Data, Surveillance, Reporting, and Tools

This page includes links to Asthma fact sheets, infographics, reports, surveillance reports, presentations, and other data products that have been produced by the staff of the Chronic Respiratory Disease Section as well as the Indiana Department of Health's Data Analysis Team. It also includes links to other sources of statewide and national Asthma data statistics that will help you better understand the burden of Asthma on Indiana residents.

For more information on the current efforts on reducing the burden of Asthma in Indiana: 2021 Asthma State Plan

Most Recent Asthma Data Statistics

• Estimated Asthma Prevalence for Indiana in 2020¹:
  • Adult Age-Adjusted Current Asthma Rate -  9.70%
  • Adult Age-Adjusted Lifetime Asthma Rate -  14.20%
  • Child Age-Adjusted Current Asthma Rate - 6.00%
  • Child Age-Adjusted Lifetime Asthma Rate - 8.60%
• Approximately 647,729 Indiana Adults are currently diagnosed with Asthma, that's approximately 1 in 10, or 9.7% of Indiana adults¹.

Source: 1| CDC and Indiana Department of Health Data Analysis Team [IDOH DAT]. (2021). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Prevalence Data, 2020.

Fact Sheets and Infographics

Fact Sheets

• 2022 Indiana Asthma Fact Sheet (pdf)
• 2022  Asthma Environmental  Triggers in the Home Fact Sheet (pdf)
• 2018 Indiana Asthma Fact Sheet (pdf)
• 2013 Asthma Burden and Management in Indiana's Minority Populations - Minority Health and Asthma Fact Sheet
• 2013 A brief update on Health People 2020 Asthma Objectives in Indiana Adults aged 65 and older. - Healthy People 2020 Indiana Brief: Asthma Update
• 2013 Fact Sheet on Asthma's affect on Women - Asthma and Women Fact Sheet
• 2013 Update on Healthy People 2020 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Objectives in Indiana - Healthy People 2020 Indiana Brief: COPD

Infographics

• Click here for the most current infographic on asthma in Indiana.
• 2015
• 2013

Reports, Surveillance, and Presentations

• Indiana Asthma Slide Set, 2022
• Indiana Public Health District Asthma Profiles, June 2016
• County Emergency Department Visit and Hospitalization Rates, 2015

Data

• 2012 Age-Adjusted Emergency Department Visit and Hospitalization  Rates by County
• 2008-2012 Age-Specific Child (5-17 years) Emergency Department Visit and Hospitalization Rates by County
• 2011 Age-Adjusted Emergency Department Visit and Hospitalization Rates by County
• 2007-2011 Age-Specific Child (5-17 years) Emergency Department Visit and Hospitalization Rates by County

Data Archive

• Asthma Program Resource Guide 2015
• Indiana Plan to Improve Asthma Outcomes
• 2011 Burden Report
• Indiana Statewide Asthma Conference-Asthma in Indiana PowerPoint slides click here.

Additional Information

• Indiana Office of Data Analytics -  Stats Explorer
  • Provides a quick access to publicly-available health and health-related statistics through a single easy-to-use resource.
• Info By Location
  • For information about asthma and more in your county click the link above.
• Indiana INdicators

Provides the most current Indiana health-related data at the state and county level. The Indiana State Department of Health and the Indiana Hospital Association have together taken the lead in this endeavor, continuing to reach out and help communities and their hospitals obtain the metrics they need to monitor and evaluate health.

• Community Health Status Indicators (CHIS)

A web-based tool designed to provide access to county health status profiles for use in improving community health.

• County Health Rankings and Roadmaps

The University of Wisconsin's Public Health Institute and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a program designed to help communities be healthier by focusing on specific factors that influence health in nearly every county in all 50 states.

Data Request Form

To request data from the Chronic Respiratory Disease Section, please fill out this form and return to ISDHAsthma@isdh.IN.gov .