Black children have the highest prevalence of asthma. African Americans are three times more likely to stay in the hospital from asthma.5/ African Americans are three times more likely to die from asthma especially African American women, than any other group. About 13.4% of African American children have asthma. Roughly, 7.4% of white children have asthma. Black Americans in the US die from asthma at a higher rate than people of other races or ethnicities.