U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce asthma deaths — RD‑01 Data

Status: Little or no detectable change

  Little or no detectable change
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Most Recent Data:
9.7 asthma deaths per 1,000,000 population (2022) *

Target:
8.9 per 1,000,000 *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
9.4 asthma deaths per 1,000,000 population occurred in 2018 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Asthma deaths, 2018-2021 *
(asthma deaths per 1,000,000 population)
Decrease desired

Population 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total
9.4
SE 0.164
9.7
SE 0.167
11.3
SE 0.180
9.5
SE 0.165

Asthma deaths by Race/Ethnicity, 2018-2021 *
(asthma deaths per 1,000,000 population)
Decrease desired

Population 2018 2019 2020 2021
Hispanic or Latino
8.4
SE 0.455
7.7
SE 0.422
9.1
SE 0.452
7.3
SE 0.403
Not Hispanic or Latino
9.7
SE 0.183
10.2
SE 0.188
11.8
SE 0.203
10.1
SE 0.187
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
12.1
SE 2.403
DSU
15.7
SE 2.601
DSU
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
8.5
SE 0.686
7.0
SE 0.609
9.7
SE 0.707
6.6
SE 0.578
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
DSU
DSU
DSU
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
22.8
SE 0.765
23.5
SE 0.765
29.7
SE 0.861
24.2
SE 0.774
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
7.3
SE 0.179
7.8
SE 0.186
8.5
SE 0.195
7.7
SE 0.184

Highest and lowest rates for Asthma deaths: Disparities by Race/Ethnicity, 2018-2021 *
(asthma deaths per 1,000,000 population)
Decrease desired