Mississippi, Hawaii, and Oregon were the top three leading U.S states by number of deaths due to asthma per million population as of 2021. Mississippi reported 15.3 deaths per million population with asthma as the underlying cause of death, while Hawaii reported 13.7 deaths. In 2020, around 41 percent of people in the United States with asthma reported experiencing an asthma episode in the past 12 months.
Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the airways of the lungs, and can cause shortness of breath, tightness or pain in the chest, coughing, and wheezing. Asthma symptoms can be treated through corticosteroid inhalers, such as albuterol. The number of albuterol prescriptions in the United States reached almost 62 million in 2020. The current out-of-pocket cost for albuterol is just over 11 U.S. dollars.
Death rates from asthma in the United States in 2021, by state
(per million population)
Underlying cause of death is asthma.
Population-based rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard population.
* Rates are unreliable when the number of deaths is less than 20.
** Data are suppressed when the number of deaths is 9 or fewer.
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