TABLE 4a. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2008
| 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 | ||
| Arizona | 149 | 69 | 43.3 | 9.0 | (25.7 – 60.9) | 60 | 40.1 | 9.7 | (21.1 – 59.1) | 20 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 411 | 203 | 48.8 | 3.9 | (41.2 – 56.4) | 151 | 36.0 | 3.7 | (28.7 – 43.3) | 57 | 15.2 | 2.6 | (10.1 – 20.3) |
| Connecticut | 240 | 112 | 51.1 | 5.4 | (40.5 – 61.7) | 96 | 35.4 | 5.1 | (25.4 – 45.4) | 32 | 13.5 | 3.5 | (6.6 – 20.4) |
| District of Columbia | 147 | 67 | 44.5 | 5.9 | (32.9 – 56.1) | 61 | 43.4 | 6.3 | (31.1 – 55.7) | 19 | 12.1 | 3.4 | (5.4 – 18.8) |
| Florida | 305 | 157 | 46.6 | 5.7 | (35.4 – 57.8) | 112 | 40.5 | 6.2 | (28.3 – 52.7) | 36 | 12.9 | 3.4 | (6.2 – 19.6) |
| Georgia | 208 | 96 | 46.8 | 6.7 | (33.7 – 59.9) | 88 | 41.1 | 6.7 | (28.0 – 54.2) | 24 | 12.0 | 3.6 | (4.9 – 19.1) |
| Hawaii | 313 | 142 | 46.3 | 4.2 | (38.1 – 54.5) | 112 | 36.1 | 4.3 | (27.7 – 44.5) | 59 | 17.5 | 2.8 | (12.0 – 23.0) |
| Illinois | 231 | 104 | 40.9 | 4.3 | (32.5 – 49.3) | 103 | 47.2 | 4.5 | (38.4 – 56.0) | 24 | 11.9 | 2.8 | (6.4 – 17.4) |
| Indiana | 238 | 125 | 54.0 | 4.9 | (44.4 – 63.6) | 94 | 34.6 | 4.7 | (25.4 – 43.8) | 19 | 11.4 | 3.3 | (4.9 – 17.9) |
| Iowa | 246 | 110 | 47.3 | 5.3 | (36.9 – 57.7) | 108 | 39.4 | 5.2 | (29.2 – 49.6) | 28 | 13.3 | 3.2 | (7.0 – 19.6) |
| Kansas | 416 | 205 | 47.7 | 3.5 | (40.8 – 54.6) | 173 | 39.5 | 3.4 | (32.8 – 46.2) | 38 | 12.8 | 2.6 | (7.7 – 17.9) |
| Maine | 396 | 179 | 47.4 | 3.5 | (40.5 – 54.3) | 165 | 41.1 | 3.5 | (34.2 – 48.0) | 52 | 11.5 | 2.1 | (7.4 – 15.6) |
| Maryland | 331 | 182 | 50.0 | 4.4 | (41.4 – 58.6) | 110 | 33.3 | 3.9 | (25.7 – 40.9) | 39 | 16.8 | 4.4 | (8.2 – 25.4) |
| Massachusetts | 305 | 147 | 49.0 | 4.8 | (39.6 – 58.4) | 121 | 39.0 | 4.5 | (30.2 – 47.8) | 37 | 12.0 | 2.7 | (6.7 – 17.3) |
| Michigan | 510 | 280 | 50.3 | 3.9 | (42.7 – 57.9) | 188 | 40.4 | 4.1 | (32.4 – 48.4) | 42 | 9.3 | 2.1 | (5.2 – 13.4) |
| Missouri | 241 | 132 | 51.6 | 6.0 | (39.8 – 63.4) | 93 | 40.8 | 6.2 | (28.6 – 53.0) | 16 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Montana | 239 | 122 | 47.9 | 4.7 | (38.7 – 57.1) | 73 | 30.3 | 4.1 | (22.3 – 38.3) | 44 | 21.8 | 4.6 | (12.8 – 30.8) |
| Nebraska | 577 | 294 | 51.9 | 4.5 | (43.1 – 60.7) | 207 | 37.3 | 4.5 | (28.5 – 46.1) | 76 | 10.9 | 2.0 | (7.0 – 14.8) |
| Nevada | 194 | 101 | 55.3 | 6.0 | (43.5 – 67.1) | 71 | 35.8 | 5.8 | (24.4 – 47.2) | 22 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Hampshire | 328 | 167 | 54.3 | 3.7 | (47.0 – 61.6) | 126 | 37.8 | 3.6 | (30.7 – 44.9) | 35 | 7.9 | 1.7 | (4.6 – 11.2) |
| New Jersey | 319 | 160 | 46.0 | 4.5 | (37.2 – 54.8) | 123 | 41.1 | 4.8 | (31.7 – 50.5) | 36 | 12.9 | 3.6 | (5.8 – 20.0) |
| New Mexico | 269 | 145 | 52.0 | 4.8 | (42.6 – 61.4) | 92 | 36.8 | 4.7 | (27.6 – 46.0) | 32 | 11.2 | 2.5 | (6.3 – 16.1) |
| New York | 308 | 163 | 51.3 | 4.4 | (42.7 – 59.9) | 113 | 40.4 | 4.5 | (31.6 – 49.2) | 32 | 8.3 | 1.8 | (4.8 – 11.8) |
| North Dakota | 204 | 109 | 52.8 | 5.2 | (42.6 – 63.0) | 69 | 32.1 | 4.7 | (22.9 – 41.3) | 26 | 15.1 | 4.0 | (7.3 – 22.9) |
| Ohio | 343 | 190 | 61.8 | 4.9 | (52.2 – 71.4) | 119 | 31.6 | 4.7 | (22.4 – 40.8) | 34 | 6.6 | 1.6 | (3.5 – 9.7) |
| Oklahoma | 283 | 164 | 52.5 | 4.2 | (44.3 – 60.7) | 102 | 40.8 | 4.3 | (32.4 – 49.2) | 17 | 6.6 | 1.8 | (3.1 – 10.1) |
| Oregon | 272 | 154 | 57.6 | 4.2 | (49.4 – 65.8) | 90 | 34.4 | 4.1 | (26.4 – 42.4) | 28 | 8.0 | 1.7 | (4.7 – 11.3) |
| Rhode Island | 274 | 135 | 47.4 | 5.2 | (37.2 – 57.6) | 109 | 41.0 | 5.7 | (29.8 – 52.2) | 30 | 11.7 | 3.0 | (5.8 – 17.6) |
| Texas | 387 | 207 | 52.0 | 4.5 | (43.2 – 60.8) | 143 | 37.1 | 4.3 | (28.7 – 45.5) | 37 | 11.0 | 2.5 | (6.1 – 15.9) |
| Utah | 232 | 130 | 55.0 | 4.8 | (45.6 – 64.4) | 73 | 29.1 | 4.3 | (20.7 – 37.5) | 29 | 15.9 | 3.7 | (8.6 – 23.2) |
| Vermont | 389 | 171 | 42.3 | 3.3 | (35.8 – 48.8) | 177 | 49.1 | 3.4 | (42.4 – 55.8) | 41 | 8.6 | 1.5 | (5.7 – 11.5) |
| Virginia | 216 | 122 | 48.3 | 7.1 | (34.4 – 62.2) | 69 | 35.0 | 6.5 | (22.3 – 47.7) | 25 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Washington | 499 | 281 | 50.6 | 3.6 | (43.5 – 57.7) | 172 | 38.9 | 3.6 | (31.8 – 46.0) | 46 | 10.5 | 2.5 | (5.6 – 15.4) |
| West Virginia | 247 | 135 | 57.0 | 4.1 | (49.0 – 65.0) | 90 | 31.4 | 3.6 | (24.3 – 38.5) | 22 | 11.6 | 3.4 | (4.9 – 18.3) |
| Wisconsin | 239 | 120 | 51.0 | 5.2 | (40.8 – 61.2) | 92 | 37.0 | 4.9 | (27.4 – 46.6) | 27 | 11.9 | 2.9 | (6.2 – 17.6) |
| 35 areas total | 10,506 | 5,380 | 49.9 | 1.2 | (47.5 – 52.3) | 3,945 | 38.1 | 1.2 | (35.7 – 40.5) | 1,181 | 12.0 | 0.8 | (10.4 – 13.6) |
| Median | 50.3 | 37.8 | 11.9 | ||||||||||
| Range | 40.9-61.8 | 29.1-49.1 | 6.6-21.8 | ||||||||||
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
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