Asthma: Data Sets

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) | 2 questions
• CDC Asthma Datasets | 76 items
• CDC Data, Statistics, and Surveillance
• Global Asthma Network
  • International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood
• Kids' Inpatient Database
• The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) | 2022 survey pages 688-691 (children)
  • Interactive Data Query Systems
• Medicaid Claims Data
• Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
• National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) 
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• National Health Interview Survey
• National Hospital Care Survey
• National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS)
• Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) 
• State Inpatient Databases (SID) 
• The National Survey of Children's Health
• U.S. Chronic Disease Indicators: Asthma
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

• Hsu, J., Qin, X., Beavers, S. F., & Mirabelli, M. C. (2016). Asthma-Related School Absenteeism, Morbidity, and Modifiable Factors. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 51(1), 23–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2015.12.012 (Free Fulltext Online).
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Child Asthma Call-back Survey
• Pate, C. A., Zahran, H. S., Malilay, J., & Hsu, J. (2022). The shifting prevalence of asthma and allergic disease in US children. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology: Official Publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, 129(4), 481–489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2022.06.030
  • National Health Interview Survey data (2007-2018)
• Pennington, A. F., Hsu, J., Sircar, K., Mirabelli, M. C., & Zahran, H. S. (2021). Daycare attendance and asthma control, Asthma Call-back Survey 2012-2014. The Journal of Asthma: Official Journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma, 58(8), 1111–1117. https://doi.org/10.1080/02770903.2020.1759088 (Free Fulltext Online).
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-back Survey

• Xiao, S., Ngo, A. L., Mendola, P., Bates, M. N., Barcellos, A. L., Ferrara, A., & Zhu, Y. (2021). Household mold, pesticide use, and childhood asthma: A nationwide study in the U.S. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 233, 113694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113694 (Free Fulltext Online)

  • 2017 and 2018 National Surveys of Children's Health

Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Children — 2019-2021 "provides annual estimates of selected health topics for children under age of 18 years based on final data from the National Health Interview Survey. Estimates can be grouped by characteristics such as age, race, or sex by clicking on the "Group by" dropdown menu."

From the CDC, these Asthma Data Visualizations 'feature four main asthma indicators: current asthma, asthma attacks among people with current asthma, healthcare use, and asthma mortality. National asthma estimates are provided for all four indicators. State maps for current asthma and asthma mortality using data from various surveillance systems and national and state-based surveys are also provided. Viewers can view charts with corresponding data tables by selecting year, age groups, gender, or race and ethnicity.'