Asthma in Minnesota Slide Set Asthma Program Minnesota Department of Health January 2013.

Asthma in MinnesotaSlide SetAsthma Program

Minnesota Department of Health

January 2013

IntroductionThis 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.

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Contents• 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

Percentage of adults with current asthma by year, Minnesota and U.S.

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Percentage of adults with current asthma by sex, Minnesota

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Percentage of adults with current asthma by age group, Minnesota

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Percentage of adults with current asthma by residence, Minnesota

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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

Percentage of children with current asthma by year, Minnesota

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Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2003-2006, 2010; National Survey of Children’s Health, 2007

Percentage of youth ever diagnosed with asthma by grade and sex, Minnesota

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Source: Minnesota Student Survey, 2010

Percentage of youth ever diagnosed with asthma by race/ethnicity, Minnesota

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Source: Minnesota Student Survey, 2010

Percentage of youth (grades 6-12) by asthma status, Minnesota

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Source: Minnesota Youth Tobacco and Asthma Survey, 2011

Asthma Control

Asthma control among youth with current asthma, Minnesota

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Frequency of activity limitations due to asthma in past 12 months among adults with current asthma, Minnesota

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Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008

Asthma Management

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Asthma self-management education, Minnesota and U.S. adults

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Sources: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2010 (Minnesota); National Health Interview Survey, 2008 (U.S.)

MN U.S.Taught to recognize early signs of an asthma attack

66.8% 54.8%

Taught how to respond to an asthma attack

73.6% 63.8%

Taught how to monitor peak flow 39.1% 39.2%Taken a class on asthma management 6.6% 12.0%

Percentage of children and adult asthma patients receiving “optimal asthma care”

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Source: Minnesota Community Measurement, 2010-2011

Minnesota youth with current asthma having an asthma action plan

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Percentage of Minnesota adults with current asthma who have ever been given an asthma action plan

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Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2005-2010

Percentage of Minnesota adults who had a flu shot in past year, by asthma status

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Risk Factors

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Percentage of Minnesota adults who are current smokers, by asthma status

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Percentage of youth reporting exposures to environmental tobacco smoke by asthma status

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Percentage of Minnesota adults who are obese, by asthma status

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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

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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

Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations for Asthma

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Age-adjusted rates of asthma emergency department visits by year, Minnesota

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Source: Minnesota Hospital Association, 2005-2010

Rates of asthma ED visits by region, age group and year, Minnesota

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Rates of asthma ED visits by month and age group, Minnesota

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Source: Minnesota Hospital Association, 2010

Age-adjusted rates of asthma hospitalizations by year, Minnesota

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Rates of asthma hospitalizations by region and age group, Minnesota

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Rates of asthma hospitalizations by month and age group, Minnesota

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Source: Minnesota Hospital Association, 2010

Asthma Mortality

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Age-adjusted asthma mortality rates, Minnesota and U.S.

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Source: Minnesota Center for Health Statistics, 1999-2010; CDC, 1999-2009

Percentage of asthma deaths by age group, Minnesota

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Source: Minnesota Center for Health Statistics, 1999-2010

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

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www.health.state.mn.us/asthma/documents/asthmaepireport2012.pdf

Asthma in Minnesota 2012 Epidemiology Report

Asthma in Minnesota Slide Set Asthma Program Minnesota Department of Health January 2013.

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