TABLE 8b. Estimated percent advised to make environmental changes for active1 and inactive2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2010

State/Territory Active Inactive
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 322 36.1 4.4 (27.5 – 44.7) 71 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Arizona 286 37.1 5.8 (25.7 – 48.5) 106 30.6 8.2 (14.5 – 46.7)
California 545 37.3 3.0 (31.4 – 43.2) 134 20.3 4.3 (11.9 – 28.7)
Connecticut 283 42.8 4.9 (33.2 – 52.4) 70 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
District of Columbia 151 53.1 5.5 (42.3 – 63.9) 61 26.1 7.4 (11.6 – 40.6)
Florida 447 49.2 5.0 (39.4 – 59.0) 144 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Georgia 177 40.2 5.5 (29.4 – 51.0) 55 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Hawaii 286 22.7 3.7 (15.4 – 30.0) 165 7.1 2.1 (3.0 – 11.2)
Illinois 173 47.4 5.7 (36.2 – 58.6) 54 28.0 7.6 (13.1 – 42.9)
Indiana 504 44.1 3.5 (37.2 – 51.0) 158 31.1 6.2 (18.9 – 43.3)
Iowa 270 35.9 4.7 (26.7 – 45.1) 79 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Kansas 442 30.9 3.8 (23.5 – 38.3) 124 17.4 4.5 (8.6 – 26.2)
Louisiana 202 32.6 5.3 (22.2 – 43.0) 60 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Maine 484 44.8 3.4 (38.1 – 51.5) 163 34.6 6.0 (22.8 – 46.4)
Maryland 285 44.3 5.5 (33.5 – 55.1) 92 22.3 5.7 (11.1 – 33.5)
Massachusetts 234 39.7 5.5 (28.9 – 50.5) 63 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Michigan 577 39.6 3.3 (33.1 – 46.1) 141 36.9 6.4 (24.4 – 49.4)
Mississippi 344 33.5 3.7 (26.2 – 40.8) 86 26.2 7.5 (11.5 – 40.9)
Missouri 282 44.8 4.9 (35.2 – 54.4) 73 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Montana 340 29.1 4.0 (21.3 – 36.9) 116 21.0 5.4 (10.4 – 31.6)
Nebraska 635 28.5 2.9 (22.8 – 34.2) 183 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Nevada 169 29.6 5.9 (18.0 – 41.2) 42 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 304 48.4 4.5 (39.6 – 57.2) 69 26.7 7.1 (12.8 – 40.6)
New Jersey 377 34.9 4.2 (26.7 – 43.1) 90 18.5 5.2 (8.3 – 28.7)
New Mexico 351 29.0 4.0 (21.2 – 36.8) 106 29.1 8.2 (13.0 – 45.2)
New York 143 44.6 5.8 (33.2 – 56.0) 41 35.1 10.3 (14.9 – 55.3)
North Dakota 186 32.9 5.7 (21.7 – 44.1) 51 37.0 9.5 (18.4 – 55.6)
Ohio 383 34.7 4.2 (26.5 – 42.9) 90 47.4 8.4 (30.9 – 63.9)
Oklahoma 365 41.4 4.1 (33.4 – 49.4) 90 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Oregon 233 36.1 5.5 (25.3 – 46.9) 99 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Pennsylvania 436 43.5 3.5 (36.6 – 50.4) 104 31.4 6.7 (18.3 – 44.5)
Rhode Island 350 38.9 4.1 (30.9 – 46.9) 92 20.4 5.8 (9.0 – 31.8)
Texas 718 37.1 4.8 (27.7 – 46.5) 251 31.7 6.4 (19.2 – 44.2)
Utah 463 31.1 3.5 (24.2 – 38.0) 182 14.0 4.1 (6.0 – 22.0)
Vermont 436 35.7 3.4 (29.0 – 42.4) 117 25.9 6.9 (12.4 – 39.4)
Washington 701 37.4 2.9 (31.7 – 43.1) 321 26.0 4.1 (18.0 – 34.0)
West Virginia 203 33.6 4.8 (24.2 – 43.0) 58 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Wisconsin 243 40.4 6.0 (28.6 – 52.2) 60 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Puerto Rico 160 36.5 6.9 (23.0 – 50.0) 51 46.7 13.9 (19.5 – 73.9)
39 state total 13,490 39.8 1.0 (37.8 – 41.8) 4,112 26.5 1.7 (23.2 – 29.8)
Median   37.1       26.7    
Range   22.7-53.1       7.1-47.4    

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

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