TABLE 4b. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults1 with active2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line 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 | ||
| Alabama | 271 | 170 | 59.0 | 6.2 | (46.8 – 71.2) | 84 | 34.4 | 6.0 | (22.6 – 46.2) | 17 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Arizona | 227 | 123 | 37.2 | 9.1 | (19.4 – 55.0) | 81 | 34.0 | 8.9 | (16.6 – 51.4) | 23 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 336 | 180 | 53.6 | 4.4 | (45.0 – 62.2) | 124 | 35.8 | 4.2 | (27.6 – 44.0) | 32 | 10.7 | 2.8 | (5.2 – 16.2) |
| Connecticut | 249 | 118 | 43.9 | 5.5 | (33.1 – 54.7) | 99 | 44.7 | 5.7 | (33.5 – 55.9) | 32 | 11.5 | 3.3 | (5.0 – 18.0) |
| District of Columbia | 107 | 45 | 41.8 | 10.7 | (20.8 – 62.8) | 42 | 24.4 | 6.9 | (10.9 – 37.9) | 20 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Florida | 234 | 130 | 56.6 | 7.6 | (41.7 – 71.5) | 84 | 30.0 | 5.4 | (19.4 – 40.6) | 20 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Georgia | 159 | 73 | 41.8 | 6.9 | (28.3 – 55.3) | 70 | 44.7 | 7.2 | (30.6 – 58.8) | 16 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Hawaii | 154 | 72 | 49.3 | 6.4 | (36.8 – 61.8) | 59 | 37.9 | 6.2 | (25.7 – 50.1) | 23 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Illinois | 219 | 101 | 41.3 | 6.4 | (28.8 – 53.8) | 93 | 36.2 | 6.3 | (23.9 – 48.5) | 25 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Indiana | 259 | 140 | 52.5 | 6.0 | (40.7 – 64.3) | 92 | 41.2 | 6.1 | (29.2 – 53.2) | 27 | 6.3 | 1.6 | (3.2 – 9.4) |
| Iowa | 199 | 89 | 45.5 | 6.6 | (32.6 – 58.4) | 101 | 51.6 | 6.7 | (38.5 – 64.7) | 9 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Kansas | 401 | 201 | 48.5 | 4.6 | (39.5 – 57.5) | 163 | 45.4 | 4.7 | (36.2 – 54.6) | 37 | 6.1 | 1.5 | (3.2 – 9.0) |
| Louisiana | 268 | 134 | 41.3 | 6.5 | (28.6 – 54.0) | 115 | 45.3 | 7.0 | (31.6 – 59.0) | 19 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Maine | 226 | 119 | 59.5 | 5.1 | (49.5 – 69.5) | 83 | 32.5 | 4.8 | (23.1 – 41.9) | 24 | 8.0 | 2.2 | (3.7 – 12.3) |
| Massachusetts | 234 | 84 | 35.6 | 5.1 | (25.6 – 45.6) | 125 | 55.6 | 5.4 | (45.0 – 66.2) | 25 | 8.8 | 2.4 | (4.1 – 13.5) |
| Michigan | 483 | 260 | 53.8 | 4.1 | (45.8 – 61.8) | 185 | 40.1 | 4.0 | (32.3 – 47.9) | 38 | 6.2 | 1.7 | (2.9 – 9.5) |
| Mississippi | 258 | 139 | 59.4 | 5.9 | (47.8 – 71.0) | 102 | 37.3 | 5.8 | (25.9 – 48.7) | 17 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Missouri | 237 | 123 | 39.9 | 5.9 | (28.3 – 51.5) | 89 | 43.8 | 6.8 | (30.5 – 57.1) | 25 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Montana | 286 | 139 | 48.5 | 5.9 | (36.9 – 60.1) | 111 | 38.7 | 5.6 | (27.7 – 49.7) | 36 | 12.9 | 3.5 | (6.0 – 19.8) |
| Nebraska | 508 | 237 | 46.3 | 4.2 | (38.1 – 54.5) | 231 | 46.8 | 4.3 | (38.4 – 55.2) | 40 | 6.9 | 1.9 | (3.2 – 10.6) |
| Nevada | 155 | 81 | 43.6 | 7.9 | (28.1 – 59.1) | 60 | 50.2 | 8.1 | (34.3 – 66.1) | 14 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Hampshire | 283 | 130 | 48.8 | 5.0 | (39.0 – 58.6) | 113 | 40.5 | 5.0 | (30.7 – 50.3) | 40 | 10.7 | 2.5 | (5.8 – 15.6) |
| New Jersey | 406 | 192 | 45.7 | 5.3 | (35.3 – 56.1) | 160 | 43.0 | 5.2 | (32.8 – 53.2) | 54 | 11.2 | 2.4 | (6.5 – 15.9) |
| New Mexico | 305 | 171 | 56.5 | 4.8 | (47.1 – 65.9) | 112 | 39.0 | 4.7 | (29.8 – 48.2) | 22 | 4.4 | 1.1 | (2.2 – 6.6) |
| New York | 189 | 94 | 52.0 | 7.2 | (37.9 – 66.1) | 77 | 29.6 | 6.3 | (17.3 – 41.9) | 18 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| North Carolina | 175 | 73 | 48.7 | 7.0 | (35.0 – 62.4) | 85 | 45.7 | 7.2 | (31.6 – 59.8) | 17 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| North Dakota | 148 | 62 | 42.5 | 7.5 | (27.8 – 57.2) | 71 | 46.0 | 7.3 | (31.7 – 60.3) | 15 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Ohio | 416 | 198 | 48.0 | 5.7 | (36.8 – 59.2) | 180 | 46.0 | 5.8 | (34.6 – 57.4) | 38 | 6.0 | 1.8 | (2.5 – 9.5) |
| Oklahoma | 213 | 132 | 59.8 | 6.4 | (47.3 – 72.3) | 61 | 31.9 | 6.0 | (20.1 – 43.7) | 20 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Oregon | 223 | 122 | 53.0 | 5.9 | (41.4 – 64.6) | 80 | 35.7 | 5.7 | (24.5 – 46.9) | 21 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Pennsylvania | 610 | 299 | 41.7 | 4.5 | (32.9 – 50.5) | 249 | 43.6 | 4.9 | (34.0 – 53.2) | 62 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Rhode Island | 190 | 95 | 51.2 | 6.5 | (38.5 – 63.9) | 79 | 43.7 | 6.4 | (31.2 – 56.2) | 16 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Texas | 220 | 116 | 53.7 | 9.1 | (35.9 – 71.5) | 80 | 38.8 | 9.0 | (21.2 – 56.4) | 24 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Vermont | 243 | 113 | 46.8 | 5.5 | (36.0 – 57.6) | 93 | 39.4 | 5.4 | (28.8 – 50.0) | 37 | 13.8 | 3.6 | (6.7 – 20.9) |
| Washington | 488 | 270 | 54.0 | 4.2 | (45.8 – 62.2) | 161 | 34.8 | 4.1 | (26.8 – 42.8) | 57 | 11.2 | 2.5 | (6.3 – 16.1) |
| West Virginia | 209 | 112 | 55.2 | 4.7 | (46.0 – 64.4) | 78 | 37.9 | 4.7 | (28.7 – 47.1) | 19 | 6.9 | 1.8 | (3.4 – 10.4) |
| Wisconsin | 185 | 87 | 61.5 | 7.1 | (47.6 – 75.4) | 77 | 30.8 | 6.1 | (18.8 – 42.8) | 21 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| 37 state total | 9,973 | 5,024 | 49.8 | 1.5 | (46.9 – 52.7) | 3,949 | 38.5 | 1.4 | (35.8 – 41.2) | 1,000 | 11.7 | 1.2 | (9.3 – 14.1) |
| Median | 48.7 | 39.4 | 8.4 | ||||||||||
| Range | 35.6-61.5 | 24.4-55.6 | 4.4-13.8 | ||||||||||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma
± 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
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