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Prevalence of asthma among U.S. children as of 2016, by ethnicity

Percentage of U.S. children aged 0 to 7 years with asthma as of 2016, by ethnicity

The data shows the percentage of children in the U.S. that had asthma as of 2016, by ethnicity. According to the data, 15.7% of Black, non-Hispanic children aged 0-17 years had asthma in 2016.

White, non-Hispanic	7.1
Black, non-Hispanic	15.7
Other, non-Hispanic	8.8
Hispanic	6.7
Puerto Rican	12.9
Mexican/Mexican American	6.5
All other Hispanics	4.9

Prevalence of asthma among U.S. children as of 2016, by ethnicity

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