TABLE 4b. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults1 with active2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Attack in past year | No attack in past year | No symptoms in past year | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Alaska | 132 | 75 | 54.7 | 7.0 | (41.0 – 68.4) | 50 | 40.5 | 7.0 | (26.8 – 54.2) | 7 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Arizona | 161 | 91 | 45.1 | 7.5 | (30.4 – 59.8) | 52 | 43.8 | 8.0 | (28.1 – 59.5) | 18 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 267 | 141 | 53.1 | 4.1 | (45.1 – 61.1) | 103 | 37.8 | 3.9 | (30.2 – 45.4) | 23 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Colorado | 291 | 146 | 52.8 | 3.8 | (45.4 – 60.2) | 127 | 41.9 | 3.7 | (34.6 – 49.2) | 18 | 5.3 | 1.4 | (2.6 – 8.0) |
| Connecticut | 354 | 175 | 45.8 | 4.0 | (38.0 – 53.6) | 148 | 42.1 | 3.9 | (34.5 – 49.7) | 31 | 12.1 | 2.8 | (6.6 – 17.6) |
| District of Columbia | 142 | 67 | 45.5 | 6.6 | (32.6 – 58.4) | 60 | 47.0 | 7.0 | (33.3 – 60.7) | 15 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Georgia | 273 | 153 | 53.4 | 5.1 | (43.4 – 63.4) | 91 | 36.5 | 5.2 | (26.3 – 46.7) | 29 | 10.2 | 2.5 | (5.3 – 15.1) |
| Hawaii | 247 | 110 | 41.7 | 4.4 | (33.1 – 50.3) | 100 | 46.6 | 4.4 | (38.0 – 55.2) | 37 | 11.7 | 2.6 | (6.6 – 16.8) |
| Indiana | 333 | 182 | 56.8 | 3.4 | (50.1 – 63.5) | 125 | 36.2 | 3.3 | (29.7 – 42.7) | 26 | 7.0 | 1.7 | (3.7 – 10.3) |
| Iowa | 191 | 89 | 46.9 | 4.1 | (38.9 – 54.9) | 82 | 40.7 | 4.0 | (32.9 – 48.5) | 20 | 12.4 | 3.0 | (6.5 – 18.3) |
| Kansas | 397 | 207 | 52.8 | 3.4 | (46.1 – 59.5) | 157 | 40.0 | 3.4 | (33.3 – 46.7) | 33 | 7.1 | 1.6 | (4.0 – 10.2) |
| Maine | 193 | 110 | 56.5 | 4.6 | (47.5 – 65.5) | 69 | 37.8 | 4.5 | (29.0 – 46.6) | 14 | 5.7 | 1.6 | (2.6 – 8.8) |
| Maryland | 336 | 152 | 42.5 | 4.0 | (34.7 – 50.3) | 141 | 40.8 | 4.0 | (33.0 – 48.6) | 43 | 16.7 | 3.7 | (9.4 – 24.0) |
| Massachusetts | 280 | 131 | 44.8 | 5.1 | (34.8 – 54.8) | 117 | 40.4 | 4.9 | (30.8 – 50.0) | 32 | 14.8 | 3.9 | (7.2 – 22.4) |
| Michigan | 341 | 172 | 50.5 | 3.5 | (43.6 – 57.4) | 141 | 41.4 | 3.4 | (34.7 – 48.1) | 28 | 8.1 | 2.1 | (4.0 – 12.2) |
| Missouri | 270 | 156 | 56.1 | 5.4 | (45.5 – 66.7) | 103 | 37.1 | 5.0 | (27.3 – 46.9) | 11 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Montana | 216 | 116 | 48.1 | 5.0 | (38.3 – 57.9) | 75 | 40.0 | 5.3 | (29.6 – 50.4) | 25 | 11.9 | 2.8 | (6.4 – 17.4) |
| Nebraska | 242 | 118 | 48.3 | 6.0 | (36.5 – 60.1) | 107 | 42.8 | 6.1 | (30.8 – 54.8) | 17 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Hampshire | 262 | 136 | 46.5 | 4.2 | (38.3 – 54.7) | 96 | 39.3 | 4.0 | (31.5 – 47.1) | 30 | 14.2 | 3.4 | (7.5 – 20.9) |
| New York | 295 | 147 | 44.7 | 4.0 | (36.9 – 52.5) | 121 | 46.6 | 4.1 | (38.6 – 54.6) | 27 | 8.7 | 2.2 | (4.4 – 13.0) |
| Oregon | 319 | 157 | 49.7 | 4.4 | (41.1 – 58.3) | 135 | 41.4 | 4.2 | (33.2 – 49.6) | 27 | 8.9 | 2.6 | (3.8 – 14.0) |
| Texas | 251 | 129 | 55.1 | 6.9 | (41.6 – 68.6) | 91 | 37.9 | 6.9 | (24.4 – 51.4) | 31 | 6.9 | 1.6 | (3.8 – 10.0) |
| Vermont | 434 | 199 | 43.2 | 3.1 | (37.1 – 49.3) | 204 | 47.8 | 3.1 | (41.7 – 53.9) | 31 | 9.0 | 2.1 | (4.9 – 13.1) |
| Washington | 1,594 | 847 | 50.7 | 2.0 | (46.8 – 54.6) | 626 | 41.2 | 2.0 | (37.3 – 45.1) | 121 | 8.0 | 1.0 | (6.0 – 10.0) |
| Wisconsin | 186 | 99 | 54.1 | 6.2 | (41.9 – 66.3) | 72 | 40.7 | 6.2 | (28.5 – 52.9) | 15 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| 25 areas total | 8,007 | 4,105 | 50.7 | 1.5 | (47.8 – 53.6) | 3,193 | 40.3 | 1.5 | (37.4 – 43.2) | 709 | 9.0 | 0.8 | (7.4 – 10.6) |
| Median | 49.7 | 40.7 | 9.0 | ||||||||||
| Range | 41.7-56.8 | 36.2-47.8 | 5.3-16.7 | ||||||||||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 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
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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