Asthma and Hispanic/Latino Americans

Hispanic/Latino American adults visited the emergency department for asthma 5% less frequently than the total population in 2020.1

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Occurrence

Adults

Current asthma among adults ages 18 and over, percentage, 2024
	Population	Total Population	Ratio (Hispanic / Total)
All Hispanic	6.5	8.6	0.76
Mexican	5.3	8.6	0.62

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2025). Interactive summary health statistics for adults: Percentage of current asthma for adults aged 18 and over, United States, 2024. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Adults ages 18 and over who have ever been told they have asthma, percentage, 2018
	Hispanic	Total Population	Ratio (Hispanic / Total)
Hispanic	11.5	13.6	0.85
Mexican	8.6	13.6	0.63

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2019). Summary health statistics: National Health Interview Survey, 2018 (Table A-2). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Children and Adolescents

Current asthma among children under 18 years of age, percentage, 2024
	Population	Total Population	Ratio (Population / Total)
Hispanic	7.1	6.5	1.09
Mexican	6.7	6.5	1.03

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2025). Interactive summary health statistics for children: Percentage of current asthma for children under age 18 years, United States, 2024. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Children under 18 years of age ever having asthma, percentage, 2024
	Population	Total Population	Ratio (Population / Total)
Hispanic	11.1	9.7	1.14
Mexican	11.0	9.7	1.13

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2025). Interactive summary health statistics for children: Percentage of ever having asthma for children under age 18 years, United States, 2024. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Mortality

Adults

Asthma mortality among adults ages 18 and over, rate per million, 2021
Hispanic	Total Population	Ratio (Hispanic / Total)
7.8	13.1	0.60

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023). Most recent asthma data. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Children and Adolescents

Asthma mortality among children ages 0–17, rate per million, 2021
Hispanic	Total Population	Ratio (Hispanic / Total)
1.4	2.0	0.70

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023). Most recent asthma data. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Health Care Use

Adults

Emergency department visits with asthma as the first listed diagnosis in the past 12 months among adults ages 18 and over, rate per 10,000 population, 2020
Hispanic	Total Population	Ratio (Hispanic / Total)
26.3	27.8	0.95

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Asthma: Healthcare use data 2020 (Table A). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Hospital inpatient stays with asthma as the first listed diagnosis among adults ages 18 and over, rate per 10,000 population, 2020
Hispanic	Total Population	Ratio (Hispanic / Total)
2.4	2.6	0.92

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Asthma: Healthcare use data 2020 (Table B). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Children and Adolescents

Emergency department visits with asthma as the first listed diagnosis in the past 12 months among children ages 0–17, rate per 10,000 population, 2020
Hispanic	Total Population	Ratio (Hispanic / Total)
35.2	36.4	0.97

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Asthma: Healthcare use data 2020 (Table A). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Hospital inpatient stays with asthma as the first listed diagnosis among children ages 0–17 years, rate per 10,000, United States, 2020
Hispanic	Total Population	Ratio (Hispanic / Total)
2.9	3.6	0.81

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Asthma: Healthcare use data 2020 (Table B). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Asthma: Healthcare Use Data 2020. Table A. Estimates for all populations were lower than the 2019 emergency department visit estimates because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Back to top)

Date Last Reviewed: January 2026