TABLE 2. Estimated percent of active1 and inactive2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

State/Territory Sample
size±
Active Inactive
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 333 276 76.2 6.0 (64.4 – 88.0) 57 23.8 6.0 (12.0 – 35.6)
Arizona 295 231 85.1 4.4 (76.5 – 93.7) 64 14.9 4.4 (6.3 – 23.5)
California 427 336 76.5 3.5 (69.6 – 83.4) 91 23.5 3.5 (16.6 – 30.4)
Connecticut 324 255 74.6 4.6 (65.6 – 83.6) 69 25.4 4.6 (16.4 – 34.4)
District of Columbia 144 109 86.3 4.6 (77.3 – 95.3) 35 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Florida 282 235 67.9 7.0 (54.2 – 81.6) 47 32.1 7.0 (18.4 – 45.8)
Georgia 207 160 71.7 6.0 (59.9 – 83.5) 47 28.3 6.0 (16.5 – 40.1)
Hawaii 212 154 50.5 7.8 (35.2 – 65.8) 58 49.5 7.8 (34.2 – 64.8)
Illinois 264 219 73.6 6.4 (61.1 – 86.1) 45 26.4 6.4 (13.9 – 38.9)
Indiana 306 264 83.9 3.6 (76.8 – 91.0) 42 16.1 3.6 (9.0 – 23.2)
Iowa 254 201 68.9 6.1 (56.9 – 80.9) 53 31.1 6.1 (19.1 – 43.1)
Kansas 490 408 79.9 3.4 (73.2 – 86.6) 82 20.1 3.4 (13.4 – 26.8)
Louisiana 351 274 77.4 4.9 (67.8 – 87.0) 77 22.6 4.9 (13.0 – 32.2)
Maine 268 229 79.0 5.0 (69.2 – 88.8) 39 21.0 5.0 (11.2 – 30.8)
Massachusetts 275 235 77.6 6.8 (64.3 – 90.9) 40 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Michigan 569 490 82.6 2.8 (77.1 – 88.1) 79 17.4 2.8 (11.9 – 22.9)
Mississippi 330 264 78.3 4.9 (68.7 – 87.9) 66 21.7 4.9 (12.1 – 31.3)
Missouri 300 241 67.7 6.3 (55.4 – 80.0) 59 32.3 6.3 (20.0 – 44.6)
Montana 365 291 77.1 4.8 (67.7 – 86.5) 74 22.9 4.8 (13.5 – 32.3)
Nebraska 697 524 72.0 3.6 (64.9 – 79.1) 173 28.0 3.6 (20.9 – 35.1)
Nevada 194 158 85.7 3.6 (78.6 – 92.8) 36 14.3 3.6 (7.2 – 21.4)
New Hampshire 360 287 74.4 4.0 (66.6 – 82.2) 73 25.6 4.0 (17.8 – 33.4)
New Jersey 494 409 79.7 3.6 (72.6 – 86.8) 85 20.3 3.6 (13.2 – 27.4)
New Mexico 350 310 83.5 4.1 (75.5 – 91.5) 40 16.5 4.1 (8.5 – 24.5)
New York 229 190 82.3 5.7 (71.1 – 93.5) 39 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
North Carolina 217 177 79.5 5.4 (68.9 – 90.1) 40 20.5 5.4 (9.9 – 31.1)
North Dakota 183 150 82.6 6.5 (69.9 – 95.3) 33 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Ohio 479 421 86.1 3.0 (80.2 – 92.0) 58 13.9 3.0 (8.0 – 19.8)
Oklahoma 269 217 79.1 4.8 (69.7 – 88.5) 52 20.9 4.8 (11.5 – 30.3)
Oregon 279 226 74.7 5.3 (64.3 – 85.1) 53 25.3 5.3 (14.9 – 35.7)
Pennsylvania 761 621 71.1 4.9 (61.5 – 80.7) 140 28.9 4.9 (19.3 – 38.5)
Rhode Island 243 192 77.1 4.8 (67.7 – 86.5) 51 22.9 4.8 (13.5 – 32.3)
Texas 296 222 73.0 5.7 (61.8 – 84.2) 74 27.0 5.7 (15.8 – 38.2)
Vermont 302 249 79.1 4.3 (70.7 – 87.5) 53 20.9 4.3 (12.5 – 29.3)
Washington 639 492 77.2 3.1 (71.1 – 83.3) 147 22.8 3.1 (16.7 – 28.9)
West Virginia 241 214 81.9 4.4 (73.3 – 90.5) 27 18.1 4.4 (9.5 – 26.7)
Wisconsin 218 186 85.4 5.0 (75.6 – 95.2) 32 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
37 state total 12,447 10,117 76.8 1.2 (74.4 – 79.2) 2,330 23.2 1.2 (20.8 – 25.6)
Median     77.6       22.9    
Range     50.5-86.3       13.9-49.5    

1 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

2 Reported none of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± Landline 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