Asthma in Minnesota
Slide Set
Asthma Program
Minnesota Department of Health
January 2013
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Introduction
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
[email protected].
Contents
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Background
Asthma Prevalence
Asthma Control
Asthma Management
Risk Factors
Asthma Emergency Department Visits and
Hospitalizations
Asthma Mortality
Summary
Background
What is Asthma?
• 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
Asthma Prevalence
Minnesota Adults and Asthma
• 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
Minnesota Children and Asthma
• 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
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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
Asthma Control
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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 Management
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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
Taught how to monitor peak flow
Taken a class on asthma management
MN
66.8%
U.S.
54.8%
73.6%
63.8%
39.1%
6.6%
39.2%
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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Risk Factors
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Percentage of Minnesota adults who are
current smokers, by asthma status
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2000-2010
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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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Work-Related Asthma
• 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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Emergency Department Visits
and Hospitalizations for
Asthma
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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
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Age-adjusted rates of asthma
hospitalizations by year, Minnesota
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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Asthma Mortality
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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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Summary
• 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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For more information
Asthma in Minnesota
2012 Epidemiology
Report
www.health.state.mn.us/asthma/documents
/asthmaepireport2012.pdf