Health: Asthma in The South

 The one fact that jumped out to me from this CDC report was the Asthma rate in the South compared to the rest of the country.

Characteristics of Asthma Visits to Physician Offices in the United States: 2012–2015 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

Physician office visits United States 2012 - 2015


Region             #in Thou         %        #i(nThou )   %   

Northeast         190,230         20.4      2,422       23.8   

Midwest .          173,572        18.6      1,793       17.7
South               348,084        34.7     3,508        34.5
West.                219,800        23.6     2,438        24.0 


And the most recent numbers of Alabama residents with asthma are alarming. 

409,623 Alabama residents have asthma...10.9% of the population.

Yet Birmingham is the only city listed in the Southeast as "The Top 20 Most Challenging Places to Live With Asthma"