TABLE 11a. Estimated percent reporting a medical diagnosis of depression for current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2008

State/Territory Current Former
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Arizona 146 34.5 8.0 (18.8 – 50.2) 49 42.4 11.7 (19.5 – 65.3)
California 411 34.0 3.9 (26.4 – 41.6) 181 30.6 4.6 (21.6 – 39.6)
Connecticut 240 24.3 3.8 (16.9 – 31.7) 104 23.3 5.9 (11.7 – 34.9)
District of Columbia 147 25.3 4.4 (16.7 – 33.9) 88 25.1 5.8 (13.7 – 36.5)
Florida 308 33.9 5.4 (23.3 – 44.5) 144 19.5 4.8 (10.1 – 28.9)
Georgia 210 34.8 5.3 (24.4 – 45.2) 62 24.3 6.8 (11.0 – 37.6)
Hawaii 315 21.7 3.0 (15.8 – 27.6) 152 12.9 3.6 (5.8 – 20.0)
Illinois 231 32.0 3.8 (24.6 – 39.4) 81 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Indiana 239 39.4 4.7 (30.2 – 48.6) 76 25.4 6.5 (12.7 – 38.1)
Iowa 245 32.3 4.9 (22.7 – 41.9) 78 30.8 6.9 (17.3 – 44.3)
Kansas 422 36.3 3.3 (29.8 – 42.8) 135 33.5 7.4 (19.0 – 48.0)
Maine 396 36.5 3.4 (29.8 – 43.2) 141 26.4 4.7 (17.2 – 35.6)
Maryland 330 35.9 4.5 (27.1 – 44.7) 134 31.4 6.5 (18.7 – 44.1)
Massachusetts 310 31.1 4.0 (23.3 – 38.9) 107 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Michigan 515 32.3 3.8 (24.9 – 39.7) 148 20.7 5.3 (10.3 – 31.1)
Missouri 242 54.8 5.6 (43.8 – 65.8) 85 27.7 7.6 (12.8 – 42.6)
Montana 235 33.4 4.7 (24.2 – 42.6) 83 20.7 5.8 (9.3 – 32.1)
Nebraska 581 35.3 3.9 (27.7 – 42.9) 194 21.0 4.7 (11.8 – 30.2)
Nevada 193 36.9 6.2 (24.7 – 49.1) 81 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 325 33.2 3.5 (26.3 – 40.1) 117 22.8 4.9 (13.2 – 32.4)
New Jersey 320 31.7 5.1 (21.7 – 41.7) 140 27.2 5.3 (16.8 – 37.6)
New Mexico 272 29.8 4.2 (21.6 – 38.0) 112 32.5 6.6 (19.6 – 45.4)
New York 313 28.6 3.4 (21.9 – 35.3) 147 20.0 4.6 (11.0 – 29.0)
North Dakota 205 33.6 5.2 (23.4 – 43.8) 70 20.9 6.0 (9.1 – 32.7)
Ohio 345 26.3 3.7 (19.0 – 33.6) 112 26.0 6.0 (14.2 – 37.8)
Oklahoma 284 48.4 4.2 (40.2 – 56.6) 100 33.4 6.2 (21.2 – 45.6)
Oregon 273 36.6 4.1 (28.6 – 44.6) 150 34.8 6.5 (22.1 – 47.5)
Rhode Island 275 33.5 4.9 (23.9 – 43.1) 98 16.2 4.6 (7.2 – 25.2)
Texas 389 27.2 3.5 (20.3 – 34.1) 169 25.3 5.8 (13.9 – 36.7)
Utah 229 29.6 4.1 (21.6 – 37.6) 102 16.0 4.0 (8.2 – 23.8)
Vermont 391 36.7 3.1 (30.6 – 42.8) 154 22.0 4.3 (13.6 – 30.4)
Virginia 216 40.6 6.9 (27.1 – 54.1) 95 30.2 6.7 (17.1 – 43.3)
Washington 502 34.8 3.3 (28.3 – 41.3) 241 32.1 4.6 (23.1 – 41.1)
West Virginia 247 46.7 4.2 (38.5 – 54.9) 66 39.4 8.1 (23.5 – 55.3)
Wisconsin 239 29.3 4.4 (20.7 – 37.9) 72 36.2 8.9 (18.8 – 53.6)
35 areas total 10,541 33.3 1.1 (31.1 – 35.5) 4,068 26.1 1.4 (23.4 – 28.8)
Median   33.6       25.7    
Range   21.7-54.8       12.9-42.4    

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