Asthma Program
Minnesota Department of Health
January 2013

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This slide set provides a cross-section of recent data on asthma in Minnesota and has been developed as a resource for our partners in the asthma community.
If you extract slides from this presentation, please reference the MDH Asthma Program. For technical assistance, please contact us at health.asthma@state.mn.us
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Background
Asthma Prevalence
Asthma Control
Asthma Management
Risk Factors
Asthma Emergency Department Visits and
Hospitalizations
Asthma Mortality
Summary

• Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease
• Symptoms include wheezing, chest tightness and coughing
• Triggers of asthma episodes can include respiratory infections, allergens, cigarette smoke, air pollution, and exercise
• Cause of asthma is unknown

• Approximately 1 in 13 Minnesota adults currently have asthma
• Equals an estimated 302,000 adults
• Asthma prevalence in Minnesota is lower than the national average and is not currently increasing
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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Percentage of adults with current asthma by year, Minnesota and U.S.
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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Percentage of adults with current asthma by sex, Minnesota
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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Percentage of adults with current asthma by age group, Minnesota
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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Percentage of adults with current asthma by residence, Minnesota
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

• Approximately 1 in 14 Minnesota children
(age 0-17) currently have asthma
• Equals an estimated 90,000 children
• Asthma prevalence is lower than the national average and not currently increasing
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2010

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Percentage of children with current asthma by year, Minnesota
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2003-2006, 2010;
National Survey of Children’s Health, 2007

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Percentage of youth ever diagnosed with asthma by grade and sex, Minnesota
Source: Minnesota Student Survey, 2010

Percentage of youth ever diagnosed with asthma by race/ethnicity,
Minnesota
Source: Minnesota Student
Survey, 2010
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Percentage of youth (grades 6-12) by asthma status, Minnesota
Source: Minnesota Youth Tobacco and Asthma Survey, 2011

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Asthma control among youth with current asthma, Minnesota
Source: Minnesota Youth Tobacco and Asthma Survey, 2011

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Frequency of activity limitations due to asthma in past 12 months among adults with current asthma, Minnesota
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008

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Asthma self-management education,
Minnesota and U.S. adults
Taught to recognize early signs of an asthma attack
Taught how to respond to an asthma attack
MN
66.8%
73.6%
U.S.
54.8%
63.8%
Taught how to monitor peak flow 39.1% 39.2%
Taken a class on asthma management 6.6% 12.0%
Sources: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2010 (Minnesota);
National Health Interview Survey, 2008 (U.S.)

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Percentage of children and adult asthma patients receiving “optimal asthma care”
Source: Minnesota Community Measurement, 2010-2011

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Minnesota youth with current asthma having an asthma action plan
Source: Minnesota Youth Tobacco and Asthma Survey, 2011

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Percentage of Minnesota adults with current asthma who have ever been given an asthma action plan
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2005-2010

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Percentage of Minnesota adults who had a flu shot in past year, by asthma status
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2000-2010

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Percentage of Minnesota adults who are current smokers, by asthma status
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2000-2010

Percentage of youth reporting exposures to environmental tobacco smoke by asthma status
Source: Minnesota
Youth Tobacco and
Asthma Survey, 2011
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Percentage of Minnesota adults who are obese, by asthma status
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2000-2010

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• New-onset asthma caused by exposures in the workplace + existing asthma aggravated by exposures in the workplace
• Asthmagens include isocynates, welding fumes, poultry droppings, flour dust
In 2008, 30.6% of Minnesota adults with asthma reported that exposures to chemicals, smoke, fumes or dust in their current job had worsened their asthma
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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Age-adjusted rates of asthma emergency department visits by year, Minnesota
Source: Minnesota Hospital Association, 2005-2010

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Rates of asthma ED visits by region, age group and year, Minnesota
Source: Minnesota Hospital Association, 2005-2010

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Rates of asthma ED visits by month and age group, Minnesota
Source: Minnesota Hospital Association, 2010

Age-adjusted rates of asthma hospitalizations by year, Minnesota
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Source: Minnesota Hospital Association, 2000-2010

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Rates of asthma hospitalizations by region and age group, Minnesota
Source: Minnesota Hospital Association, 2000-2010

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Rates of asthma hospitalizations by month and age group, Minnesota
Source: Minnesota Hospital Association, 2010

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Age-adjusted asthma mortality rates,
Minnesota and U.S.
Source: Minnesota Center for Health Statistics, 1999-2010; CDC, 1999-2009

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Percentage of asthma deaths by age group,
Minnesota
Source: Minnesota Center for Health Statistics, 1999-2010

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• Asthma prevalence in Minnesota is lower than the national average
• However, there are disparities in asthma prevalence by race/ethnicity
• Many measures of asthma morbidity have been improving over time, e.g., asthma hospitalization rates in Twin Cities metro
• However, geographic disparities remain

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Asthma in Minnesota
2012 Epidemiology
Report www.health.state.mn.us/asthma/documents
/asthmaepireport2012.pdf