2014 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables
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, 2014
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Active | Inactive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Alabama | 274 | 233 | 86.7 | 4.4 | (78.1 – 95.3) | 41 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Florida | 308 | 230 | 67.2 | 5.7 | (56.0 – 78.4) | 78 | 32.8 | 5.7 | (21.6 – 44.0) |
| Kansas | 357 | 279 | 75.5 | 4.4 | (66.9 – 84.1) | 78 | 24.5 | 4.4 | (15.9 – 33.1) |
| Louisiana | 131 | 108 | 78.5 | 8.0 | (62.8 – 94.2) | 23 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Massachusetts | 185 | 142 | 77.5 | 7.0 | (63.8 – 91.2) | 43 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| 5 state total | 1,255 | 992 | 73.6 | 3.4 | (66.9 – 80.3) | 263 | 26.4 | 3.4 | (19.7 – 33.1) |
| Median | 77.5 | 28.7 | |||||||
| Range | 67.2-86.7 | 24.5-32.8 | |||||||
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
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