Table 2.

Asthma Prevalence by Demographic Categories. Overall characteristics of 2007-2012 BRFSS respondents according to asthma status. Counts provided (N) are for raw data. Weighted % are percentages obtained from analyzing BRFSS data using survey design with CDC-provided individual respondent weights, and thus, do not correspond directly to the raw counts. The weighted prevalence of asthma was 8.41%

	Asthma		Never Asthma
	(N = 93,448)		(N = 910,446)
	N	Weighted %	N	Weighted %
Gender
Male	26,490	36.8	382,295	51.1
Female	66,958	63.2	528,151	48.9
Race/Ethnicity
White	72,488	69.1	718,731	66.3
Black	10,643	14.4	84,319	11.7
American Indian/Alaskan Native	1,238	1.2	7,757	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	2,083	3.3	29,699	5.4
Hispanic	6,996	12.0	69,940	15.9
Education Level
Less than high school	2,584	3.0	19,970	4.0
High school	30,212	30.8	269,945	29.1
Some college or more	60,652	66.2	620,531	66.9
Yearly Household Income (USD)
< $25,000	33,218	31.5	220,627	23.5
$25,000-$75,000	36,290	37.6	388,126	39.6
≥ $75,000	23,940	30.9	301,693	36.9
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Not overweight or obese	26,807	29.7	338,174	36.7
Overweight	29,952	32.8	340,055	37.8
Grade 1 obese	18,945	19.7	151,659	16.8
Grade 2 obese	9,535	9.7	51,973	5.6
Grade 3 obese	8,209	8.1	28,585	3.0
Smoking Status
Never smoked	45,124	52.5	488,593	57.6
Former smoker	30,494	27.5	280,013	25.8
Current smoker	17,830	20.0	141,840	16.6
Age
22-34	11,824	25.8	106,426	24.5
35-44	14,857	20.8	144,815	22.2
45-54	20,414	21.2	191,114	21.2
55-64	22,190	16.7	203,532	15.7
65+	24,163	15.5	264,559	16.5