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 Land Line And Cell Phone Combined Sample, United States, 2012
| 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 | ||
| California | 368 | 199 | 53.9 | 4.1 | (45.9 – 61.9) | 117 | 32.0 | 3.9 | (24.4 – 39.6) | 52 | 14.1 | 2.7 | (8.8 – 19.4) |
| Hawaii | 228 | 107 | 42.9 | 5.8 | (31.5 – 54.3) | 84 | 32.0 | 5.0 | (22.2 – 41.8) | 37 | 25.2 | 6.8 | (11.9 – 38.5) |
| Illinois | 218 | 106 | 54.9 | 5.2 | (44.7 – 65.1) | 88 | 34.2 | 4.8 | (24.8 – 43.6) | 24 | 11.0 | 3.2 | (4.7 – 17.3) |
| Indiana | 331 | 187 | 57.2 | 3.9 | (49.6 – 64.8) | 109 | 33.0 | 3.8 | (25.6 – 40.4) | 35 | 9.8 | 2.1 | (5.7 – 13.9) |
| Iowa | 233 | 108 | 46.9 | 4.5 | (38.1 – 55.7) | 108 | 46.3 | 4.5 | (37.5 – 55.1) | 17 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Michigan | 551 | 301 | 56.6 | 3.2 | (50.3 – 62.9) | 205 | 34.9 | 3.0 | (29.0 – 40.8) | 45 | 8.4 | 1.6 | (5.3 – 11.5) |
| Mississippi | 318 | 170 | 52.9 | 4.6 | (43.9 – 61.9) | 118 | 38.2 | 4.6 | (29.2 – 47.2) | 30 | 8.9 | 2.2 | (4.6 – 13.2) |
| Missouri | 280 | 160 | 56.4 | 4.9 | (46.8 – 66.0) | 92 | 33.2 | 4.7 | (24.0 – 42.4) | 28 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Montana | 291 | 141 | 45.1 | 4.7 | (35.9 – 54.3) | 107 | 38.6 | 4.8 | (29.2 – 48.0) | 43 | 16.4 | 3.4 | (9.7 – 23.1) |
| Nebraska | 637 | 299 | 47.3 | 2.9 | (41.6 – 53.0) | 264 | 42.2 | 2.9 | (36.5 – 47.9) | 74 | 10.5 | 1.7 | (7.2 – 13.8) |
| Nevada | 160 | 92 | 50.7 | 6.4 | (38.2 – 63.2) | 49 | 39.9 | 6.6 | (27.0 – 52.8) | 19 | 9.4 | 2.8 | (3.9 – 14.9) |
| New Hampshire | 294 | 147 | 53.4 | 4.5 | (44.6 – 62.2) | 111 | 35.7 | 4.2 | (27.5 – 43.9) | 36 | 10.9 | 3.2 | (4.6 – 17.2) |
| New Mexico | 371 | 210 | 54.6 | 3.8 | (47.2 – 62.0) | 132 | 38.8 | 3.8 | (31.4 – 46.2) | 29 | 6.7 | 1.5 | (3.8 – 9.6) |
| New York | 194 | 94 | 53.6 | 6.0 | (41.8 – 65.4) | 78 | 30.3 | 4.9 | (20.7 – 39.9) | 22 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Ohio | 428 | 210 | 48.3 | 4.2 | (40.1 – 56.5) | 174 | 39.7 | 4.2 | (31.5 – 47.9) | 44 | 12.0 | 2.8 | (6.5 – 17.5) |
| Oklahoma | 252 | 144 | 52.9 | 4.6 | (43.9 – 61.9) | 83 | 37.9 | 4.4 | (29.3 – 46.5) | 25 | 9.2 | 2.4 | (4.5 – 13.9) |
| Oregon | 222 | 123 | 51.3 | 4.9 | (41.7 – 60.9) | 80 | 41.6 | 5.0 | (31.8 – 51.4) | 19 | 7.2 | 2.1 | (3.1 – 11.3) |
| Pennsylvania | 705 | 366 | 49.1 | 3.1 | (43.0 – 55.2) | 261 | 36.6 | 2.9 | (30.9 – 42.3) | 78 | 14.3 | 2.6 | (9.2 – 19.4) |
| Texas | 255 | 131 | 53.1 | 5.2 | (42.9 – 63.3) | 93 | 37.7 | 4.9 | (28.1 – 47.3) | 31 | 9.3 | 2.2 | (5.0 – 13.6) |
| Vermont | 271 | 130 | 49.3 | 4.5 | (40.5 – 58.1) | 99 | 36.0 | 4.3 | (27.6 – 44.4) | 42 | 14.7 | 2.9 | (9.0 – 20.4) |
| Washington | 523 | 296 | 55.9 | 3.3 | (49.4 – 62.4) | 155 | 29.1 | 2.9 | (23.4 – 34.8) | 72 | 15.0 | 2.7 | (9.7 – 20.3) |
| Wisconsin | 219 | 108 | 54.9 | 5.4 | (44.3 – 65.5) | 82 | 33.8 | 5.0 | (24.0 – 43.6) | 29 | 11.3 | 3.3 | (4.8 – 17.8) |
| 22 state total | 7,349 | 3,829 | 53.1 | 1.4 | (50.4 – 55.8) | 2,689 | 34.7 | 1.3 | (32.2 – 37.2) | 831 | 12.2 | 1.0 | (10.2 – 14.2) |
| Median | 53.0 | 36.3 | 10.9 | ||||||||||
| Range | 42.9-57.2 | 29.1-46.3 | 6.7-25.2 | ||||||||||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
± Landline and cell phone combined 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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