Multiple Year (2006 ~ 2010) Child Asthma Call-back Survey Prevalence Tables

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TABLE 5b. Estimated percent reporting routine doctor visits in the past year among children¹ with active² asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006-2010
State/Territory	Sample size^±	One or more routine visits				No routine visits³
State/Territory	Sample size^±	Sample size	%	SE^§	95% CI^†	Sample size	%	SE	95% CI
Arizona	148	105	72.9	5.0	(63.1 – 82.7)	43	27.1	5.0	(17.3 – 36.9)
California	215	147	73.7	3.4	(67.0 – 80.4)	68	26.3	3.4	(19.6 – 33.0)
Connecticut	423	298	68.4	2.9	(62.7 – 74.1)	125	31.6	2.9	(25.9 – 37.3)
District of Columbia	147	108	74.3	4.3	(65.9 – 82.7)	39	25.7	4.3	(17.3 – 34.1)
Georgia	410	303	77.6	2.6	(72.5 – 82.7)	107	22.4	2.6	(17.3 – 27.5)
Hawaii	449	274	65.8	2.8	(60.3 – 71.3)	175	34.2	2.8	(28.7 – 39.7)
Illinois	200	142	67.3	4.5	(58.5 – 76.1)	58	32.7	4.5	(23.9 – 41.5)
Indiana	386	283	74.3	2.8	(68.8 – 79.8)	103	25.7	2.8	(20.2 – 31.2)
Iowa	280	183	62.2	3.4	(55.5 – 68.9)	97	37.8	3.4	(31.1 – 44.5)
Kansas	665	473	71.4	2.1	(67.3 – 75.5)	192	28.6	2.1	(24.5 – 32.7)
Louisiana	118	83	72.8	4.9	(63.2 – 82.4)	35	27.2	4.9	(17.6 – 36.8)
Maine	343	252	73.7	2.7	(68.4 – 79.0)	91	26.3	2.7	(21.0 – 31.6)
Maryland	474	337	72.6	2.6	(67.5 – 77.7)	137	27.4	2.6	(22.3 – 32.5)
Massachusetts	318	239	76.4	3.3	(69.9 – 82.9)	79	23.6	3.3	(17.1 – 30.1)
Michigan	546	407	74.7	2.3	(70.2 – 79.2)	139	25.3	2.3	(20.8 – 29.8)
Mississippi	95	72	77.8	5.0	(68.0 – 87.6)	23	22.2	5.0	(12.4 – 32.0)
Missouri	252	177	68.9	4.3	(60.5 – 77.3)	75	31.1	4.3	(22.7 – 39.5)
Montana	255	168	69.2	3.4	(62.5 – 75.9)	87	30.8	3.4	(24.1 – 37.5)
Nebraska	539	361	68.1	3.4	(61.4 – 74.8)	178	31.9	3.4	(25.2 – 38.6)
New Hampshire	177	131	71.3	4.4	(62.7 – 79.9)	46	28.7	4.4	(20.1 – 37.3)
New Jersey	346	255	76.0	3.2	(69.7 – 82.3)	91	24.0	3.2	(17.7 – 30.3)
New Mexico	257	164	62.7	4.2	(54.5 – 70.9)	93	37.3	4.2	(29.1 – 45.5)
New York	343	252	75.3	3.1	(69.2 – 81.4)	91	24.7	3.1	(18.6 – 30.8)
North Dakota	123	83	65.0	5.3	(54.6 – 75.4)	40	35.0	5.3	(24.6 – 45.4)
Ohio	259	197	76.7	4.1	(68.7 – 84.7)	62	23.3	4.1	(15.3 – 31.3)
Oklahoma	256	192	74.8	3.3	(68.3 – 81.3)	64	25.2	3.3	(18.7 – 31.7)
Oregon	227	137	64.5	3.8	(57.1 – 71.9)	90	35.5	3.8	(28.1 – 42.9)
Pennsylvania	157	125	78.2	4.7	(69.0 – 87.4)	32	21.8	4.7	(12.6 – 31.0)
Rhode Island	188	128	68.5	3.9	(60.9 – 76.1)	60	31.5	3.9	(23.9 – 39.1)
Texas	567	398	68.8	3.4	(62.1 – 75.5)	169	31.2	3.4	(24.5 – 37.9)
Utah	421	271	67.7	2.9	(62.0 – 73.4)	150	32.3	2.9	(26.6 – 38.0)
Vermont	447	316	71.4	2.5	(66.5 – 76.3)	131	28.6	2.5	(23.7 – 33.5)
Virginia	100	70	71.5	7.4	(57.0 – 86.0)	30	28.5	7.4	(14.0 – 43.0)
Washington	397	262	65.1	3.1	(59.0 – 71.2)	135	34.9	3.1	(28.8 – 41.0)
West Virginia	222	172	80.2	2.8	(74.7 – 85.7)	50	19.8	2.8	(14.3 – 25.3)
Wisconsin	200	144	73.6	3.9	(66.0 – 81.2)	56	26.4	3.9	(18.8 – 34.0)
36 state total	10,950	7,709	72.8	0.9	(71.0 – 74.6)	3,241	27.2	0.9	(25.4 – 29.0)
Median			72.1				28.0
Range			62.2-80.2				19.8-37.8

¹ Aged < 18 years

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

³ No doctor visits or no routine doctor visits

^± Sample size is for multiple years of participation. Responses of “Don’t Know” and “Refused” are excluded.

^§ Standard error

^† Confidence interval

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