TABLE 12. Estimated percent of children allowed to carry medication in school among children1 with current2 asthma status who attended school in the past year3 by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006-2010
State/Territory
Current
Sample
size±
%
SE§
95% CI†
Arizona
96
27.4
6.5
(14.7 – 40.1)
California
145
52.4
5.5
(41.6 – 63.2)
Connecticut
305
37.7
3.7
(30.4 – 45.0)
District of Columbia
95
46.3
6.4
(33.8 – 58.8)
Georgia
289
62.5
3.9
(54.9 – 70.1)
Hawaii
313
59.8
3.6
(52.7 – 66.9)
Illinois
154
66.4
4.8
(57.0 – 75.8)
Indiana
289
50.3
3.8
(42.9 – 57.7)
Iowa
208
65.7
3.9
(58.1 – 73.3)
Kansas
497
44.9
2.7
(39.6 – 50.2)
Louisiana
86
40.5
6.3
(28.2 – 52.8)
Maine
242
55.2
3.8
(47.8 – 62.6)
Maryland
311
39.7
3.6
(32.6 – 46.8)
Massachusetts
229
39.6
4.5
(30.8 – 48.4)
Michigan
403
54.4
3.2
(48.1 – 60.7)
Mississippi
58
54.6
8.7
(37.5 – 71.7)
Missouri
199
40.7
5.0
(30.9 – 50.5)
Montana
184
65.4
4.7
(56.2 – 74.6)
Nebraska
404
47.3
4.0
(39.5 – 55.1)
New Hampshire
126
58.0
5.0
(48.2 – 67.8)
New Jersey
263
45.7
4.1
(37.7 – 53.7)
New Mexico
206
61.5
4.4
(52.9 – 70.1)
New York
238
45.3
4.3
(36.9 – 53.7)
North Dakota
86
77.3
5.3
(66.9 – 87.7)
Ohio
184
57.3
5.6
(46.3 – 68.3)
Oklahoma
206
55.4
4.4
(46.8 – 64.0)
Oregon
161
44.9
4.8
(35.5 – 54.3)
Pennsylvania
109
47.2
6.6
(34.3 – 60.1)
Rhode Island
139
47.7
5.5
(36.9 – 58.5)
Texas
409
45.9
4.0
(38.1 – 53.7)
Utah
291
72.9
3.5
(66.0 – 79.8)
Vermont
320
48.6
3.3
(42.1 – 55.1)
Virginia
70
28.2
5.9
(16.6 – 39.8)
Washington
284
60.3
3.7
(53.0 – 67.6)
West Virginia
158
40.1
4.4
(31.5 – 48.7)
Wisconsin
122
62.5
7.0
(48.8 – 76.2)
36 state total
7,879
49.8
1.2
(47.4 – 52.2)
Median
49.5
Range
27.4-77.3
1 Aged < 18 years
2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
3 Attended school outside the home. Home Schooled are excluded
± Sample size is for multiple years of participation. Responses of “Don’t Know” and “Refused” are excluded.
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