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Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

Compared to Distribution

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Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

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Trend

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Compared to Prior Value

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green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

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Adults with Current Asthma

County: Miami-Dade
Measurement Period: 2017-2019
This indicator shows the percentage of adults who have been told by a health care provider that they currently have asthma.

Why is this important?

Asthma is a condition in which a person's air passages become inflamed, and the narrowing of the respiratory passages makes it difficult to breathe. Asthma is one of the most common long-term diseases of children, but it also affects millions of adults nationwide. Symptoms can include tightness in the chest, coughing, and wheezing. These symptoms are often brought on by exposure to inhaled allergens, such as dust, pollen, mold, cigarette smoke, and animal dander, or by exertion and stress. Reducing exposure to poor housing conditions, traffic pollution, secondhand smoke and other factors impacting air quality can help prevent asthma and asthma attacks. There is no cure for asthma, but for most people, the symptoms can be managed through a combination of long-term medication prevention strategies and short-term quick relievers. In some cases, however, asthma symptoms are severe enough to warrant hospitalization, and can result in death.
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5.8%
Source: Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Measurement period: 2017-2019
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: July 2021
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Technical note: The Florida Department of Health in collaboration with the County Health Departments (CHD) began using a three-year rolling rate methodology in order to produce statistically valid county-level estimates.

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Change in methodology for 2017-2019:
The BRFSS 2017-2019 prevalence data should be considered a baseline year for data analysis and is not directly comparable to previous years of BRFSS data because of the changes in methodology.
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Note: Data for this indicator was obtained from multiple sources. Please interpret with caution as methodology may differ.

Filed under: Health / Respiratory Diseases, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants, Health Status, Adults

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