TABLE 3a. Estimated percent for time since first diagnosis among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2008

State/Territory Sample
size±
5 or fewer years More than 5 years
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Arizona 148 22 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 126 81.9 6.9 (68.4 – 95.4)
California 410 61 17.4 3.0 (11.5 – 23.3) 349 82.6 3.0 (76.7 – 88.5)
Connecticut 242 42 12.2 2.5 (7.3 – 17.1) 200 87.8 2.5 (82.9 – 92.7)
District of Columbia 148 20 11.8 3.1 (5.7 – 17.9) 128 88.2 3.1 (82.1 – 94.3)
Florida 304 47 10.7 2.6 (5.6 – 15.8) 257 89.3 2.6 (84.2 – 94.4)
Georgia 208 31 11.6 3.0 (5.7 – 17.5) 177 88.4 3.0 (82.5 – 94.3)
Hawaii 315 35 9.0 2.0 (5.1 – 12.9) 280 91.0 2.0 (87.1 – 94.9)
Illinois 231 39 16.3 4.0 (8.5 – 24.1) 192 83.7 4.0 (75.9 – 91.5)
Indiana 238 34 10.8 2.8 (5.3 – 16.3) 204 89.2 2.8 (83.7 – 94.7)
Iowa 247 29 15.7 4.5 (6.9 – 24.5) 218 84.3 4.5 (75.5 – 93.1)
Kansas 423 56 12.2 2.7 (6.9 – 17.5) 367 87.8 2.7 (82.5 – 93.1)
Maine 397 68 14.1 2.1 (10.0 – 18.2) 329 85.9 2.1 (81.8 – 90.0)
Maryland 335 51 13.9 2.7 (8.6 – 19.2) 284 86.1 2.7 (80.8 – 91.4)
Massachusetts 309 40 12.6 2.9 (6.9 – 18.3) 269 87.4 2.9 (81.7 – 93.1)
Michigan 518 93 16.8 2.7 (11.5 – 22.1) 425 83.2 2.7 (77.9 – 88.5)
Missouri 243 41 18.5 4.1 (10.5 – 26.5) 202 81.5 4.1 (73.5 – 89.5)
Montana 239 24 10.2 2.8 (4.7 – 15.7) 215 89.8 2.8 (84.3 – 95.3)
Nebraska 581 88 12.3 2.6 (7.2 – 17.4) 493 87.7 2.6 (82.6 – 92.8)
Nevada 194 32 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 162 84.6 4.9 (75.0 – 94.2)
New Hampshire 328 36 13.0 2.8 (7.5 – 18.5) 292 87.0 2.8 (81.5 – 92.5)
New Jersey 320 41 10.3 2.1 (6.2 – 14.4) 279 89.7 2.1 (85.6 – 93.8)
New Mexico 273 37 12.4 3.1 (6.3 – 18.5) 236 87.6 3.1 (81.5 – 93.7)
New York 312 28 15.3 4.4 (6.7 – 23.9) 284 84.7 4.4 (76.1 – 93.3)
North Dakota 204 29 14.9 3.8 (7.5 – 22.3) 175 85.1 3.8 (77.7 – 92.5)
Ohio 347 55 12.0 2.2 (7.7 – 16.3) 292 88.0 2.2 (83.7 – 92.3)
Oklahoma 285 42 16.7 3.7 (9.4 – 24.0) 243 83.3 3.7 (76.0 – 90.6)
Oregon 274 41 14.0 3.1 (7.9 – 20.1) 233 86.0 3.1 (79.9 – 92.1)
Rhode Island 275 36 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 239 82.6 5.4 (72.0 – 93.2)
Texas 390 57 13.3 2.7 (8.0 – 18.6) 333 86.7 2.7 (81.4 – 92.0)
Utah 233 32 16.1 3.3 (9.6 – 22.6) 201 83.9 3.3 (77.4 – 90.4)
Vermont 389 48 9.3 1.5 (6.4 – 12.2) 341 90.7 1.5 (87.8 – 93.6)
Virginia 218 35 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 183 78.1 8.2 (62.0 – 94.2)
Washington 503 70 13.4 2.5 (8.5 – 18.3) 433 86.6 2.5 (81.7 – 91.5)
West Virginia 246 36 11.2 2.3 (6.7 – 15.7) 210 88.8 2.3 (84.3 – 93.3)
Wisconsin 239 31 10.5 2.8 (5.0 – 16.0) 208 89.5 2.8 (84.0 – 95.0)
35 areas total 10,566 1,507 14.6 0.9 (12.8 – 16.4) 9,059 85.4 0.9 (83.6 – 87.2)
Median     12.6       86.7    
Range     9.0-18.5       78.1-91.0    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have 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