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, 2009
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
One or more routine visits | No routine visits3 
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Arizona | 119 | 69 | 67.7 | 6.7 | (54.6 – 80.8) | 50 | 32.3 | 6.7 | (19.2 – 45.4) |
| California | 461 | 237 | 45.6 | 3.8 | (38.2 – 53.0) | 224 | 54.4 | 3.8 | (47.0 – 61.8) |
| Connecticut | 255 | 146 | 55.1 | 4.8 | (45.7 – 64.5) | 109 | 44.9 | 4.8 | (35.5 – 54.3) |
| District of Columbia | 151 | 79 | 45.2 | 5.3 | (34.8 – 55.6) | 72 | 54.8 | 5.3 | (44.4 – 65.2) |
| Florida | 453 | 260 | 57.4 | 5.4 | (46.8 – 68.0) | 193 | 42.6 | 5.4 | (32.0 – 53.2) |
| Georgia | 194 | 114 | 50.3 | 6.8 | (37.0 – 63.6) | 80 | 49.7 | 6.8 | (36.4 – 63.0) |
| Hawaii | 273 | 138 | 47.8 | 4.7 | (38.6 – 57.0) | 135 | 52.2 | 4.7 | (43.0 – 61.4) |
| Illinois | 205 | 116 | 53.9 | 5.1 | (43.9 – 63.9) | 89 | 46.1 | 5.1 | (36.1 – 56.1) |
| Indiana | 423 | 259 | 58.4 | 3.8 | (51.0 – 65.8) | 164 | 41.6 | 3.8 | (34.2 – 49.0) |
| Iowa | 243 | 139 | 48.7 | 5.1 | (38.7 – 58.7) | 104 | 51.3 | 5.1 | (41.3 – 61.3) |
| Kansas | 869 | 482 | 49.7 | 2.8 | (44.2 – 55.2) | 387 | 50.3 | 2.8 | (44.8 – 55.8) |
| Louisiana | 213 | 131 | 61.8 | 5.5 | (51.0 – 72.6) | 82 | 38.2 | 5.5 | (27.4 – 49.0) |
| Maine | 252 | 155 | 57.4 | 4.9 | (47.8 – 67.0) | 97 | 42.6 | 4.9 | (33.0 – 52.2) |
| Maryland | 291 | 197 | 60.0 | 5.4 | (49.4 – 70.6) | 94 | 40.0 | 5.4 | (29.4 – 50.6) |
| Massachusetts | 248 | 164 | 53.4 | 5.5 | (42.6 – 64.2) | 84 | 46.6 | 5.5 | (35.8 – 57.4) |
| Michigan | 525 | 323 | 51.6 | 3.4 | (44.9 – 58.3) | 202 | 48.4 | 3.4 | (41.7 – 55.1) |
| Montana | 318 | 166 | 53.6 | 4.6 | (44.6 – 62.6) | 152 | 46.4 | 4.6 | (37.4 – 55.4) |
| Nebraska | 547 | 284 | 53.8 | 4.2 | (45.6 – 62.0) | 263 | 46.2 | 4.2 | (38.0 – 54.4) |
| Nevada | 140 | 90 | 56.6 | 8.1 | (40.7 – 72.5) | 50 | 43.4 | 8.1 | (27.5 – 59.3) |
| New Hampshire | 282 | 157 | 53.6 | 4.7 | (44.4 – 62.8) | 125 | 46.4 | 4.7 | (37.2 – 55.6) |
| New Jersey | 385 | 260 | 65.6 | 4.0 | (57.8 – 73.4) | 125 | 34.4 | 4.0 | (26.6 – 42.2) |
| New Mexico | 223 | 141 | 59.4 | 5.0 | (49.6 – 69.2) | 82 | 40.6 | 5.0 | (30.8 – 50.4) |
| New York | 345 | 221 | 57.8 | 5.2 | (47.6 – 68.0) | 124 | 42.2 | 5.2 | (32.0 – 52.4) |
| North Dakota | 199 | 115 | 57.6 | 5.1 | (47.6 – 67.6) | 84 | 42.4 | 5.1 | (32.4 – 52.4) |
| Ohio | 295 | 187 | 53.7 | 5.2 | (43.5 – 63.9) | 108 | 46.3 | 5.2 | (36.1 – 56.5) |
| Oklahoma | 289 | 172 | 54.8 | 4.9 | (45.2 – 64.4) | 117 | 45.2 | 4.9 | (35.6 – 54.8) |
| Oregon | 165 | 86 | 46.8 | 5.6 | (35.8 – 57.8) | 79 | 53.2 | 5.6 | (42.2 – 64.2) |
| Rhode Island | 325 | 207 | 53.1 | 5.0 | (43.3 – 62.9) | 118 | 46.9 | 5.0 | (37.1 – 56.7) |
| Texas | 500 | 295 | 50.9 | 4.4 | (42.3 – 59.5) | 205 | 49.1 | 4.4 | (40.5 – 57.7) |
| Utah | 481 | 238 | 45.6 | 3.7 | (38.3 – 52.9) | 243 | 54.4 | 3.7 | (47.1 – 61.7) |
| Vermont | 381 | 197 | 46.2 | 4.4 | (37.6 – 54.8) | 184 | 53.8 | 4.4 | (45.2 – 62.4) |
| Virginia | 191 | 108 | 52.8 | 6.1 | (40.8 – 64.8) | 83 | 47.2 | 6.1 | (35.2 – 59.2) |
| Washington | 530 | 290 | 56.4 | 3.6 | (49.3 – 63.5) | 240 | 43.6 | 3.6 | (36.5 – 50.7) |
| West Virginia | 255 | 163 | 63.5 | 4.4 | (54.9 – 72.1) | 92 | 36.5 | 4.4 | (27.9 – 45.1) |
| Wisconsin | 233 | 135 | 54.0 | 5.6 | (43.0 – 65.0) | 98 | 46.0 | 5.6 | (35.0 – 57.0) |
| Puerto Rico | 247 | 139 | 54.1 | 4.6 | (45.1 – 63.1) | 108 | 45.9 | 4.6 | (36.9 – 54.9) |
| 36 state total | 11,506 | 6,660 | 53.9 | 1.1 | (51.7 – 56.1) | 4,846 | 46.1 | 1.1 | (43.9 – 48.3) |
| Median | 53.9 | 46.2 | |||||||
| Range | 45.2-67.7 | 32.3-54.8 | |||||||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma
3 No doctor visits or no routine doctor visits
± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval
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