Asthma death rates in the United States in 2022, by state

Mississippi, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma were the top three leading U.S states by number of deaths due to asthma per 100,000 population as of 2022. Mississippi reported 1.6 deaths per 100,000 population with asthma as the underlying cause of death. In 2021, around 40 percent of people in the United States with asthma reported experiencing an asthma episode in the past 12 months.

Prevalence

As of 2022, around eight percent of individuals in the United States were reported to currently have asthma. New Hampshire and Rhode Island were the leading states by lifetime prevalence of asthma among adults in 2021. Furthermore, Rhode Island and Maine have the highest current prevalence of asthma among adults in the United States.

Treatment

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 was around 59 million in 2022. The current out-of-pocket cost for albuterol is eight U.S. dollars.