Data List for Adult Asthma Prevalence by Ethnicity, Utah, 2019-2021
Hispanic Ethnicity
Age-adjusted Percentage of Adults
Lower Limit
Upper Limit
Record Count: 3
Hispanic/Latino
7.3%
5.6%
9.4%
Non-Hispanic/Latino
10.2%
9.4%
11.0%
All Ethnicities
9.8%
9.1%
10.5%
Data Notes
Rates have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
Data Source
Utah Department of Health and Human Services Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) [https://ibis.health.utah.gov/ibisph-view/query/selection/brfss/BRFSSSelection.html]
Adults aged 18+ (unless otherwise noted), who reported having been told by a doctor that they have asthma and who currently have asthma.
How We Calculated the Rates
Numerator:
Total number of respondents answering "yes" to both of the BRFSS asthma core questions:[[br]]
1. Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had asthma?[[br]]
2. Do you still have asthma?
Denominator:
Includes all survey respondents ages 18 years and older except those with missing, don't know, or refused answers to the core asthma questions.
Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Utah Asthma Program, Office of Health Promotion and Prevention, Utah Department of Health and Human Services | Phone: 1-888-222-2542 | Website: asthma.utah.gov | Email: asthma@utah.gov
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