TABLE 8a. Estimated percent advised to make environmental changes for current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2009

State/Territory Current Former
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Arizona 115 32.1 7.3 (17.8 – 46.4) 43 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 516 29.9 2.9 (24.2 – 35.6) 185 15.2 3.0 (9.3 – 21.1)
Connecticut 236 48.1 5.2 (37.9 – 58.3) 108 29.5 6.0 (17.7 – 41.3)
District of Columbia 133 59.3 5.4 (48.7 – 69.9) 62 36.9 9.8 (17.7 – 56.1)
Florida 419 37.4 4.7 (28.2 – 46.6) 159 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Georgia 192 41.9 5.9 (30.3 – 53.5) 64 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Hawaii 279 25.5 4.9 (15.9 – 35.1) 126 24.8 6.1 (12.8 – 36.8)
Illinois 186 33.3 4.6 (24.3 – 42.3) 91 30.0 6.6 (17.1 – 42.9)
Indiana 392 39.9 4.2 (31.7 – 48.1) 113 21.8 5.9 (10.2 – 33.4)
Iowa 232 28.8 3.9 (21.2 – 36.4) 100 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Kansas 828 38.0 2.8 (32.5 – 43.5) 268 25.5 4.3 (17.1 – 33.9)
Louisiana 197 42.3 6.9 (28.8 – 55.8) 80 14.7 4.2 (6.5 – 22.9)
Maine 235 44.4 5.2 (34.2 – 54.6) 67 25.9 6.6 (13.0 – 38.8)
Maryland 269 47.6 5.6 (36.6 – 58.6) 108 26.2 5.9 (14.6 – 37.8)
Massachusetts 226 45.6 5.8 (34.2 – 57.0) 85 32.7 7.6 (17.8 – 47.6)
Michigan 476 47.6 3.6 (40.5 – 54.7) 167 29.6 5.7 (18.4 – 40.8)
Montana 309 26.9 3.8 (19.5 – 34.3) 126 31.3 7.5 (16.6 – 46.0)
Nebraska 549 37.6 4.1 (29.6 – 45.6) 187 21.3 6.1 (9.3 – 33.3)
Nevada 132 35.1 7.5 (20.4 – 49.8) 43 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 257 47.2 4.8 (37.8 – 56.6) 83 30.9 7.4 (16.4 – 45.4)
New Jersey 364 40.1 4.3 (31.7 – 48.5) 137 30.6 6.0 (18.8 – 42.4)
New Mexico 203 35.1 4.8 (25.7 – 44.5) 89 24.5 6.2 (12.3 – 36.7)
New York 325 42.1 4.7 (32.9 – 51.3) 100 44.3 7.7 (29.2 – 59.4)
North Dakota 190 35.1 5.0 (25.3 – 44.9) 53 33.5 9.9 (14.1 – 52.9)
Ohio 278 32.5 4.8 (23.1 – 41.9) 104 20.0 5.5 (9.2 – 30.8)
Oklahoma 284 38.3 5.1 (28.3 – 48.3) 100 26.1 5.4 (15.5 – 36.7)
Oregon 147 29.9 5.1 (19.9 – 39.9) 65 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Rhode Island 303 42.9 4.9 (33.3 – 52.5) 90 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Texas 475 38.5 4.7 (29.3 – 47.7) 196 30.0 7.2 (15.9 – 44.1)
Utah 434 31.1 3.5 (24.2 – 38.0) 205 18.6 4.7 (9.4 – 27.8)
Vermont 357 42.8 4.7 (33.6 – 52.0) 102 37.5 6.7 (24.4 – 50.6)
Virginia 187 30.3 5.1 (20.3 – 40.3) 68 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Washington 494 39.3 3.6 (32.2 – 46.4) 248 20.8 3.7 (13.5 – 28.1)
West Virginia 253 40.8 4.9 (31.2 – 50.4) 61 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Wisconsin 224 38.4 5.4 (27.8 – 49.0) 62 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Puerto Rico 168 36.0 5.0 (26.2 – 45.8) 188 38.1 5.0 (28.3 – 47.9)
36 state total 10,864 37.4 1.0 (35.4 – 39.4) 4,133 26.1 1.7 (22.8 – 29.4)
Median   38.4       27.9    
Range   25.5-59.3       14.7-44.3    

1 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”

2 “No” response to “Do you still have asthma?”

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± 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