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. 2018 Mar 12;4(1):e24. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.8726

Table 2.

Total lifetime and current asthma National Health Interview Survey (2004 to 2015) and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2004 to 2014) prevalence data.

Year NHISa BRFSSb

Lifetime asthma Current asthma Asthma hitsc Lifetime asthma Current asthma Asthma hitsc
2004 30,189 20,545 81.41 33,084,183 20,422,385 83.17
2005 32,621 22,227 79.58 30,661,476 19,453,974 80.33
2006 34,132 22,876 72.58 35,107,599 22,853,570 73.92
2007 34,008 22,879 65.66 36,832,798 23,556,048 68.17
2008 38,450 23,333 65.00 38,050,505 24,521,005 66.92
2009 39,930 24,567 65.83 38,033,371 24,051,245 67.92
2010 39,191 25,710 61.41 39,005,338 25,069,373 62.83
2011 39,504 25,943 64.58 34,759,106 22,605,961 66.42
2012 39,982 25,553 65.91 39,085,744 25,954,771 67.67
2013 37,328 22,648 65.25 41,030,777 26,227,484 67.00
2014 40,461 24,009 66.58 40,706,401 26,957,918 68.75
2015 40,153 24,633 68.16

aNHIS: National Health Interview Survey.

bBRFSS: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

cValues slightly vary due to the different time frame: 2004 to 2015 for NHIS and 2004 to 2014 for BRFSS.