TABLE 3a. Estimated percent for time since first diagnosis among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2007

State/Territory Sample
size±
5 or fewer years More than 5 years
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alaska 97 19 20.0 5.9 (8.4 – 31.6) 78 80.0 5.9 (68.4 – 91.6)
Arizona 164 34 23.2 5.9 (11.6 – 34.8) 130 76.8 5.9 (65.2 – 88.4)
California 197 29 11.1 2.4 (6.4 – 15.8) 168 88.9 2.4 (84.2 – 93.6)
Colorado 269 43 14.0 2.7 (8.7 – 19.3) 226 86.0 2.7 (80.7 – 91.3)
Connecticut 269 50 17.4 3.2 (11.1 – 23.7) 219 82.6 3.2 (76.3 – 88.9)
District of Columbia 118 13 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 105 90.3 3.2 (84.0 – 96.6)
Florida 604 79 10.0 2.4 (5.3 – 14.7) 525 90.0 2.4 (85.3 – 94.7)
Georgia 268 46 16.0 2.7 (10.7 – 21.3) 222 84.0 2.7 (78.7 – 89.3)
Hawaii 304 41 13.1 2.7 (7.8 – 18.4) 263 86.9 2.7 (81.6 – 92.2)
Illinois 209 32 14.6 3.0 (8.7 – 20.5) 177 85.4 3.0 (79.5 – 91.3)
Indiana 306 62 20.2 3.3 (13.7 – 26.7) 244 79.8 3.3 (73.3 – 86.3)
Iowa 205 28 13.1 3.9 (5.5 – 20.7) 177 86.9 3.9 (79.3 – 94.5)
Kansas 405 59 11.8 1.9 (8.1 – 15.5) 346 88.2 1.9 (84.5 – 91.9)
Maine 371 58 16.2 2.9 (10.5 – 21.9) 313 83.8 2.9 (78.1 – 89.5)
Maryland 298 56 15.5 2.7 (10.2 – 20.8) 242 84.5 2.7 (79.2 – 89.8)
Massachusetts 181 16 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 165 91.7 2.5 (86.8 – 96.6)
Michigan 401 41 9.6 2.6 (4.5 – 14.7) 360 90.4 2.6 (85.3 – 95.5)
Missouri 247 52 23.1 3.9 (15.5 – 30.7) 195 76.9 3.9 (69.3 – 84.5)
Montana 246 27 12.3 3.4 (5.6 – 19.0) 219 87.7 3.4 (81.0 – 94.4)
Nebraska 426 58 13.4 3.1 (7.3 – 19.5) 368 86.6 3.1 (80.5 – 92.7)
Nevada 204 38 15.6 3.1 (9.5 – 21.7) 166 84.4 3.1 (78.3 – 90.5)
New Hampshire 232 37 13.4 2.8 (7.9 – 18.9) 195 86.6 2.8 (81.1 – 92.1)
New Mexico 244 32 10.7 2.3 (6.2 – 15.2) 212 89.3 2.3 (84.8 – 93.8)
New York 284 40 15.4 3.1 (9.3 – 21.5) 244 84.6 3.1 (78.5 – 90.7)
Ohio 409 92 18.7 2.6 (13.6 – 23.8) 317 81.3 2.6 (76.2 – 86.4)
Oklahoma 280 46 15.8 3.0 (9.9 – 21.7) 234 84.2 3.0 (78.3 – 90.1)
Oregon 318 52 22.4 4.4 (13.8 – 31.0) 266 77.6 4.4 (69.0 – 86.2)
Pennsylvania 218 31 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 187 88.7 3.4 (82.0 – 95.4)
Texas 267 42 11.6 2.6 (6.5 – 16.7) 225 88.4 2.6 (83.3 – 93.5)
Utah 220 31 15.1 3.1 (9.0 – 21.2) 189 84.9 3.1 (78.8 – 91.0)
Vermont 383 51 14.7 2.6 (9.6 – 19.8) 332 85.3 2.6 (80.2 – 90.4)
Washington 1,548 226 16.4 1.8 (12.9 – 19.9) 1,322 83.6 1.8 (80.1 – 87.1)
West Virginia 254 54 17.6 2.8 (12.1 – 23.1) 200 82.4 2.8 (76.9 – 87.9)
Wisconsin 234 42 16.7 3.4 (10.0 – 23.4) 192 83.3 3.4 (76.6 – 90.0)
34 areas total 10,680 1,657 14.1 0.7 (12.7 – 15.5) 9,023 85.9 0.7 (84.5 – 87.3)
Median     15.4       85.1    
Range     9.6-23.2       76.8-91.7    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± 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