TABLE 1. Estimated percent of current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2009
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Current | Former | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Arizona | 158 | 115 | 67.3 | 8.4 | (50.8 – 83.8) | 43 | 32.7 | 8.4 | (16.2 – 49.2) |
| California | 702 | 517 | 64.2 | 3.4 | (57.5 – 70.9) | 185 | 35.8 | 3.4 | (29.1 – 42.5) |
| Connecticut | 346 | 237 | 63.6 | 4.1 | (55.6 – 71.6) | 109 | 36.4 | 4.1 | (28.4 – 44.4) |
| District of Columbia | 196 | 134 | 61.6 | 5.3 | (51.2 – 72.0) | 62 | 38.4 | 5.3 | (28.0 – 48.8) |
| Florida | 581 | 419 | 59.5 | 5.3 | (49.1 – 69.9) | 162 | 40.5 | 5.3 | (30.1 – 50.9) |
| Georgia | 257 | 192 | 63.1 | 6.0 | (51.3 – 74.9) | 65 | 36.9 | 6.0 | (25.1 – 48.7) |
| Hawaii | 405 | 279 | 61.9 | 4.1 | (53.9 – 69.9) | 126 | 38.1 | 4.1 | (30.1 – 46.1) |
| Illinois | 278 | 187 | 60.1 | 4.3 | (51.7 – 68.5) | 91 | 39.9 | 4.3 | (31.5 – 48.3) |
| Indiana | 510 | 396 | 76.2 | 2.9 | (70.5 – 81.9) | 114 | 23.8 | 2.9 | (18.1 – 29.5) |
| Iowa | 333 | 233 | 60.3 | 4.7 | (51.1 – 69.5) | 100 | 39.7 | 4.7 | (30.5 – 48.9) |
| Kansas | 1,106 | 834 | 72.6 | 2.3 | (68.1 – 77.1) | 272 | 27.4 | 2.3 | (22.9 – 31.9) |
| Louisiana | 279 | 198 | 66.0 | 5.5 | (55.2 – 76.8) | 81 | 34.0 | 5.5 | (23.2 – 44.8) |
| Maine | 307 | 236 | 78.5 | 3.1 | (72.4 – 84.6) | 71 | 21.5 | 3.1 | (15.4 – 27.6) |
| Maryland | 377 | 269 | 63.1 | 4.3 | (54.7 – 71.5) | 108 | 36.9 | 4.3 | (28.5 – 45.3) |
| Massachusetts | 312 | 227 | 66.2 | 4.5 | (57.4 – 75.0) | 85 | 33.8 | 4.5 | (25.0 – 42.6) |
| Michigan | 648 | 480 | 67.8 | 3.4 | (61.1 – 74.5) | 168 | 32.2 | 3.4 | (25.5 – 38.9) |
| Montana | 437 | 309 | 66.4 | 3.7 | (59.1 – 73.7) | 128 | 33.6 | 3.7 | (26.3 – 40.9) |
| Nebraska | 737 | 549 | 69.2 | 3.8 | (61.8 – 76.6) | 188 | 30.8 | 3.8 | (23.4 – 38.2) |
| Nevada | 175 | 132 | 75.0 | 5.0 | (65.2 – 84.8) | 43 | 25.0 | 5.0 | (15.2 – 34.8) |
| New Hampshire | 342 | 259 | 69.4 | 4.1 | (61.4 – 77.4) | 83 | 30.6 | 4.1 | (22.6 – 38.6) |
| New Jersey | 504 | 365 | 65.9 | 3.7 | (58.6 – 73.2) | 139 | 34.1 | 3.7 | (26.8 – 41.4) |
| New Mexico | 294 | 205 | 60.9 | 4.9 | (51.3 – 70.5) | 89 | 39.1 | 4.9 | (29.5 – 48.7) |
| New York | 430 | 327 | 74.4 | 3.4 | (67.7 – 81.1) | 103 | 25.6 | 3.4 | (18.9 – 32.3) |
| North Dakota | 246 | 192 | 77.4 | 4.0 | (69.6 – 85.2) | 54 | 22.6 | 4.0 | (14.8 – 30.4) |
| Ohio | 383 | 278 | 68.1 | 4.4 | (59.5 – 76.7) | 105 | 31.9 | 4.4 | (23.3 – 40.5) |
| Oklahoma | 385 | 284 | 69.1 | 3.5 | (62.2 – 76.0) | 101 | 30.9 | 3.5 | (24.0 – 37.8) |
| Oregon | 215 | 150 | 70.7 | 4.8 | (61.3 – 80.1) | 65 | 29.3 | 4.8 | (19.9 – 38.7) |
| Rhode Island | 393 | 303 | 72.7 | 3.9 | (65.1 – 80.3) | 90 | 27.3 | 3.9 | (19.7 – 34.9) |
| Texas | 675 | 476 | 54.3 | 4.2 | (46.1 – 62.5) | 199 | 45.7 | 4.2 | (37.5 – 53.9) |
| Utah | 646 | 438 | 60.9 | 3.3 | (54.4 – 67.4) | 208 | 39.1 | 3.3 | (32.6 – 45.6) |
| Vermont | 465 | 360 | 78.8 | 2.8 | (73.3 – 84.3) | 105 | 21.2 | 2.8 | (15.7 – 26.7) |
| Virginia | 256 | 188 | 68.2 | 6.1 | (56.2 – 80.2) | 68 | 31.8 | 6.1 | (19.8 – 43.8) |
| Washington | 749 | 499 | 61.6 | 3.1 | (55.5 – 67.7) | 250 | 38.4 | 3.1 | (32.3 – 44.5) |
| West Virginia | 315 | 253 | 72.8 | 3.7 | (65.5 – 80.1) | 62 | 27.2 | 3.7 | (19.9 – 34.5) |
| Wisconsin | 287 | 224 | 73.9 | 4.6 | (64.9 – 82.9) | 63 | 26.1 | 4.6 | (17.1 – 35.1) |
| Puerto Rico | 358 | 168 | 42.7 | 3.6 | (35.6 – 49.8) | 190 | 57.3 | 3.6 | (50.2 – 64.4) |
| 36 state total | 15,087 | 10,912 | 65.1 | 1.0 | (63.1 – 67.1) | 4,175 | 34.9 | 1.0 | (32.9 – 36.9) |
| Median | 66.9 | 33.2 | |||||||
| Range | 42.7-78.8 | 21.2-57.3 | |||||||
1 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
2 “No” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
3 Aged ≥ 18 years
± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval
Page last reviewed: August 1, 2014