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SOURCE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.
DEFINITION
Adults who have ever been told they have asthma. Respondents who answered yes.
Health Statistics > Asthma > Adult cases (most recent) by state
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
States
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 | Puerto Rico: | 18.7% | |
| #2 | Oregon: | 16.2% | |
| #3 | Washington: | 15.4% | |
| #4 | West Virginia: | 15.4% | |
| #5 | District of Columbia: | 15.3% | |
| #6 | Connecticut: | 15.3% | |
| #7 | New Hampshire: | 15% | |
| #8 | Vermont: | 15% | |
| #9 | Massachusetts: | 14.9% | |
| #10 | Maine: | 14.6% | |
| #11 | New Mexico: | 14.6% | |
| #12 | Tennessee: | 14.6% | |
| #13 | Rhode Island: | 14.5% | |
| #14 | Delaware: | 14.4% | |
| #15 | New York: | 14.1% | |
| #16 | California: | 14% | |
| #17 | Alabama: | 13.9% | |
| #18 | Kentucky: | 13.9% | |
| #19 | Maryland: | 13.8% | |
| #20 | Colorado: | 13.5% | |
| #21 | New Jersey: | 13.5% | |
| #22 | Missouri: | 13.4% | |
| #23 | Michigan: | 13.4% | |
| #24 | Indiana: | 13.3% | |
| #25 | Oklahoma: | 13.3% | |
| #26 | Virginia: | 13.2% | |
| #27 | North Carolina: | 13.1% | |
| #28 | Idaho: | 13.1% | |
| #29 | Utah: | 13.1% | |
| #30 | Illinois: | 13% | |
| #31 | Alaska: | 13% | |
| #32 | Pennsylvania: | 13% | |
| #33 | Montana: | 12.9% | |
| #34 | Texas: | 12.8% | |
| #35 | Wyoming: | 12.7% | |
| #36 | Nevada: | 12.5% | |
| #37 | Wisconsin: | 12.4% | |
| #38 | Georgia: | 12.3% | |
| #39 | Arizona: | 12.3% | |
| #40 | Florida: | 12.3% | |
| #41 | Ohio: | 12.2% | |
| #42 | Kansas: | 12% | |
| #43 | Arkansas: | 11.9% | |
| #44 | Mississippi: | 11.8% | |
| #45 | South Carolina: | 11.7% | |
| #46 | Louisiana: | 11.7% | |
| #47 | Minnesota: | 11.5% | |
| #48 | North Dakota: | 11% | |
| #49 | Nebraska: | 10.5% | |
| #50 | Iowa: | 10.5% | |
| #51 | US Virgin Islands: | 10.3% | |
| #52 | South Dakota: | 10.3% | |
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Weighted average: |
13.3% |
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DEFINITION: Adults who have ever been told they have asthma. Respondents who answered yes.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.
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