TABLE 5b. Estimated percent reporting routine doctor visits in the past year among adults1 with active2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006

State/Territory Sample
size±
One or more routine visits No routine visits3
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alaska 131 68 50.3 6.9 (36.8 – 63.8) 63 49.7 6.9 (36.2 – 63.2)
Arizona 160 95 44.4 7.3 (30.1 – 58.7) 65 55.6 7.3 (41.3 – 69.9)
California 265 136 45.5 4.1 (37.5 – 53.5) 129 54.5 4.1 (46.5 – 62.5)
Colorado 291 141 49.1 3.8 (41.7 – 56.5) 150 50.9 3.8 (43.5 – 58.3)
Connecticut 357 217 56.4 3.9 (48.8 – 64.0) 140 43.6 3.9 (36.0 – 51.2)
District of Columbia 138 74 43.8 6.5 (31.1 – 56.5) 64 56.2 6.5 (43.5 – 68.9)
Georgia 271 156 56.9 4.7 (47.7 – 66.1) 115 43.1 4.7 (33.9 – 52.3)
Hawaii 247 132 53.3 4.4 (44.7 – 61.9) 115 46.7 4.4 (38.1 – 55.3)
Indiana 335 198 51.5 3.4 (44.8 – 58.2) 137 48.5 3.4 (41.8 – 55.2)
Iowa 192 100 50.2 4.2 (42.0 – 58.4) 92 49.8 4.2 (41.6 – 58.0)
Kansas 398 203 48.5 3.4 (41.8 – 55.2) 195 51.5 3.4 (44.8 – 58.2)
Maine 194 119 56.2 4.7 (47.0 – 65.4) 75 43.8 4.7 (34.6 – 53.0)
Maryland 333 189 56.7 4.0 (48.9 – 64.5) 144 43.3 4.0 (35.5 – 51.1)
Massachusetts 280 188 67.7 4.9 (58.1 – 77.3) 92 32.3 4.9 (22.7 – 41.9)
Michigan 344 199 50.9 3.5 (44.0 – 57.8) 145 49.1 3.5 (42.2 – 56.0)
Missouri 270 155 53.0 5.6 (42.0 – 64.0) 115 47.0 5.6 (36.0 – 58.0)
Montana 213 102 42.0 4.9 (32.4 – 51.6) 111 58.0 4.9 (48.4 – 67.6)
Nebraska 242 141 51.7 5.9 (40.1 – 63.3) 101 48.3 5.9 (36.7 – 59.9)
New Hampshire 259 163 62.4 4.0 (54.6 – 70.2) 96 37.6 4.0 (29.8 – 45.4)
New York 291 179 59.4 4.0 (51.6 – 67.2) 112 40.6 4.0 (32.8 – 48.4)
Oregon 322 150 43.6 4.5 (34.8 – 52.4) 172 56.4 4.5 (47.6 – 65.2)
Texas 246 136 47.9 6.4 (35.4 – 60.4) 110 52.1 6.4 (39.6 – 64.6)
Vermont 430 233 48.6 3.1 (42.5 – 54.7) 197 51.4 3.1 (45.3 – 57.5)
Washington 1,595 776 43.3 1.9 (39.6 – 47.0) 819 56.7 1.9 (53.0 – 60.4)
Wisconsin 224 137 56.4 5.6 (45.4 – 67.4) 87 43.6 5.6 (32.6 – 54.6)
25 areas total 8,028 4,387 51.3 1.5 (48.4 – 54.2) 3,641 48.7 1.5 (45.8 – 51.6)
Median     50.9       49.1    
Range     42.0-67.7       32.3-58.0    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

2 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

3 No doctor visits or no routine doctor visits

± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”

§ Standard error

Confidence interval