TABLE 1. Estimated percent of current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Current | Former | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Alaska | 173 | 130 | 73.9 | 5.3 | (63.5 – 84.3) | 43 | 26.1 | 5.3 | (15.7 – 36.5) |
| Arizona | 226 | 154 | 58.2 | 8.1 | (42.3 – 74.1) | 72 | 41.8 | 8.1 | (25.9 – 57.7) |
| California | 351 | 245 | 70.9 | 3.4 | (64.2 – 77.6) | 106 | 29.1 | 3.4 | (22.4 – 35.8) |
| Colorado | 374 | 275 | 71.6 | 3.0 | (65.7 – 77.5) | 99 | 28.4 | 3.0 | (22.5 – 34.3) |
| Connecticut | 438 | 328 | 71.5 | 3.3 | (65.0 – 78.0) | 110 | 28.5 | 3.3 | (22.0 – 35.0) |
| District of Columbia | 195 | 131 | 65.2 | 5.0 | (55.4 – 75.0) | 64 | 34.8 | 5.0 | (25.0 – 44.6) |
| Georgia | 372 | 261 | 61.9 | 4.3 | (53.5 – 70.3) | 111 | 38.1 | 4.3 | (29.7 – 46.5) |
| Hawaii | 392 | 223 | 52.3 | 3.7 | (45.0 – 59.6) | 169 | 47.7 | 3.7 | (40.4 – 55.0) |
| Indiana | 432 | 319 | 65.7 | 3.4 | (59.0 – 72.4) | 113 | 34.3 | 3.4 | (27.6 – 41.0) |
| Iowa | 268 | 180 | 62.7 | 4.0 | (54.9 – 70.5) | 88 | 37.3 | 4.0 | (29.5 – 45.1) |
| Kansas | 501 | 397 | 71.8 | 3.1 | (65.7 – 77.9) | 104 | 28.2 | 3.1 | (22.1 – 34.3) |
| Maine | 236 | 182 | 75.5 | 3.3 | (69.0 – 82.0) | 54 | 24.5 | 3.3 | (18.0 – 31.0) |
| Maryland | 416 | 294 | 64.2 | 4.6 | (55.2 – 73.2) | 122 | 35.8 | 4.6 | (26.8 – 44.8) |
| Massachusetts | 367 | 272 | 59.7 | 4.5 | (50.9 – 68.5) | 95 | 40.3 | 4.5 | (31.5 – 49.1) |
| Michigan | 406 | 322 | 75.1 | 3.0 | (69.2 – 81.0) | 84 | 24.9 | 3.0 | (19.0 – 30.8) |
| Missouri | 353 | 259 | 68.3 | 4.7 | (59.1 – 77.5) | 94 | 31.7 | 4.7 | (22.5 – 40.9) |
| Montana | 292 | 208 | 66.1 | 3.8 | (58.7 – 73.5) | 84 | 33.9 | 3.8 | (26.5 – 41.3) |
| Nebraska | 296 | 230 | 59.4 | 8.9 | (42.0 – 76.8) | 66 | 40.6 | 8.9 | (23.2 – 58.0) |
| New Hampshire | 320 | 238 | 67.7 | 4.0 | (59.9 – 75.5) | 82 | 32.3 | 4.0 | (24.5 – 40.1) |
| New York | 361 | 276 | 72.0 | 3.4 | (65.3 – 78.7) | 85 | 28.0 | 3.4 | (21.3 – 34.7) |
| Oregon | 438 | 294 | 61.8 | 3.5 | (54.9 – 68.7) | 144 | 38.2 | 3.5 | (31.3 – 45.1) |
| Texas | 320 | 233 | 57.8 | 6.2 | (45.6 – 70.0) | 87 | 42.2 | 6.2 | (30.0 – 54.4) |
| Vermont | 566 | 419 | 72.0 | 2.6 | (66.9 – 77.1) | 147 | 28.0 | 2.6 | (22.9 – 33.1) |
| Washington | 2,145 | 1,479 | 63.3 | 1.8 | (59.8 – 66.8) | 666 | 36.7 | 1.8 | (33.2 – 40.2) |
| Wisconsin | 291 | 223 | 75.0 | 3.8 | (67.6 – 82.4) | 68 | 25.0 | 3.8 | (17.6 – 32.4) |
| 25 areas total | 10,529 | 7,572 | 66.9 | 1.3 | (64.4 – 69.4) | 2,957 | 33.1 | 1.3 | (30.6 – 35.6) |
| Median | 66.1 | 33.9 | |||||||
| Range | 52.3-75.5 | 24.5-47.7 | |||||||
1 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
2 “No” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
3 Aged ≥ 18 years
± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval
Page last reviewed: August 1, 2014