TABLE 2. Estimated percent of active1 and inactive2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2007
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Active | Inactive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Alaska | 160 | 114 | 67.5 | 6.1 | (55.5 – 79.5) | 46 | 32.5 | 6.1 | (20.5 – 44.5) |
| Arizona | 219 | 179 | 82.4 | 4.1 | (74.4 – 90.4) | 40 | 17.6 | 4.1 | (9.6 – 25.6) |
| California | 286 | 216 | 73.5 | 4.0 | (65.7 – 81.3) | 70 | 26.5 | 4.0 | (18.7 – 34.3) |
| Colorado | 386 | 292 | 71.8 | 3.5 | (64.9 – 78.7) | 94 | 28.2 | 3.5 | (21.3 – 35.1) |
| Connecticut | 389 | 290 | 70.9 | 3.8 | (63.5 – 78.3) | 99 | 29.1 | 3.8 | (21.7 – 36.5) |
| District of Columbia | 189 | 134 | 63.9 | 5.0 | (54.1 – 73.7) | 55 | 36.1 | 5.0 | (26.3 – 45.9) |
| Florida | 904 | 664 | 69.0 | 3.9 | (61.4 – 76.6) | 240 | 31.0 | 3.9 | (23.4 – 38.6) |
| Georgia | 389 | 302 | 69.1 | 3.7 | (61.8 – 76.4) | 87 | 30.9 | 3.7 | (23.6 – 38.2) |
| Hawaii | 494 | 310 | 60.3 | 3.4 | (53.6 – 67.0) | 184 | 39.7 | 3.4 | (33.0 – 46.4) |
| Illinois | 280 | 228 | 79.2 | 3.5 | (72.3 – 86.1) | 52 | 20.8 | 3.5 | (13.9 – 27.7) |
| Indiana | 391 | 319 | 73.3 | 4.0 | (65.5 – 81.1) | 72 | 26.7 | 4.0 | (18.9 – 34.5) |
| Iowa | 291 | 221 | 75.5 | 3.8 | (68.1 – 82.9) | 70 | 24.5 | 3.8 | (17.1 – 31.9) |
| Kansas | 545 | 427 | 71.6 | 3.2 | (65.3 – 77.9) | 118 | 28.4 | 3.2 | (22.1 – 34.7) |
| Maine | 472 | 390 | 79.9 | 2.7 | (74.6 – 85.2) | 82 | 20.1 | 2.7 | (14.8 – 25.4) |
| Maryland | 446 | 337 | 72.0 | 3.1 | (65.9 – 78.1) | 109 | 28.0 | 3.1 | (21.9 – 34.1) |
| Massachusetts | 246 | 199 | 79.4 | 5.4 | (68.8 – 90.0) | 47 | 20.6 | 5.4 | (10.0 – 31.2) |
| Michigan | 551 | 442 | 77.5 | 2.7 | (72.2 – 82.8) | 109 | 22.5 | 2.7 | (17.2 – 27.8) |
| Missouri | 313 | 249 | 70.2 | 4.6 | (61.2 – 79.2) | 64 | 29.8 | 4.6 | (20.8 – 38.8) |
| Montana | 326 | 253 | 78.0 | 3.3 | (71.5 – 84.5) | 73 | 22.0 | 3.3 | (15.5 – 28.5) |
| Nebraska | 572 | 446 | 68.4 | 4.7 | (59.2 – 77.6) | 126 | 31.6 | 4.7 | (22.4 – 40.8) |
| Nevada | 311 | 224 | 66.0 | 4.9 | (56.4 – 75.6) | 87 | 34.0 | 4.9 | (24.4 – 43.6) |
| New Hampshire | 325 | 250 | 71.7 | 3.6 | (64.6 – 78.8) | 75 | 28.3 | 3.6 | (21.2 – 35.4) |
| New Mexico | 379 | 283 | 66.7 | 4.2 | (58.5 – 74.9) | 96 | 33.3 | 4.2 | (25.1 – 41.5) |
| New York | 385 | 317 | 77.6 | 3.5 | (70.7 – 84.5) | 68 | 22.4 | 3.5 | (15.5 – 29.3) |
| Ohio | 561 | 442 | 76.3 | 3.2 | (70.0 – 82.6) | 119 | 23.7 | 3.2 | (17.4 – 30.0) |
| Oklahoma | 390 | 288 | 68.6 | 3.6 | (61.5 – 75.7) | 102 | 31.4 | 3.6 | (24.3 – 38.5) |
| Oregon | 488 | 343 | 65.2 | 3.5 | (58.3 – 72.1) | 145 | 34.8 | 3.5 | (27.9 – 41.7) |
| Pennsylvania | 307 | 247 | 79.5 | 3.1 | (73.4 – 85.6) | 60 | 20.5 | 3.1 | (14.4 – 26.6) |
| Texas | 395 | 293 | 67.3 | 4.8 | (57.9 – 76.7) | 102 | 32.7 | 4.8 | (23.3 – 42.1) |
| Utah | 338 | 233 | 63.4 | 4.0 | (55.6 – 71.2) | 105 | 36.6 | 4.0 | (28.8 – 44.4) |
| Vermont | 530 | 402 | 67.4 | 3.1 | (61.3 – 73.5) | 128 | 32.6 | 3.1 | (26.5 – 38.7) |
| Washington | 2,346 | 1,708 | 66.8 | 1.6 | (63.7 – 69.9) | 638 | 33.2 | 1.6 | (30.1 – 36.3) |
| West Virginia | 326 | 265 | 76.3 | 3.5 | (69.4 – 83.2) | 61 | 23.7 | 3.5 | (16.8 – 30.6) |
| Wisconsin | 315 | 263 | 77.8 | 5.1 | (67.8 – 87.8) | 52 | 22.2 | 5.1 | (12.2 – 32.2) |
| 34 areas total | 15,245 | 11,570 | 73.4 | 1.0 | (71.4 – 75.4) | 3,675 | 26.6 | 1.0 | (24.6 – 28.6) |
| Median | 71.7 | 28.4 | |||||||
| Range | 60.3-82.4 | 17.6-39.7 | |||||||
1 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma
2 Reported none of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma
3 Aged ≥ 18 years
± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval
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