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 Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

State/Territory Current Former
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 271 48.9 6.1 (36.9 – 60.9) 54 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Arizona 221 42.5 7.5 (27.8 – 57.2) 67 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 315 31.9 4.3 (23.5 – 40.3) 106 16.9 4.8 (7.5 – 26.3)
Connecticut 242 31.7 4.7 (22.5 – 40.9) 72 44.6 11.4 (22.3 – 66.9)
District of Columbia 97 25.7 7.5 (11.0 – 40.4) 37 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Florida 217 47.3 7.9 (31.8 – 62.8) 55 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Georgia 142 40.0 7.6 (25.1 – 54.9) 65 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Hawaii 145 25.5 6.8 (12.2 – 38.8) 61 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Illinois 205 51.1 6.6 (38.2 – 64.0) 57 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Indiana 242 36.5 5.7 (25.3 – 47.7) 52 43.2 10.7 (22.2 – 64.2)
Iowa 198 26.4 5.4 (15.8 – 37.0) 53 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Kansas 390 31.2 4.1 (23.2 – 39.2) 87 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Louisiana 260 29.5 5.7 (18.3 – 40.7) 80 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Maine 213 50.8 5.8 (39.4 – 62.2) 45 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Massachusetts 200 39.3 5.9 (27.7 – 50.9) 74 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Michigan 449 39.4 4.3 (31.0 – 47.8) 105 25.4 6.7 (12.3 – 38.5)
Mississippi 262 38.1 6.1 (26.1 – 50.1) 63 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Missouri 226 47.6 6.7 (34.5 – 60.7) 65 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Montana 278 30.5 5.0 (20.7 – 40.3) 75 47.3 11.3 (25.2 – 69.4)
Nebraska 507 40.7 4.3 (32.3 – 49.1) 170 13.0 3.3 (6.5 – 19.5)
Nevada 141 37.4 8.2 (21.3 – 53.5) 42 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 267 40.4 5.2 (30.2 – 50.6) 82 42.8 8.5 (26.1 – 59.5)
New Jersey 383 36.9 5.2 (26.7 – 47.1) 103 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Mexico 295 34.3 4.8 (24.9 – 43.7) 51 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New York 172 33.9 6.2 (21.7 – 46.1) 50 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
North Carolina 157 39.8 7.8 (24.5 – 55.1) 51 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
North Dakota 147 28.6 6.8 (15.3 – 41.9) 29 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Ohio 395 36.8 5.7 (25.6 – 48.0) 80 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Oklahoma 213 33.5 5.6 (22.5 – 44.5) 52 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Oregon 200 36.5 5.7 (25.3 – 47.7) 64 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Pennsylvania 577 33.3 5.0 (23.5 – 43.1) 158 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Rhode Island 188 41.7 6.4 (29.2 – 54.2) 48 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Texas 210 48.6 9.1 (30.8 – 66.4) 73 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Vermont 237 45.3 5.3 (34.9 – 55.7) 59 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Washington 460 35.0 4.0 (27.2 – 42.8) 152 24.8 5.6 (13.8 – 35.8)
West Virginia 210 34.3 4.5 (25.5 – 43.1) 26 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Wisconsin 182 52.7 7.8 (37.4 – 68.0) 35 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
37 state total 9,514 38.7 1.5 (35.8 – 41.6) 2,598 25.8 2.4 (21.1 – 30.5)
Median   36.9       34.1    
Range   25.5-52.7       13.0-47.3    

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

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

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± Landline 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