Asthma FastStats

How many people in Utah have asthma?

  • 9.1% of Utah adults (around 180,000 adults), currently have asthma.
  • 6.9% of Utah children (around 60,000 children), currently have asthma.

Data source: 2010 Utah Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Hospitalizations

Data source: 2010 Utah Inpatient Hospital Discharge Database

Emergency Department (ED) Visits

  • Number of Utah adult ED visits with a primary diagnosis of asthma: 3,972
  • Number of Utah child ED visits with a primary diagnosis of asthma: 3,287
  • Map 2009

Data source: 2009 Utah Emergency Department Encounter Database. Numbers shown include both treat-and-release and visits that resulted in hospitalization.

Mortality

  • Number of Utah asthma deaths: 25
  • Utah asthma deaths per 100,000 population:0.9

Data source: 2010 Utah Death Certificate Database