Asthma Disparities in the United States Narrowed During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings From a National Survey, 2019 to 2022

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic's onset coincided with decreasing chronic airway disease exacer-bations, attributed to reduced circulation of common respiratory viruses and possibly other disruptions (1, 2).Objective: To determine whether this decrease narrowed disparities in asthma morbidity nationwide.Methods: We analyzed adults (n ¼ 120 698) and children (n ¼ 30 708) in the 2019 to 2022 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (3).We examined 3 outcomes each year: 1) a current asthma diagnosis; and, among those ever diagnosed with Table.