Table 2. Clinical and demographic characteristics of AHA users.

Characteristic		Count	AHA %Dist.	CDC %Dist.
CDC Demographic data was obtained from the 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/most_recent_data.htm). Based on 5875 AHA users who submitted survey data.
b Defined as having smoked less than 100 cigarettes in lifetime
Agea	18-34	1553	60%	30%
	35-64	930	36%	54%
	65+	85	3%	17%
	NA	3307	NA	—
Gendera	Female	1001	39%	66%
	Male	1564	61%	34%
	NA	3310	NA	—
Race	Black	163	5%	14%
	White	2419	69%	67%
	Other	247	7%	6%
	Multi	165	5%	—
	Hispanic	501	14%	12%
	NA	2380	NA	—
Smoking Status	Never	2885	78%	—
	Current	180	5%	21%c
	Former	638	17%	—
	NA	2172	NA	—
Age of diagnosis	<=18 years of age	4277	80%	—
	>18 years of age	1084	20%	—
	NA	514	NA	—
Asthma Control Medication	Yes	3461	67%	—
	No	1547	30%	—
	Not Sure	146	3%	—
	NA	721	NA	—
Daily Inhaled Medicine	ICS/LABA	2003	65%	—
	ICS	1093	35%	—
	NA	2779	NA	—
GINA	Uncontrolled	2349	46%	50%d
	Partly Controlled	1937	38%	—
	Well Controlled	821	16%	—
	NA	768	NA	—

^aData from the 6-month milestone survey was used for users who did not report their age gender at baseline.

^cInstead of using the GINA criteria, the CDC used a slightly different criteria to define uncontrolled asthma patients as those who reported any of the following: (1) asthma symptoms more than two days a week in the past 30 days, (2) nighttime awakenings for more than one time a week in the past 30 days, or (3) short-acting β2-agonists use more than two days a week in the past three months. Source: http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/asthma_stats/uncontrolled_asthma.htm

^dSource: https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/asthma_stats/people_who_smoke.htm.