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, 2007
| 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 | 111 | 58 | 51.6 | 7.2 | (37.5 – 65.7) | 40 | 41.6 | 7.2 | (27.5 – 55.7) | 13 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Arizona | 179 | 94 | 60.3 | 6.2 | (48.1 – 72.5) | 72 | 30.2 | 5.2 | (20.0 – 40.4) | 13 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 216 | 113 | 46.1 | 5.5 | (35.3 – 56.9) | 81 | 39.5 | 5.3 | (29.1 – 49.9) | 22 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Colorado | 289 | 138 | 45.7 | 4.3 | (37.3 – 54.1) | 118 | 43.1 | 4.3 | (34.7 – 51.5) | 33 | 11.2 | 2.4 | (6.5 – 15.9) |
| Connecticut | 287 | 136 | 44.8 | 5.0 | (35.0 – 54.6) | 111 | 38.4 | 4.8 | (29.0 – 47.8) | 40 | 16.8 | 4.7 | (7.6 – 26.0) |
| District of Columbia | 134 | 57 | 43.2 | 5.7 | (32.0 – 54.4) | 61 | 45.0 | 5.5 | (34.2 – 55.8) | 16 | 11.7 | 3.3 | (5.2 – 18.2) |
| Florida | 588 | 326 | 56.4 | 5.2 | (46.2 – 66.6) | 208 | 32.5 | 4.9 | (22.9 – 42.1) | 54 | 11.1 | 2.9 | (5.4 – 16.8) |
| Georgia | 298 | 164 | 53.3 | 4.0 | (45.5 – 61.1) | 114 | 36.8 | 3.7 | (29.5 – 44.1) | 20 | 9.9 | 2.8 | (4.4 – 15.4) |
| Hawaii | 309 | 143 | 45.8 | 4.3 | (37.4 – 54.2) | 123 | 39.0 | 4.2 | (30.8 – 47.2) | 43 | 15.2 | 3.6 | (8.1 – 22.3) |
| Illinois | 228 | 108 | 44.4 | 4.5 | (35.6 – 53.2) | 95 | 42.7 | 4.6 | (33.7 – 51.7) | 25 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Indiana | 315 | 166 | 50.3 | 4.0 | (42.5 – 58.1) | 132 | 45.6 | 4.0 | (37.8 – 53.4) | 17 | 4.1 | 1.2 | (1.7 – 6.5) |
| Iowa | 219 | 94 | 38.6 | 4.6 | (29.6 – 47.6) | 103 | 52.7 | 4.8 | (43.3 – 62.1) | 22 | 8.7 | 2.2 | (4.4 – 13.0) |
| Kansas | 396 | 194 | 49.2 | 4.1 | (41.2 – 57.2) | 175 | 45.4 | 4.2 | (37.2 – 53.6) | 27 | 5.4 | 1.2 | (3.0 – 7.8) |
| Maine | 389 | 199 | 49.0 | 4.0 | (41.2 – 56.8) | 159 | 43.9 | 4.1 | (35.9 – 51.9) | 31 | 7.2 | 1.6 | (4.1 – 10.3) |
| Maryland | 336 | 164 | 50.6 | 3.9 | (43.0 – 58.2) | 133 | 37.5 | 3.7 | (30.2 – 44.8) | 39 | 11.9 | 2.5 | (7.0 – 16.8) |
| Massachusetts | 199 | 96 | 52.5 | 6.3 | (40.2 – 64.8) | 81 | 33.1 | 5.3 | (22.7 – 43.5) | 22 | 14.5 | 4.3 | (6.1 – 22.9) |
| Michigan | 436 | 226 | 50.3 | 3.7 | (43.0 – 57.6) | 177 | 43.4 | 3.7 | (36.1 – 50.7) | 33 | 6.3 | 1.4 | (3.6 – 9.0) |
| Missouri | 246 | 159 | 70.2 | 4.5 | (61.4 – 79.0) | 75 | 26.2 | 4.4 | (17.6 – 34.8) | 12 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Montana | 251 | 126 | 60.2 | 4.5 | (51.4 – 69.0) | 99 | 31.8 | 4.1 | (23.8 – 39.8) | 26 | 7.9 | 2.2 | (3.6 – 12.2) |
| Nebraska | 441 | 217 | 39.1 | 4.6 | (30.1 – 48.1) | 181 | 47.2 | 5.2 | (37.0 – 57.4) | 43 | 13.7 | 3.9 | (6.1 – 21.3) |
| Nevada | 221 | 109 | 42.7 | 5.2 | (32.5 – 52.9) | 91 | 48.8 | 5.4 | (38.2 – 59.4) | 21 | 8.5 | 2.2 | (4.2 – 12.8) |
| New Hampshire | 248 | 131 | 52.1 | 4.3 | (43.7 – 60.5) | 91 | 39.2 | 4.2 | (31.0 – 47.4) | 26 | 8.8 | 2.3 | (4.3 – 13.3) |
| New Mexico | 278 | 145 | 58.7 | 4.3 | (50.3 – 67.1) | 110 | 31.4 | 3.7 | (24.1 – 38.7) | 23 | 10.0 | 2.6 | (4.9 – 15.1) |
| New York | 316 | 155 | 50.0 | 3.9 | (42.4 – 57.6) | 138 | 39.7 | 3.7 | (32.4 – 47.0) | 23 | 10.3 | 2.9 | (4.6 – 16.0) |
| Ohio | 438 | 231 | 52.1 | 4.3 | (43.7 – 60.5) | 172 | 38.2 | 4.3 | (29.8 – 46.6) | 35 | 9.7 | 2.3 | (5.2 – 14.2) |
| Oklahoma | 283 | 170 | 59.5 | 4.2 | (51.3 – 67.7) | 103 | 38.5 | 4.2 | (30.3 – 46.7) | 10 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Oregon | 340 | 174 | 50.2 | 4.2 | (42.0 – 58.4) | 141 | 40.4 | 4.2 | (32.2 – 48.6) | 25 | 9.4 | 2.5 | (4.5 – 14.3) |
| Pennsylvania | 243 | 108 | 48.5 | 5.1 | (38.5 – 58.5) | 120 | 43.7 | 4.9 | (34.1 – 53.3) | 15 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Texas | 290 | 163 | 56.4 | 4.7 | (47.2 – 65.6) | 97 | 35.3 | 4.9 | (25.7 – 44.9) | 30 | 8.2 | 1.9 | (4.5 – 11.9) |
| Utah | 233 | 144 | 57.5 | 4.4 | (48.9 – 66.1) | 78 | 36.9 | 4.3 | (28.5 – 45.3) | 11 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Vermont | 399 | 166 | 44.3 | 3.3 | (37.8 – 50.8) | 198 | 46.8 | 3.3 | (40.3 – 53.3) | 35 | 8.9 | 2.0 | (5.0 – 12.8) |
| Washington | 1,681 | 843 | 51.6 | 2.0 | (47.7 – 55.5) | 698 | 41.1 | 2.0 | (37.2 – 45.0) | 140 | 7.3 | 0.8 | (5.7 – 8.9) |
| West Virginia | 259 | 149 | 55.5 | 4.5 | (46.7 – 64.3) | 92 | 36.5 | 4.5 | (27.7 – 45.3) | 18 | 8.0 | 2.1 | (3.9 – 12.1) |
| Wisconsin | 263 | 130 | 51.4 | 4.8 | (42.0 – 60.8) | 116 | 43.8 | 4.9 | (34.2 – 53.4) | 17 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| 34 areas total | 11,359 | 5,796 | 51.1 | 1.3 | (48.6 – 53.6) | 4,583 | 39.0 | 1.2 | (36.6 – 41.4) | 980 | 10.0 | 1.2 | (7.6 – 12.4) |
| Median | 50.5 | 39.6 | 9.4 | ||||||||||
| Range | 38.6-70.2 | 26.2-52.7 | 4.1-16.8 | ||||||||||
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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