Asthma
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Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity: Adults (aged 18 years and over)
- Number of adults who currently have asthma: 17.7 million
- Percent of adults who currently have asthma: 7.4%
Morbidity: Children (under age 18 years)
- Number of children who currently have asthma: 6.3 million
- Percent of children who currently have asthma: 8.6%
Physician office visits
- Percent of visits to office-based physician with asthma indicated on the medical record: 6.5%
Emergency department visits
- Number of visits to emergency departments with asthma as primary diagnosis: 1.6 million
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 3,651
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 1.1
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2014, tables 10, 11 [PDF - 4.4 MB]
More data
- Early release of selected estimates from the National Health Interview Survey
- Current Asthma Prevalence by Weight Status Among Adults: United States, 2001–2014
- National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2010 table, Average length of stay and days of care – Number and rate of discharges by first-listed diagnostic categories [PDF - 58 KB]
- National Surveillance of Asthma: United States, 2001–2010 [PDF - 910 KB]
- Trends in Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use, and Mortality in the United States, 2001–2010
- MMWR: Asthma Attacks Among Persons with Current Asthma – United States, 2001-2010
- MMWR Vital Signs: Asthma Prevalence, Disease Characteristics, and Self-Management Education—United States, 2001—2009
Related Links
- Ambulatory Health Care Data
- Mortality Data
- National Health Interview Survey
- National Hospital Discharge Survey
- National Asthma Control Program, CDC
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Asthma
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Asthma
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Asthma
- Environmental Protection Agency: Asthma
- Page last reviewed: January 19, 2017
- Page last updated: January 19, 2017
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