TABLE 13. Estimated percent with activity limitations among adults1 with current2 or active3 asthma status by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2008
| State/Territory | Current | Active | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | |
| Arizona | 148 | 63.1 | 8.3 | (46.8 – 79.4) | 154 | 62.8 | 8.4 | (46.3 – 79.3) |
| California | 410 | 57.7 | 3.8 | (50.3 – 65.1) | 442 | 57.6 | 3.6 | (50.5 – 64.7) |
| Connecticut | 237 | 49.1 | 5.5 | (38.3 – 59.9) | 250 | 48.2 | 5.2 | (38.0 – 58.4) |
| District of Columbia | 144 | 52.8 | 6.1 | (40.8 – 64.8) | 157 | 52.8 | 5.9 | (41.2 – 64.4) |
| Florida | 308 | 63.6 | 6.1 | (51.6 – 75.6) | 343 | 60.0 | 5.7 | (48.8 – 71.2) |
| Georgia | 209 | 65.2 | 6.0 | (53.4 – 77.0) | 225 | 64.0 | 5.8 | (52.6 – 75.4) |
| Hawaii | 313 | 57.4 | 4.1 | (49.4 – 65.4) | 324 | 59.0 | 4.1 | (51.0 – 67.0) |
| Illinois | 232 | 57.1 | 4.5 | (48.3 – 65.9) | 258 | 54.6 | 4.5 | (45.8 – 63.4) |
| Indiana | 239 | 60.7 | 4.3 | (52.3 – 69.1) | 260 | 62.8 | 4.3 | (54.4 – 71.2) |
| Iowa | 245 | 61.2 | 5.0 | (51.4 – 71.0) | 253 | 61.4 | 4.9 | (51.8 – 71.0) |
| Kansas | 419 | 64.6 | 3.3 | (58.1 – 71.1) | 437 | 61.8 | 3.6 | (54.7 – 68.9) |
| Maine | 395 | 62.9 | 3.2 | (56.6 – 69.2) | 424 | 60.2 | 3.1 | (54.1 – 66.3) |
| Maryland | 328 | 63.5 | 4.2 | (55.3 – 71.7) | 347 | 60.9 | 4.1 | (52.9 – 68.9) |
| Massachusetts | 306 | 51.0 | 4.8 | (41.6 – 60.4) | 333 | 48.8 | 4.6 | (39.8 – 57.8) |
| Michigan | 515 | 51.4 | 4.0 | (43.6 – 59.2) | 560 | 49.7 | 3.7 | (42.4 – 57.0) |
| Missouri | 241 | 75.1 | 4.2 | (66.9 – 83.3) | 265 | 69.2 | 4.3 | (60.8 – 77.6) |
| Montana | 238 | 64.9 | 4.5 | (56.1 – 73.7) | 243 | 60.6 | 4.6 | (51.6 – 69.6) |
| Nebraska | 578 | 58.6 | 4.7 | (49.4 – 67.8) | 611 | 59.0 | 4.6 | (50.0 – 68.0) |
| Nevada | 194 | 64.4 | 6.1 | (52.4 – 76.4) | 210 | 63.7 | 5.7 | (52.5 – 74.9) |
| New Hampshire | 320 | 59.0 | 3.8 | (51.6 – 66.4) | 348 | 58.6 | 3.6 | (51.5 – 65.7) |
| New Jersey | 319 | 59.2 | 4.9 | (49.6 – 68.8) | 356 | 54.7 | 4.5 | (45.9 – 63.5) |
| New Mexico | 271 | 69.2 | 4.4 | (60.6 – 77.8) | 288 | 67.9 | 4.3 | (59.5 – 76.3) |
| New York | 313 | 58.6 | 4.5 | (49.8 – 67.4) | 359 | 56.2 | 4.3 | (47.8 – 64.6) |
| North Dakota | 202 | 67.9 | 4.5 | (59.1 – 76.7) | 210 | 63.9 | 4.5 | (55.1 – 72.7) |
| Ohio | 334 | 60.7 | 5.4 | (50.1 – 71.3) | 368 | 58.5 | 5.0 | (48.7 – 68.3) |
| Oklahoma | 285 | 69.3 | 4.0 | (61.5 – 77.1) | 302 | 67.6 | 3.8 | (60.2 – 75.0) |
| Oregon | 271 | 57.0 | 4.2 | (48.8 – 65.2) | 300 | 56.9 | 4.3 | (48.5 – 65.3) |
| Rhode Island | 272 | 58.7 | 5.4 | (48.1 – 69.3) | 300 | 54.9 | 5.2 | (44.7 – 65.1) |
| Texas | 374 | 61.7 | 4.6 | (52.7 – 70.7) | 409 | 60.8 | 4.7 | (51.6 – 70.0) |
| Utah | 233 | 59.4 | 4.6 | (50.4 – 68.4) | 248 | 56.5 | 4.7 | (47.3 – 65.7) |
| Vermont | 390 | 58.8 | 3.3 | (52.3 – 65.3) | 429 | 54.9 | 3.2 | (48.6 – 61.2) |
| Virginia | 217 | 64.5 | 7.7 | (49.4 – 79.6) | 233 | 63.0 | 7.4 | (48.5 – 77.5) |
| Washington | 504 | 58.1 | 3.7 | (50.8 – 65.4) | 560 | 54.3 | 3.4 | (47.6 – 61.0) |
| West Virginia | 248 | 73.2 | 3.5 | (66.3 – 80.1) | 265 | 71.5 | 3.5 | (64.6 – 78.4) |
| Wisconsin | 239 | 61.1 | 4.8 | (51.7 – 70.5) | 248 | 56.4 | 5.5 | (45.6 – 67.2) |
| 35 areas total | 10,491 | 60.2 | 1.2 | (57.8 – 62.6) | 11,319 | 58.4 | 1.1 | (56.2 – 60.6) |
| Median | 60.7 | 59.0 | ||||||
| Range | 49.1-75.1 | 48.2-71.5 | ||||||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
3 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma
± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval
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