Data List for Adult Asthma Prevalence by Utah Local Health District (2020-2021), Utah and U.S. (2020)
Local Health District
Age-adjusted Percentage of Adults
Lower Limit
Upper Limit
Note
Record Count: 15
Bear River
10.7%
8.7%
13.0%
Central
10.9%
8.6%
13.8%
Davis County
13.0%
11.2%
15.1%
Salt Lake County
9.7%
8.9%
10.6%
San Juan
8.5%
5.0%
13.9%
Southeast
13.8%
10.2%
18.4%
Southwest
10.8%
8.7%
13.3%
Summit
8.9%
5.1%
15.2%
Tooele
11.4%
8.8%
14.6%
TriCounty
12.2%
9.5%
15.6%
Utah County
9.0%
8.0%
10.2%
Wasatch
8.3%
5.3%
12.7%
Weber-Morgan
10.8%
9.0%
12.7%
State of Utah
10.3%
9.7%
10.8%
U.S.
9.8%
9.6%
10.0%
2020 data
Data Notes
Percentages have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
Data Sources
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]
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data, US Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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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