TABLE 4a. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2007
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Attack in past year | No attack in past year | No symptoms in past year | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Alaska | 97 | 54 | 50.6 | 7.8 | (35.3 – 65.9) | 34 | 39.9 | 7.8 | (24.6 – 55.2) | 9 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Arizona | 165 | 91 | 66.0 | 5.6 | (55.0 – 77.0) | 65 | 31.2 | 5.4 | (20.6 – 41.8) | 9 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 197 | 107 | 51.8 | 4.8 | (42.4 – 61.2) | 65 | 37.6 | 4.7 | (28.4 – 46.8) | 25 | 10.6 | 2.5 | (5.7 – 15.5) |
| Colorado | 267 | 131 | 46.3 | 4.5 | (37.5 – 55.1) | 107 | 41.3 | 4.4 | (32.7 – 49.9) | 29 | 12.4 | 3.1 | (6.3 – 18.5) |
| Connecticut | 267 | 130 | 45.9 | 5.2 | (35.7 – 56.1) | 101 | 36.7 | 4.9 | (27.1 – 46.3) | 36 | 17.4 | 5.0 | (7.6 – 27.2) |
| District of Columbia | 119 | 53 | 45.1 | 6.1 | (33.1 – 57.1) | 52 | 42.4 | 5.8 | (31.0 – 53.8) | 14 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Florida | 594 | 322 | 56.1 | 5.3 | (45.7 – 66.5) | 203 | 32.0 | 4.9 | (22.4 – 41.6) | 69 | 11.9 | 3.4 | (5.2 – 18.6) |
| Georgia | 265 | 157 | 57.4 | 4.1 | (49.4 – 65.4) | 92 | 33.6 | 3.9 | (26.0 – 41.2) | 16 | 9.0 | 2.6 | (3.9 – 14.1) |
| Hawaii | 304 | 128 | 42.6 | 4.3 | (34.2 – 51.0) | 110 | 34.8 | 4.1 | (26.8 – 42.8) | 66 | 22.6 | 4.0 | (14.8 – 30.4) |
| Illinois | 209 | 106 | 49.0 | 4.6 | (40.0 – 58.0) | 85 | 43.1 | 4.7 | (33.9 – 52.3) | 18 | 7.9 | 2.2 | (3.6 – 12.2) |
| Indiana | 304 | 158 | 48.0 | 4.2 | (39.8 – 56.2) | 117 | 40.4 | 4.1 | (32.4 – 48.4) | 29 | 11.6 | 3.3 | (5.1 – 18.1) |
| Iowa | 203 | 89 | 40.5 | 4.9 | (30.9 – 50.1) | 87 | 47.7 | 5.1 | (37.7 – 57.7) | 27 | 11.8 | 2.5 | (6.9 – 16.7) |
| Kansas | 374 | 182 | 44.6 | 4.2 | (36.4 – 52.8) | 151 | 41.3 | 4.4 | (32.7 – 49.9) | 41 | 14.1 | 3.4 | (7.4 – 20.8) |
| Maine | 371 | 190 | 49.2 | 4.1 | (41.2 – 57.2) | 142 | 40.9 | 4.2 | (32.7 – 49.1) | 39 | 9.9 | 2.0 | (6.0 – 13.8) |
| Maryland | 297 | 150 | 54.5 | 4.1 | (46.5 – 62.5) | 108 | 34.4 | 3.9 | (26.8 – 42.0) | 39 | 11.0 | 2.4 | (6.3 – 15.7) |
| Massachusetts | 181 | 94 | 55.2 | 6.5 | (42.5 – 67.9) | 71 | 31.7 | 5.4 | (21.1 – 42.3) | 16 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Michigan | 397 | 213 | 51.8 | 3.9 | (44.2 – 59.4) | 155 | 42.3 | 3.9 | (34.7 – 49.9) | 29 | 5.8 | 1.2 | (3.4 – 8.2) |
| Missouri | 246 | 155 | 65.5 | 4.8 | (56.1 – 74.9) | 72 | 25.2 | 4.2 | (17.0 – 33.4) | 19 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Montana | 245 | 121 | 57.3 | 4.7 | (48.1 – 66.5) | 91 | 31.6 | 4.1 | (23.6 – 39.6) | 33 | 11.1 | 2.5 | (6.2 – 16.0) |
| Nebraska | 424 | 211 | 38.6 | 4.8 | (29.2 – 48.0) | 161 | 42.0 | 5.5 | (31.2 – 52.8) | 52 | 19.4 | 5.5 | (8.6 – 30.2) |
| Nevada | 202 | 105 | 43.2 | 5.4 | (32.6 – 53.8) | 77 | 47.5 | 5.6 | (36.5 – 58.5) | 20 | 9.3 | 2.5 | (4.4 – 14.2) |
| New Hampshire | 231 | 122 | 50.8 | 4.5 | (42.0 – 59.6) | 80 | 36.1 | 4.3 | (27.7 – 44.5) | 29 | 13.1 | 3.3 | (6.6 – 19.6) |
| New Mexico | 241 | 138 | 63.9 | 4.3 | (55.5 – 72.3) | 86 | 28.5 | 3.8 | (21.1 – 35.9) | 17 | 7.6 | 2.1 | (3.5 – 11.7) |
| New York | 284 | 145 | 52.0 | 4.0 | (44.2 – 59.8) | 119 | 41.3 | 3.9 | (33.7 – 48.9) | 20 | 6.7 | 1.8 | (3.2 – 10.2) |
| Ohio | 406 | 219 | 54.0 | 4.7 | (44.8 – 63.2) | 149 | 34.9 | 4.7 | (25.7 – 44.1) | 38 | 11.1 | 3.3 | (4.6 – 17.6) |
| Oklahoma | 277 | 166 | 60.4 | 4.3 | (52.0 – 68.8) | 95 | 36.8 | 4.3 | (28.4 – 45.2) | 16 | 2.8 | 0.8 | (1.2 – 4.4) |
| Oregon | 315 | 162 | 50.3 | 4.5 | (41.5 – 59.1) | 119 | 36.9 | 4.4 | (28.3 – 45.5) | 34 | 12.8 | 3.1 | (6.7 – 18.9) |
| Pennsylvania | 215 | 101 | 52.3 | 5.5 | (41.5 – 63.1) | 101 | 40.4 | 5.3 | (30.0 – 50.8) | 13 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Texas | 266 | 151 | 51.7 | 5.8 | (40.3 – 63.1) | 83 | 31.7 | 5.6 | (20.7 – 42.7) | 32 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Utah | 220 | 135 | 57.7 | 4.4 | (49.1 – 66.3) | 68 | 34.5 | 4.3 | (26.1 – 42.9) | 17 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Vermont | 382 | 159 | 43.3 | 3.4 | (36.6 – 50.0) | 179 | 44.1 | 3.4 | (37.4 – 50.8) | 44 | 12.6 | 2.4 | (7.9 – 17.3) |
| Washington | 1,530 | 800 | 53.1 | 2.2 | (48.8 – 57.4) | 585 | 37.6 | 2.1 | (33.5 – 41.7) | 145 | 9.3 | 1.1 | (7.1 – 11.5) |
| West Virginia | 250 | 142 | 55.9 | 4.5 | (47.1 – 64.7) | 83 | 34.0 | 4.4 | (25.4 – 42.6) | 25 | 10.1 | 2.2 | (5.8 – 14.4) |
| Wisconsin | 234 | 124 | 56.3 | 4.6 | (47.3 – 65.3) | 98 | 39.2 | 4.5 | (30.4 – 48.0) | 12 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| 34 areas total | 10,579 | 5,511 | 52.9 | 1.2 | (50.5 – 55.3) | 3,991 | 36.9 | 1.2 | (34.5 – 39.3) | 1,077 | 10.2 | 0.9 | (8.4 – 12.0) |
| Median | 51.8 | 37.3 | 11.1 | ||||||||||
| Range | 38.6-66.0 | 25.2-47.7 | 2.8-22.6 | ||||||||||
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
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