2013 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables
TABLE 1. Estimated percent of current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2013
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Current | Former | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Alabama | 164 | 133 | 64.3 | 9.6 | (45.5 – 83.1) | 31 | 35.7 | 9.6 | (16.9 – 54.5) |
| Arizona | 133 | 103 | 66.3 | 11.5 | (43.8 – 88.8) | 30 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 264 | 168 | 59.6 | 5.6 | (48.6 – 70.6) | 96 | 40.4 | 5.6 | (29.4 – 51.4) |
| Connecticut | 308 | 214 | 60.3 | 6.7 | (47.2 – 73.4) | 94 | 39.7 | 6.7 | (26.6 – 52.8) |
| Florida | 979 | 729 | 69.4 | 4.3 | (61.0 – 77.8) | 250 | 30.6 | 4.3 | (22.2 – 39.0) |
| Georgia | 188 | 123 | 66.8 | 6.6 | (53.9 – 79.7) | 65 | 33.2 | 6.6 | (20.3 – 46.1) |
| Hawaii | 170 | 110 | 62.9 | 8.1 | (47.0 – 78.8) | 60 | 37.1 | 8.1 | (21.2 – 53.0) |
| Indiana | 414 | 323 | 72.1 | 4.6 | (63.1 – 81.1) | 91 | 27.9 | 4.6 | (18.9 – 36.9) |
| Iowa | 278 | 209 | 62.6 | 6.5 | (49.9 – 75.3) | 69 | 37.4 | 6.5 | (24.7 – 50.1) |
| Kansas | 804 | 631 | 74.1 | 3.2 | (67.8 – 80.4) | 173 | 25.9 | 3.2 | (19.6 – 32.2) |
| Kentucky | 409 | 335 | 71.6 | 4.6 | (62.6 – 80.6) | 74 | 28.4 | 4.6 | (19.4 – 37.4) |
| Louisiana | 178 | 126 | 60.1 | 8.7 | (43.0 – 77.2) | 52 | 39.9 | 8.7 | (22.8 – 57.0) |
| Maine | 284 | 223 | 75.6 | 4.2 | (67.4 – 83.8) | 61 | 24.4 | 4.2 | (16.2 – 32.6) |
| Maryland | 302 | 229 | 73.4 | 4.8 | (64.0 – 82.8) | 73 | 26.6 | 4.8 | (17.2 – 36.0) |
| Massachusetts | 186 | 143 | 63.9 | 9.9 | (44.5 – 83.3) | 43 | 36.1 | 9.9 | (16.7 – 55.5) |
| Michigan | 564 | 461 | 75.8 | 3.9 | (68.2 – 83.4) | 103 | 24.2 | 3.9 | (16.6 – 31.8) |
| Mississippi | 273 | 215 | 76.2 | 6.7 | (63.1 – 89.3) | 58 | 23.8 | 6.7 | (10.7 – 36.9) |
| Missouri | 270 | 214 | 72.2 | 5.2 | (62.0 – 82.4) | 56 | 27.8 | 5.2 | (17.6 – 38.0) |
| Montana | 343 | 259 | 73.4 | 6.4 | (60.9 – 85.9) | 84 | 26.6 | 6.4 | (14.1 – 39.1) |
| Nebraska | 356 | 267 | 69.3 | 6.4 | (56.8 – 81.8) | 89 | 30.7 | 6.4 | (18.2 – 43.2) |
| Nevada | 150 | 100 | 55.0 | 11.3 | (32.9 – 77.1) | 50 | 45.0 | 11.3 | (22.9 – 67.1) |
| New Hampshire | 285 | 216 | 70.2 | 5.4 | (59.6 – 80.8) | 69 | 29.8 | 5.4 | (19.2 – 40.4) |
| New Jersey | 331 | 252 | 71.7 | 4.9 | (62.1 – 81.3) | 79 | 28.3 | 4.9 | (18.7 – 37.9) |
| New Mexico | 300 | 224 | 63.9 | 5.9 | (52.3 – 75.5) | 76 | 36.1 | 5.9 | (24.5 – 47.7) |
| New York | 146 | 113 | 79.5 | 5.9 | (67.9 – 91.1) | 33 | 20.5 | 5.9 | (8.9 – 32.1) |
| North Carolina | 146 | 108 | 66.0 | 7.5 | (51.3 – 80.7) | 38 | 34.0 | 7.5 | (19.3 – 48.7) |
| Ohio | 316 | 247 | 73.7 | 5.1 | (63.7 – 83.7) | 69 | 26.3 | 5.1 | (16.3 – 36.3) |
| Oklahoma | 308 | 227 | 65.3 | 5.5 | (54.5 – 76.1) | 81 | 34.7 | 5.5 | (23.9 – 45.5) |
| Oregon | 233 | 166 | 75.8 | 5.2 | (65.6 – 86.0) | 67 | 24.2 | 5.2 | (14.0 – 34.4) |
| Pennsylvania | 331 | 250 | 70.2 | 4.5 | (61.4 – 79.0) | 81 | 29.8 | 4.5 | (21.0 – 38.6) |
| Rhode Island | 241 | 197 | 83.5 | 3.7 | (76.2 – 90.8) | 44 | 16.5 | 3.7 | (9.2 – 23.8) |
| Texas | 301 | 213 | 59.4 | 7.2 | (45.3 – 73.5) | 88 | 40.6 | 7.2 | (26.5 – 54.7) |
| Utah | 435 | 310 | 72.1 | 3.9 | (64.5 – 79.7) | 125 | 27.9 | 3.9 | (20.3 – 35.5) |
| Vermont | 257 | 190 | 72.5 | 4.7 | (63.3 – 81.7) | 67 | 27.5 | 4.7 | (18.3 – 36.7) |
| Washington | 393 | 290 | 71.6 | 5.3 | (61.2 – 82.0) | 103 | 28.4 | 5.3 | (18.0 – 38.8) |
| West Virginia | 146 | 126 | 80.2 | 5.3 | (69.8 – 90.6) | 20 | 19.8 | 5.3 | (9.4 – 30.2) |
| Wisconsin | 228 | 190 | 68.9 | 9.2 | (50.9 – 86.9) | 38 | 31.1 | 9.2 | (13.1 – 49.1) |
| Puerto Rico | 314 | 205 | 55.5 | 5.1 | (45.5 – 65.5) | 109 | 44.5 | 5.1 | (34.5 – 54.5) |
| 38 state total | 11,728 | 8,839 | 68.0 | 1.5 | (65.1 – 70.9) | 2,889 | 32.0 | 1.5 | (29.1 – 34.9) |
| Median | 70.2 | 29.8 | |||||||
| Range | 55.0-83.5 | 16.5-45.0 | |||||||
1 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
2 “No” response to “Do you still have 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
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