.4 0.65 (11.1–13.7) || 90,172 (80,740–99,604)
MT Black 13 14.3 (.–.) || 493 (.–.)
MT Other 739 18.6 2.49 (13.7–23.5) || 11,563 (8,289–14,837)
MT Multi 131 19.7 5.19 (9.4–30.0) || 2,160 (898–3,421)
NE White 14,014 12.3 0.49 (11.3–13.3) || 152,364 (140,035–164,694)
NE Black 232 21.8 3.84 (14.2–29.3) || 13,173 (7,932–18,414)
NE Other 567 5.6 1.12 (3.4–7.8) || 5,143 (3,102–7,183)
NE Multi 136 22.0 4.90 (12.3–31.7) || 4,739 (2,425–7,053)
NV White 3,167 11.8 0.84 (10.2–13.5) || 158,266 (135,398–181,134)
NV Black 195 14.9 3.09 (8.8–21.0) || 29,035 (16,198–41,873)
NV Other 667 9.3 1.66 (6.0–12.5) || 54,066 (34,034–74,098)
NV Multi 152 21.0 4.93 (11.3–30.7) || 11,959 (5,746–18,172)
NH White 5,970 16.4 0.74 (14.9–17.8) || 161,101 (145,847–176,355)
NH Black 38 9.3 (.–.) || 981 (.–.)
NH Other 197 15.5 3.38 (8.9–22.2) || 7,209 (3,925–10,494)
NH Multi 81 22.5 6.90 (8.8–36.3) || 3,092 (1,037–5,148)
NJ White 5,508 11.5 0.71 (10.1–12.9) || 507,195 (443,089–571,301)
NJ Black 970 14.7 1.80 (11.2–18.2) || 138,143 (102,167–174,119)
NJ Other 701 10.7 1.71 (7.3–14.1) || 122,477 (81,563–163,391)
NJ Multi 99 22.4 7.24 (8.1–36.8) || 29,902 (7,570–52,234)
NM White 4,715 15.9 0.83 (14.2–17.5) || 191,127 (170,537–211,717)
NM Black 78 10.2 4.16 (1.9–18.5) || 3,514 (588–6,440)
NM Other 880 18.6 2.16 (14.4–22.9) || 42,699 (31,749–53,649)
NM Multi 88 21.2 6.00 (9.3–33.1) || 6,657 (2,474–10,840)
NY White 29,080 13.9 0.42 (13.1–14.7) || 1,388,877 (1,303,894–1,473,861)
NY Black 1,986 15.4 1.09 (13.3–17.6) || 381,548 (325,560–437,536)
NY Other 1,308 10.5 1.37 (7.8–13.1) || 189,882 (138,788–240,977)
NY Multi 501 24.6 3.69 (17.3–31.8) || 65,268 (44,027–86,509)
NC White 4,570 11.8 0.61 (10.6–13.0) || 644,216 (577,085–711,347)
NC Black 1,309 14.9 1.22 (12.5–17.3) || 248,214 (205,655–290,772)
NC Other 431 9.1 1.51 (6.1–12.1) || 50,032 (33,341–66,723)
NC Multi 102 23.5 5.96 (11.7–35.3) || 19,686 (7,987–31,385)
ND White 5,324 12.3 0.64 (11.1–13.6) || 64,270 (57,501–71,039)
ND Black 59 10.8 4.90 (1.0–20.6) || 1,492 (44–2,940)
ND Other 234 14.4 2.65 (9.2–19.6) || 5,282 (3,261–7,303)
ND Multi 59 32.4 7.59 (17.2–47.6) || 3,721 (1,607–5,834)
OH White 10,870 13.3 0.54 (12.2–14.4) || 984,164 (901,429–1,066,900)
OH Black 856 17.0 1.77 (13.5–20.5) || 182,328 (141,683–222,973)
OH Other 311 14.5 3.36 (7.9–21.1) || 42,933 (21,449–64,418)
OH Multi 163 26.5 5.09 (16.4–36.6) || 36,103 (20,104–52,101)
OK White 5,481 13.2 0.65 (11.9–14.4) || 290,842 (261,616–320,068)
OK Black 384 19.9 2.99 (14.1–25.8) || 44,064 (29,243–58,884)
OK Other 584 14.5 1.75 (11.0–17.9) || 51,484 (38,686–64,282)
OK Multi 338 18.2 3.32 (11.7–24.7) || 23,616 (13,968–33,264)
OR White 4,632 16.9 0.65 (15.6–18.2) || 450,742 (415,081–486,404)
OR Black 44 25.4 9.07 (7.2–43.7) || 15,509 (1,751–29,267)
OR Other 260 16.5 2.84 (10.9–22.1) || 40,593 (25,428–55,758)
OR Multi 306 24.1 3.08 (18.1–30.2) || 23,017 (16,365–29,670)
PA White 5,712 13.4 0.59 (12.3–14.6) || 1,109,666 (1,011,962–1,207,371)
PA Black 603 22.0 2.25 (17.6–26.4) || 237,882 (184,067–291,697)
PA Other 294 16.9 3.03 (10.9–22.8) || 84,134 (51,267–117,001)
PA Multi 99 22.3 5.07 (12.2–32.3) || 24,728 (12,382–37,074)
RI White 4,655 16.0 0.78 (14.5–17.5) || 107,473 (96,762–118,185)
RI Black 223 15.3 3.04 (9.3–21.3) || 7,837 (4,560–11,113)
RI Other 336 12.9 2.62 (7.8–18.1) || 10,518 (6,020–15,016)
RI Multi 81 27.1 6.77 (13.6–40.5) || 4,007 (1,704–6,309)
SC White 7,439 12.9 0.56 (11.8–14.0) || 335,005 (305,529–364,482)
SC Black 3,083 15.4 1.00 (13.4–17.4) || 155,513 (134,150–176,875)
SC Other 297 6.4 1.40 (3.7–9.2) || 9,476 (5,509–13,443)
SC Multi 247 26.0 4.17 (17.8–34.2) || 11,452 (7,207–15,696)
SD White 5,007 8.8 0.63 (7.6–10.0) || 49,563 (42,517–56,609)
SD Black 34 5.0 (.–.) || 707 (.–.)
SD Other 568 13.5 3.08 (7.4–19.5) || 7,654 (3,978–11,330)
SD Multi 107 18.0 6.41 (5.3–30.7) || 2,052 (492–3,612)
TN White 5,049 15.8 0.78 (14.3–17.4) || 637,325 (572,149–702,502)
TN Black 769 18.2 2.23 (13.9–22.6) || 150,964 (110,655–191,273)
TN Other 154 10.5 3.09 (4.4–16.6) || 18,533 (7,454–29,612)
TN Multi 109 30.7 6.96 (16.9–44.5) || 17,763 (7,855–27,671)
TX White 9,373 12.7 0.66 (11.5–14.0) || 1,858,041 (1,664,919–2,051,162)
TX Black 987 17.8 2.34 (13.2–22.4) || 459,593 (328,480–590,707)
TX Other 504 7.4 1.92 (3.6–11.1) || 112,909 (52,686–173,132)
TX Multi 160 20.7 5.99 (8.9–32.6) || 66,502 (24,381–108,623)
UT White 10,011 14.1 0.48 (13.2–15.1) || 259,093 (241,184–277,002)
UT Black 71 27.3 7.08 (13.2–41.5) || 5,544 (2,065–9,023)
UT Other 496 10.1 1.69 (6.7–13.4) || 16,030 (10,507–21,553)
UT Multi 110 26.4 5.85 (14.8–38.0) || 8,634 (4,044–13,223)
VT White 6,089 15.5 0.65 (14.3–16.8) || 73,898 (67,638–80,158)
VT Black 46 15.9 6.68 (2.4–29.4) || 734 (85–1,383)
VT Other 189 13.0 2.96 (7.2–18.8) || 1,971 (1,082–2,860)
VT Multi 108 18.4 4.75 (8.9–27.8) || 997 (479–1,515)
VA White 6,688 13.2 0.56 (12.1–14.3) || 575,780 (525,894–625,665)
VA Black 1,461 15.7 1.25 (13.3–18.2) || 194,002 (161,174–226,831)
VA Other 453 10.3 1.85 (6.6–13.9) || 67,143 (42,202–92,085)
VA Multi 138 18.2 3.95 (10.4–26.0) || 20,032 (10,772–29,292)
WA White 12,127 15.4 0.44 (14.5–16.2) || 664,392 (625,841–702,944)
WA Black 302 18.8 2.71 (13.5–24.1) || 36,083 (24,633–47,533)
WA Other 1,087 10.1 1.12 (7.9–12.3) || 84,444 (65,052–103,835)
WA Multi 395 22.9 2.56 (17.9–28.0) || 34,774 (26,098–43,450)
WV White 6,695 16.0 0.56 (14.9–17.0) || 217,355 (201,724–232,986)
WV Black 189 18.8 3.86 (11.2–26.4) || 9,641 (5,182–14,101)
WV Other 99 17.8 4.89 (8.1–27.5) || 4,530 (1,755–7,305)
WV Multi 96 23.9 6.01 (11.9–35.8) || 3,252 (1,312–5,193)
WI White 4,622 11.8 0.65 (10.5–13.1) || 458,884 (407,566–510,202)
WI Black 301 15.2 3.14 (9.0–21.4) || 38,899 (22,474–55,323)
WI Other 220 8.4 2.21 (4.0–12.7) || 21,126 (9,947–32,305)
WI Multi 56 27.8 8.33 (11.1–44.5) || 8,757 (2,582–14,932)
WY White 4,175 13.4 0.87 (11.7–15.1) || 53,383 (46,325–60,442)
WY Black 24 5.6 (.–.) || 209 (.–.)
WY Other 125 17.2 4.91 (7.4–26.9) || 3,857 (1,438–6,276)
WY Multi 66 32.2 8.92 (14.4–50.0) || 4,021 (1,199–6,843)
Territories
GU White 153 4.5 1.89 (0.7–8.2) || 355 (57–653)
GU Black 14 0.0 (.–.) || 0 (.–.)
GU Other 1,155 9.9 1.32 (7.3–12.5) || 8,108 (5,904–10,312)
GU Multi 246 12.4 2.71 (7.1–17.8) || 1,990 (1,089–2,890)
PR White 3,395 17.7 0.94 (15.8–19.5) || 261,491 (232,292–290,691)
PR Black 430 19.0 2.67 (13.7–24.2) || 43,216 (29,809–56,623)
PR Other 1,886 16.9 1.27 (14.4–19.4) || 177,236 (148,861–205,611)
PR Multi 24 24.8 12.67 (0.0–51.0) || 3,685 (0–8,416)
VI White 188 12.5 4.58 (3.4–21.5) || 1,178 (244–2,112)
VI Black 932 10.1 1.75 (6.7–13.5) || 6,165 (3,971–8,360)
VI Other 66 9.4 4.28 (0.9–18.0) || 435 (28–841)
VI Multi 22 12.0 (.–.) || 177 (.–.)

Notes:
*Aged 18+ years
**U.S. Total includes 50 states plus the District of Columbia and excludes the three territories.
CI denotes confidence interval.
§ Sample size is the number of respondents reported lifetime asthma
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.

Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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