TABLE 3b. Estimated percent for time since first diagnosis among adults1 with active2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2009

State/Territory Sample
size±
5 or fewer years More than 5 years
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Arizona 120 22 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 98 79.4 6.2 (67.2 – 91.6)
California 549 81 17.5 3.4 (10.8 – 24.2) 468 82.5 3.4 (75.8 – 89.2)
Connecticut 257 32 10.8 2.6 (5.7 – 15.9) 225 89.2 2.6 (84.1 – 94.3)
District of Columbia 151 19 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 132 90.5 3.0 (84.6 – 96.4)
Florida 456 69 16.5 4.5 (7.7 – 25.3) 387 83.5 4.5 (74.7 – 92.3)
Georgia 200 23 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 177 89.7 3.6 (82.6 – 96.8)
Hawaii 276 43 10.8 2.3 (6.3 – 15.3) 233 89.2 2.3 (84.7 – 93.7)
Illinois 205 32 19.3 4.3 (10.9 – 27.7) 173 80.7 4.3 (72.3 – 89.1)
Indiana 430 69 17.1 3.0 (11.2 – 23.0) 361 82.9 3.0 (77.0 – 88.8)
Iowa 246 34 10.5 2.2 (6.2 – 14.8) 212 89.5 2.2 (85.2 – 93.8)
Kansas 876 110 9.5 1.3 (7.0 – 12.0) 766 90.5 1.3 (88.0 – 93.0)
Louisiana 219 28 12.4 3.3 (5.9 – 18.9) 191 87.6 3.3 (81.1 – 94.1)
Maine 252 34 16.0 4.3 (7.6 – 24.4) 218 84.0 4.3 (75.6 – 92.4)
Maryland 290 45 13.5 3.2 (7.2 – 19.8) 245 86.5 3.2 (80.2 – 92.8)
Massachusetts 252 31 12.5 3.4 (5.8 – 19.2) 221 87.5 3.4 (80.8 – 94.2)
Michigan 535 98 19.7 2.7 (14.4 – 25.0) 437 80.3 2.7 (75.0 – 85.6)
Montana 319 43 17.9 5.0 (8.1 – 27.7) 276 82.1 5.0 (72.3 – 91.9)
Nebraska 555 91 12.9 2.6 (7.8 – 18.0) 464 87.1 2.6 (82.0 – 92.2)
Nevada 140 21 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 119 85.1 5.2 (74.9 – 95.3)
New Hampshire 281 40 14.7 3.2 (8.4 – 21.0) 241 85.3 3.2 (79.0 – 91.6)
New Jersey 393 60 17.7 3.3 (11.2 – 24.2) 333 82.3 3.3 (75.8 – 88.8)
New Mexico 224 37 12.4 2.6 (7.3 – 17.5) 187 87.6 2.6 (82.5 – 92.7)
New York 357 44 10.8 2.3 (6.3 – 15.3) 313 89.2 2.3 (84.7 – 93.7)
North Dakota 202 27 15.3 3.8 (7.9 – 22.7) 175 84.7 3.8 (77.3 – 92.1)
Ohio 300 48 17.2 4.1 (9.2 – 25.2) 252 82.8 4.1 (74.8 – 90.8)
Oklahoma 294 41 12.4 2.5 (7.5 – 17.3) 253 87.6 2.5 (82.7 – 92.5)
Oregon 167 23 10.3 2.8 (4.8 – 15.8) 144 89.7 2.8 (84.2 – 95.2)
Rhode Island 328 62 24.3 4.9 (14.7 – 33.9) 266 75.7 4.9 (66.1 – 85.3)
Texas 508 76 16.4 3.8 (9.0 – 23.8) 432 83.6 3.8 (76.2 – 91.0)
Utah 487 66 16.7 3.7 (9.4 – 24.0) 421 83.3 3.7 (76.0 – 90.6)
Vermont 386 52 11.1 2.0 (7.2 – 15.0) 334 88.9 2.0 (85.0 – 92.8)
Virginia 191 27 12.7 3.4 (6.0 – 19.4) 164 87.3 3.4 (80.6 – 94.0)
Washington 540 69 14.3 2.4 (9.6 – 19.0) 471 85.7 2.4 (81.0 – 90.4)
West Virginia 260 35 17.5 4.2 (9.3 – 25.7) 225 82.5 4.2 (74.3 – 90.7)
Wisconsin 236 31 12.1 3.4 (5.4 – 18.8) 205 87.9 3.4 (81.2 – 94.6)
Puerto Rico 246 30 11.9 2.6 (6.8 – 17.0) 216 88.1 2.6 (83.0 – 93.2)
36 state total 11,728 1,693 15.2 0.9 (13.4 – 17.0) 10,035 84.8 0.9 (83.0 – 86.6)
Median     13.9       86.1    
Range     9.5-24.3       75.7-90.5    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

2 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”

§ Standard error

Confidence interval

N/A: Estimate not available (N/A) if the unweighted sample size for the denominator was < 50 or if the relative standard error was > 0.30