2009 Adult Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables and Maps

Table L1
Adult Self-Reported Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Rate (Percent)
and Prevalence (Number) by State or Territory: BRFSS 2009
State Sample
Size
Prevalence
(percent)
Standard
Error
95% CI*
(percent)
||
||
||
Prevalence
(number)
95% CI*
(number)
U.S. Total** 423,457 13.4 0.12 (13.1 – 13.6) || 30,962,440 (30,409,854 – 31,515,027)
AL 6,764 11.9 0.60 (10.7 – 13.0) || 420,024 (377,650 – 462,398)
AK 2,425 14.3 1.07 (12.2 – 16.4) || 72,968 (62,134 – 83,802)
AZ 5,464 15.5 1.02 (13.5 – 17.5) || 752,544 (651,377 – 853,710)
AR 3,995 11.5 0.79 (9.9 – 13.0) || 248,418 (213,923 – 282,913)
CA 17,383 13.6 0.38 (12.8 – 14.3) || 3,802,432 (3,585,010 – 4,019,855)
CO 11,909 13.3 0.48 (12.3 – 14.2) || 498,728 (462,279 – 535,177)
CT 6,481 15.3 0.76 (13.8 – 16.8) || 412,670 (369,942 – 455,397)
DE 4,357 14.3 0.89 (12.6 – 16.1) || 96,170 (83,817 – 108,523)
DC 3,895 16.1 0.84 (14.4 – 17.7) || 76,466 (68,194 – 84,738)
FL 12,025 11.7 0.67 (10.4 – 13.0) || 1,718,734 (1,515,438 – 1,922,031)
GA 5,880 11.3 0.69 (10.0 – 12.6) || 816,188 (715,254 – 917,122)
HI 6,665 16.9 0.71 (15.5 – 18.3) || 169,430 (154,646 – 184,214)
ID 5,380 12.7 0.63 (11.4 – 13.9) || 143,190 (128,831 – 157,549)
IL 5,840 13.3 0.64 (12.0 – 14.5) || 1,288,890 (1,161,841 – 1,415,938)
IN 9,271 13.1 0.56 (12.0 – 14.2) || 630,478 (575,842 – 685,115)
IA 6,010 10.5 0.59 (9.3 – 11.7) || 240,539 (212,933 – 268,145)
KS 18,852 12.6 0.38 (11.8 – 13.3) || 262,757 (246,262 – 279,253)
KY 9,628 14.9 0.68 (13.5 – 16.2) || 487,386 (441,466 – 533,306)
LA 8,862 11.0 0.51 (10.0 – 12.0) || 366,607 (332,289 – 400,925)
ME 8,063 15.2 0.56 (14.1 – 16.3) || 158,837 (146,838 – 170,836)
MD 8,566 13.9 0.59 (12.7 – 15.0) || 594,609 (542,979 – 646,238)
MA 16,679 15.8 0.53 (14.7 – 16.8) || 792,575 (737,059 – 848,092)
MI 9,227 15.8 0.57 (14.6 – 16.9) || 1,204,853 (1,114,296 – 1,295,410)
MN 5,596 9.6 0.60 (8.4 – 10.7) || 379,851 (331,242 – 428,460)
MS 11,165 12.4 0.49 (11.4 – 13.3) || 267,916 (246,188 – 289,645)
MO 5,041 14.5 0.85 (12.8 – 16.1) || 650,013 (570,206 – 729,819)
MT 7,601 12.1 0.57 (11.0 – 13.3) || 91,245 (82,723 – 99,767)
NE 15,940 11.4 0.59 (10.3 – 12.6) || 152,153 (136,113 – 168,193)
NV 3,839 13.9 1.00 (11.9 – 15.9) || 274,211 (234,086 – 314,336)
NH 5,978 16.4 0.78 (14.9 – 17.9) || 169,026 (152,381 – 185,670)
NJ 12,347 12.6 0.48 (11.7 – 13.6) || 836,242 (771,454 – 901,029)
NM 8,813 13.5 0.57 (12.4 – 14.7) || 202,194 (184,830 – 219,557)
NY 6,901 14.4 0.62 (13.2 – 15.6) || 2,143,337 (1,956,321 – 2,330,352)
NC 13,252 12.9 0.54 (11.9 – 14.0) || 908,462 (831,130 – 985,795)
ND 4,752 12.0 0.70 (10.6 – 13.3) || 59,363 (52,311 – 66,415)
OH 9,743 15.0 0.60 (13.8 – 16.1) || 1,304,326 (1,195,953 – 1,412,699)
OK 7,823 15.5 0.61 (14.3 – 16.7) || 426,502 (391,360 – 461,643)
OR 4,283 16.3 0.81 (14.7 – 17.9) || 480,765 (432,026 – 529,504)
PA 9,149 13.4 0.58 (12.3 – 14.6) || 1,300,037 (1,185,769 – 1,414,304)
RI 6,278 15.8 0.71 (14.4 – 17.2) || 130,321 (118,131 – 142,511)
SC 9,828 13.0 0.62 (11.8 – 14.2) || 445,048 (401,570 – 488,526)
SD 6,809 11.5 0.63 (10.3 – 12.7) || 69,510 (61,852 – 77,167)
TN 5,566 11.9 0.69 (10.5 – 13.3) || 568,814 (502,276 – 635,353)
TX 11,568 12.2 0.55 (11.1 – 13.3) || 2,169,750 (1,972,486 – 2,367,015)
UT 10,127 13.7 0.53 (12.6 – 14.7) || 260,012 (239,520 – 280,504)
VT 6,640 14.8 0.61 (13.6 – 16.0) || 72,554 (66,346 – 78,761)
VA 5,170 12.8 0.90 (11.0 – 14.5) || 762,193 (650,379 – 874,006)
WA 20,231 15.1 0.39 (14.4 – 15.9) || 758,633 (718,985 – 798,282)
WV 4,807 12.4 0.62 (11.2 – 13.6) || 176,950 (159,156 – 194,743)
WI 4,546 13.7 0.89 (12.0 – 15.5) || 593,121 (514,173 – 672,069)
WY 6,043 13.5 0.64 (12.2 – 14.7) || 54,401 (49,104 – 59,698)
Territories
GU 1,262 9.6 0.94 (7.7 – 11.4) || 10,138 (8,196 – 12,081)
PR 4,232 15.2 0.74 (13.7 – 16.6) || 431,801 (388,859 – 474,743)
VI 2,507 9.6 0.79 (8.1 – 11.1) || 7,126 (5,955 – 8,297)

Notes:

*CI denotes confidence interval.

**U.S. Total includes 50 states plus the District of Columbia and excludes the three territories.

If values for the standard error and the 95% confidence interval are not provided, the normal approximation

to the binomial distribution does not apply due to small sample size.

When the sample size is less than 50, estimates are not precise and should be interpreted with caution.

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