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Percentage of current asthma in the United States 2001-2016 by ethnicity

Percentage of persons with current asthma in the United States from 2001 to 2016, by ethnicity

The data describes the percentage of the United States population with current asthma from 2001 to 2016, sorted by ethnicity. In 2016, around 11.6% of the black U.S. population were diagnosed with current asthma, while the percentage for the Hispanic population amounted to some 6.6%.

2016 8.3 11.6 8 6.6
2015 7.8 10.3 6.9 6.6
2014 7.6 9.9 7 6.7
2013 7.4 9.9 5.8 5.9
2012 8.1 11.9 7.4 7
2011 8.2 11.6 8.4 7.3
2010 8.1 12.1 8.2 7.3
2009 8.1 11.1 7.5 6.3
2008 7.8 10.3 8.3 5.8
2007 7.6 10.2 5.7 6.8
2006 7.9 9.2 7.1 6.4
2005 7.6 9.9 6.4 6.2
2004 7.3 9.4 4.6 5.2
2003 6.9 9.2 5.3 5.5
2002 7.3 9.6 6.2 4.9
2001 7.5 8.6 6.2 5.9