Long-term control (LTC) medicines reduce airway inflammation, control chronic symptoms and prevent asthma attacks. They don't bring quick relief — and to get and keep asthma under control, most people need to take them every day, according to national asthma guidelines (Expert Panel Report 3, 2007).
Yet only about 39.0% of adults and 40.2% of children with active asthma had used at least one kind of LTC medicine in the past 3 months. (Active asthma means reporting asthma medicine use, symptoms or doctor visits for asthma in the past year; children are 17 and younger.)
Adults with active asthma who used long-term control medicines, by state. CDC.
Children with active asthma who used long-term control medicines, by state. CDC.
Wide differences between states
| Lowest | Highest | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults | Mississippi, 31.8% | North Dakota, 47.2% |
| Children | Oregon, 25.4% | Mississippi, 53.2% |
Mississippi had the lowest rate for adults but the highest for children.
State by state
| State | Adults | Children |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 38.8 | — |
| Alaska | 40.4 | — |
| Arizona | 41.5 | 40.7 |
| California | 37.1 | 41.1 |
| Colorado | 33.3 | — |
| Connecticut | 40.6 | 35.8 |
| District of Columbia | 39.0 | 33.5 |
| Florida | 37.2 | — |
| Georgia | 33.5 | 43.7 |
| Hawaii | 42.7 | 35.6 |
| Illinois | 42.1 | 36.6 |
| Indiana | 42.5 | 44.4 |
| Iowa | 38.2 | 42.2 |
| Kansas | 40.8 | 49.6 |
| Louisiana | 34.3 | 34.5 |
| Maine | 41.3 | 43.1 |
| Maryland | 38.3 | 37.5 |
| Massachusetts | 39.8 | 40.4 |
| Michigan | 40.4 | 47.5 |
| Mississippi | 31.8 | 53.2 |
| Missouri | 42.6 | 45.1 |
| Montana | 34.8 | 38.6 |
| Nebraska | 41.9 | 45.5 |
| Nevada | 35.3 | — |
| New Hampshire | 40.8 | 30.3 |
| New Jersey | 37.7 | 38.1 |
| New Mexico | 45.1 | 34.2 |
| New York | 44.4 | 34.9 |
| North Dakota | 47.2 | 38.2 |
| Ohio | 37.9 | 40.4 |
| Oklahoma | 37.1 | 48.7 |
| Oregon | 37.7 | 25.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 43.7 | 39.4 |
| Rhode Island | 38.2 | 48.4 |
| Texas | 34.8 | 37.3 |
| Utah | 36.6 | 46.2 |
| Vermont | 40.4 | 40.8 |
| Virginia | 37.0 | 51.7 |
| Washington | 36.5 | 29.7 |
| West Virginia | 41.4 | 53.1 |
| Wisconsin | 43.5 | 41.6 |
| Puerto Rico | 37.4 | — |
| Total | 39.0 | 40.2 |
Percent. The totals cover 41 states for adults and 35 for children, plus D.C., and exclude Puerto Rico. — = data not available.
About the program
CDC's National Asthma Control Program, created in 1999, helps the millions of Americans with asthma gain control of their disease. It runs national asthma surveillance and funds states to improve their own surveillance and direct resources where they're needed.
Sources
Based on "AsthmaStats: Use of Long-Term Control Medication Among Persons with Active Asthma," National Asthma Control Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; a work of the United States government in the public domain.
Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain) · Adapted from www.cdc.gov
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