Data and Surveillance
Asthma Surveillance Data
Asthma surveillance data includes collection of asthma data at both the national and the state level. National data is available on asthma prevalence, activity limitation, days of work or school lost, rescue and control medication use, asthma self-management education, physician visits, emergency department visits, hospitalizations due to asthma, and deaths due to asthma from National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) surveys and the Vital Statistics System. Asthma surveillance data at the state level include adult and child asthma prevalence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and in-depth state and local asthma data through implementation of the BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey (ACBS).
- Asthma Call-back Survey (ACBS)
The ACBS is an in-depth asthma survey developed and funded by the Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch (APRHB) in NCEH. It is conducted with BRFSS survey respondents who report an asthma diagnosis. The ACBS was piloted in three states in 2005 and has been conducted each year since. A majority of states participate in the ACBS each year. - Asthma Survey Questions
Description of asthma survey instruments and their wording differences.
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Prevalence Data
BRFSS is a state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey designed to monitor the prevalence of the major behavioral risks among adults associated with premature morbidity and mortality.
- FastStats
FastStats provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance, including asthma.
- National Health Interview Survey Prevalence Data
NHIS is a multistage probability sample survey designed to solicit health and demographic information about the population, conducted annually with face-to-face interviews in a nationally representative sample of households.
Reports and Links
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"Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use, and Mortality: United States, 2005–2009”
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Data from the National Health Interview Survey, the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, the National Hospital Discharge Survey, and the National Vital Statistics System were used to calculate national estimates on asthma prevalence and health care use. - “CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities
Report — United States, 2011: Current Asthma Prevalence — United States, 2006–2008”
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To examine whether disparities in asthma prevalence exist among certain demographic groups, CDC analyzed data from the National Health Interview Survey for 2006–2008. - National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network - Asthma
The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network is a system of integrated health, exposure, and hazard information and data from a variety of national, state, and city sources.
- National Health Interview Survey Early Release Asthma-specific Tables
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Occupational Respiratory Disease Surveillance (ORDS)
Health and hazard data on the extent and severity of occupationally-related lung disease and related workplace exposures.
Vital Signs: Asthma Prevalence, Disease Characteristics, and Self-Management Education --- United States, 2001—2009
This report reviews recent progress in managing asthma and reducing its prevalence in the United States.
- Page last reviewed: April 24, 2009
- Page last updated: May 22, 2012
- Content source: National Center for Environmental Health
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