Between October 18–21, this website will move to a new web address (from health.gov to odphp.health.gov). During that time, some functions might not work as expected. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we’re working to make this transition as smooth as possible.

Reduce asthma deaths — RD‑01

Status: Little or no detectable change

  
Image
Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
9.7 asthma deaths per 1,000,000 population (2022) *

Target:
8.9 per 1,000,000  *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
9.4 asthma deaths per 1,000,000 population occurred in 2018 *

Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

Reduce asthma deaths

Target-Setting Method
Projection

Summary

Every year in the United States, several thousand people die from asthma. There are disparities in the number of asthma deaths by race/ethnicity, age, sex, and geographic location. Improving asthma control — for example, by making sure more people use rescue medications — and reducing environmental triggers can help prevent deaths from asthma.