Asthma and American Indians/Alaska Natives

American Indian/Alaska Native adults are 30% more likely to have asthma as non-Hispanic Whites
Data on asthma conditions for American Indian/Alaska Natives is limited.

At a glance – Diagnosed:

**Percentage of asthma among persons 18 years of age and over, ever being told they had asthma, 2010**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White Ratio
12.3	12.9	1.0

Source: CDC 2012. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2010. Table 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_252.pdf [PDF | 3MB]

**Percent of current asthma prevalence, 2010**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White Ratio
10.5	8.0	1.3

Source: CDC 2010. CDC 2012. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2010. Table 4
United States, 2004–2008, Table 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_252.pdf [PDF | 3MB]

**Percentage of adults 18 years of age and over with asthma, 2004-2008**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White Ratio
14.2	11.6	1.2

Source: CDC 2010. Health characteristics of the American Indian or Alaska Native adult population:
United States, 2004–2008, Table 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr020.pdf [PDF | 304.26KB]

At a glance – Death Rate:

**Deaths per 100,000, with asthma as the underlying cause, National Vital Statistics System, 2009**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White Ratio
0.9	0.8	1.0

Source: CDC 2012. Deaths: Final Data for 2009. Table 16 and Table 17.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf [PDF | 3.3MB]

At a Glance – Treatment:

The most recent National Health Interview Survey does not include data for American Indians and Alaska Natives.

At a Glance – Children:

**Age-adjusted percentages for children under 18 years of age, ever being told they had asthma, 2010**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White Ratio
9.6*	12.1	0.8

Source: CDC, 2011. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2010. Table 1.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_250.pdf [PDF |714KB]

**Age-adjusted percentages for children under 18 years of age, who currently have asthma, 2010**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White Ratio
4.9*	8.2	0.6

Source: CDC, 2011. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2010. Table 1.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_250.pdf [PDF |714KB]

**Asthma prevalence among children 0–17 years of age, 2003-2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White Ratio
9.9	8.0	1.2

Source: CDC 2006. The State of Childhood Asthma, United States, 1980–2005. Table B.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad381.pdf [PDF | 365KB]

* Estimates are considered unreliable. Data shown have a relative standard error of greater than 30%.

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Content Last Modified: 8/24/2012 9:38:00 AM

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