TABLE 8a. Estimated percent advised to make environmental changes for current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2012
| State/Territory | Current | Former | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | |
| Alabama | 271 | 48.9 | 6.1 | (36.9 – 60.9) | 54 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Arizona | 221 | 42.5 | 7.5 | (27.8 – 57.2) | 67 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 315 | 31.9 | 4.3 | (23.5 – 40.3) | 106 | 16.9 | 4.8 | (7.5 – 26.3) |
| Connecticut | 242 | 31.7 | 4.7 | (22.5 – 40.9) | 72 | 44.6 | 11.4 | (22.3 – 66.9) |
| District of Columbia | 97 | 25.7 | 7.5 | (11.0 – 40.4) | 37 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Florida | 217 | 47.3 | 7.9 | (31.8 – 62.8) | 55 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Georgia | 142 | 40.0 | 7.6 | (25.1 – 54.9) | 65 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Hawaii | 145 | 25.5 | 6.8 | (12.2 – 38.8) | 61 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Illinois | 205 | 51.1 | 6.6 | (38.2 – 64.0) | 57 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Indiana | 242 | 36.5 | 5.7 | (25.3 – 47.7) | 52 | 43.2 | 10.7 | (22.2 – 64.2) |
| Iowa | 198 | 26.4 | 5.4 | (15.8 – 37.0) | 53 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Kansas | 390 | 31.2 | 4.1 | (23.2 – 39.2) | 87 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Louisiana | 260 | 29.5 | 5.7 | (18.3 – 40.7) | 80 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Maine | 213 | 50.8 | 5.8 | (39.4 – 62.2) | 45 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Massachusetts | 200 | 39.3 | 5.9 | (27.7 – 50.9) | 74 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Michigan | 449 | 39.4 | 4.3 | (31.0 – 47.8) | 105 | 25.4 | 6.7 | (12.3 – 38.5) |
| Mississippi | 262 | 38.1 | 6.1 | (26.1 – 50.1) | 63 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Missouri | 226 | 47.6 | 6.7 | (34.5 – 60.7) | 65 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Montana | 278 | 30.5 | 5.0 | (20.7 – 40.3) | 75 | 47.3 | 11.3 | (25.2 – 69.4) |
| Nebraska | 507 | 40.7 | 4.3 | (32.3 – 49.1) | 170 | 13.0 | 3.3 | (6.5 – 19.5) |
| Nevada | 141 | 37.4 | 8.2 | (21.3 – 53.5) | 42 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Hampshire | 267 | 40.4 | 5.2 | (30.2 – 50.6) | 82 | 42.8 | 8.5 | (26.1 – 59.5) |
| New Jersey | 383 | 36.9 | 5.2 | (26.7 – 47.1) | 103 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Mexico | 295 | 34.3 | 4.8 | (24.9 – 43.7) | 51 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New York | 172 | 33.9 | 6.2 | (21.7 – 46.1) | 50 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| North Carolina | 157 | 39.8 | 7.8 | (24.5 – 55.1) | 51 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| North Dakota | 147 | 28.6 | 6.8 | (15.3 – 41.9) | 29 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Ohio | 395 | 36.8 | 5.7 | (25.6 – 48.0) | 80 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Oklahoma | 213 | 33.5 | 5.6 | (22.5 – 44.5) | 52 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Oregon | 200 | 36.5 | 5.7 | (25.3 – 47.7) | 64 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Pennsylvania | 577 | 33.3 | 5.0 | (23.5 – 43.1) | 158 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Rhode Island | 188 | 41.7 | 6.4 | (29.2 – 54.2) | 48 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Texas | 210 | 48.6 | 9.1 | (30.8 – 66.4) | 73 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Vermont | 237 | 45.3 | 5.3 | (34.9 – 55.7) | 59 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Washington | 460 | 35.0 | 4.0 | (27.2 – 42.8) | 152 | 24.8 | 5.6 | (13.8 – 35.8) |
| West Virginia | 210 | 34.3 | 4.5 | (25.5 – 43.1) | 26 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Wisconsin | 182 | 52.7 | 7.8 | (37.4 – 68.0) | 35 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| 37 state total | 9,514 | 38.7 | 1.5 | (35.8 – 41.6) | 2,598 | 25.8 | 2.4 | (21.1 – 30.5) |
| Median | 36.9 | 34.1 | ||||||
| Range | 25.5-52.7 | 13.0-47.3 | ||||||
1 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
2 “No” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
3 Aged ≥ 18 years
± Landline 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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