2014 ACBS Landline-Cellphone Combined Prevalence Tables
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 And Cell Phone Combined Sample, United States, 2014
| 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 | ||
| Connecticut | 226 | 114 | 52.6 | 5.7 | (41.4 – 63.8) | 85 | 36.1 | 5.4 | (25.5 – 46.7) | 27 | 11.3 | 2.8 | (5.8 – 16.8) |
| District of Columbia | 111 | 54 | 53.4 | 10.0 | (33.8 – 73.0) | 41 | 40.8 | 10.0 | (21.2 – 60.4) | 16 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Georgia | 139 | 73 | 60.7 | 6.9 | (47.2 – 74.2) | 53 | 33.6 | 6.6 | (20.7 – 46.5) | 13 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Hawaii | 195 | 92 | 41.1 | 6.1 | (29.1 – 53.1) | 78 | 42.0 | 5.7 | (30.8 – 53.2) | 25 | 16.9 | 4.7 | (7.7 – 26.1) |
| Illinois | 202 | 101 | 51.0 | 5.1 | (41.0 – 61.0) | 82 | 39.2 | 4.8 | (29.8 – 48.6) | 19 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Indiana | 511 | 260 | 52.2 | 3.5 | (45.3 – 59.1) | 204 | 36.9 | 3.3 | (30.4 – 43.4) | 47 | 10.9 | 2.5 | (6.0 – 15.8) |
| Iowa | 250 | 99 | 40.3 | 4.5 | (31.5 – 49.1) | 118 | 50.6 | 4.6 | (41.6 – 59.6) | 33 | 9.1 | 2.0 | (5.2 – 13.0) |
| Maine | 309 | 156 | 55.0 | 4.0 | (47.2 – 62.8) | 123 | 36.8 | 3.9 | (29.2 – 44.4) | 30 | 8.2 | 2.0 | (4.3 – 12.1) |
| Maryland | 220 | 92 | 36.0 | 5.2 | (25.8 – 46.2) | 96 | 48.9 | 5.9 | (37.3 – 60.5) | 32 | 15.2 | 3.8 | (7.8 – 22.6) |
| Michigan | 445 | 213 | 45.9 | 3.2 | (39.6 – 52.2) | 201 | 46.3 | 3.3 | (39.8 – 52.8) | 31 | 7.7 | 1.8 | (4.2 – 11.2) |
| Mississippi | 137 | 74 | 59.7 | 6.7 | (46.6 – 72.8) | 55 | 38.8 | 6.7 | (25.7 – 51.9) | 8 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Missouri | 259 | 131 | 54.3 | 4.9 | (44.7 – 63.9) | 108 | 41.1 | 4.8 | (31.7 – 50.5) | 20 | 4.6 | 1.3 | (2.1 – 7.1) |
| Montana | 261 | 130 | 50.6 | 4.9 | (41.0 – 60.2) | 110 | 40.6 | 4.9 | (31.0 – 50.2) | 21 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Nebraska | 716 | 332 | 43.5 | 3.3 | (37.0 – 50.0) | 309 | 41.4 | 3.3 | (34.9 – 47.9) | 75 | 15.1 | 3.4 | (8.4 – 21.8) |
| Nevada | 150 | 78 | 61.0 | 5.9 | (49.4 – 72.6) | 53 | 30.0 | 5.5 | (19.2 – 40.8) | 19 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Hampshire | 224 | 109 | 47.8 | 5.1 | (37.8 – 57.8) | 91 | 46.2 | 5.3 | (35.8 – 56.6) | 24 | 5.9 | 1.5 | (3.0 – 8.8) |
| New Jersey | 449 | 218 | 47.1 | 3.9 | (39.5 – 54.7) | 171 | 36.6 | 3.6 | (29.5 – 43.7) | 60 | 16.3 | 3.0 | (10.4 – 22.2) |
| New Mexico | 257 | 112 | 45.3 | 4.8 | (35.9 – 54.7) | 112 | 45.8 | 4.9 | (36.2 – 55.4) | 33 | 8.9 | 2.1 | (4.8 – 13.0) |
| New York | 118 | 62 | 52.3 | 7.5 | (37.6 – 67.0) | 47 | 44.2 | 7.5 | (29.5 – 58.9) | 9 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| North Carolina | 135 | 78 | 63.2 | 6.4 | (50.7 – 75.7) | 49 | 32.8 | 6.2 | (20.6 – 45.0) | 8 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Ohio | 360 | 177 | 53.4 | 4.1 | (45.4 – 61.4) | 152 | 36.2 | 3.9 | (28.6 – 43.8) | 31 | 10.4 | 2.6 | (5.3 – 15.5) |
| Oklahoma | 215 | 133 | 62.7 | 4.3 | (54.3 – 71.1) | 65 | 27.7 | 3.8 | (20.3 – 35.1) | 17 | 9.7 | 2.7 | (4.4 – 15.0) |
| Oregon | 191 | 90 | 50.7 | 5.7 | (39.5 – 61.9) | 81 | 41.4 | 5.7 | (30.2 – 52.6) | 20 | 7.9 | 2.1 | (3.8 – 12.0) |
| Pennsylvania | 431 | 228 | 53.5 | 3.8 | (46.1 – 60.9) | 164 | 36.5 | 3.6 | (29.4 – 43.6) | 39 | 10.0 | 2.3 | (5.5 – 14.5) |
| Rhode Island | 211 | 108 | 51.3 | 5.8 | (39.9 – 62.7) | 83 | 40.0 | 5.7 | (28.8 – 51.2) | 20 | 8.6 | 2.4 | (3.9 – 13.3) |
| Texas | 529 | 274 | 49.9 | 3.9 | (42.3 – 57.5) | 216 | 43.6 | 3.9 | (36.0 – 51.2) | 39 | 6.5 | 1.6 | (3.4 – 9.6) |
| Utah | 543 | 276 | 50.7 | 2.8 | (45.2 – 56.2) | 226 | 42.7 | 2.8 | (37.2 – 48.2) | 41 | 6.7 | 1.4 | (4.0 – 9.4) |
| Vermont | 251 | 128 | 49.3 | 4.0 | (41.5 – 57.1) | 100 | 41.7 | 4.0 | (33.9 – 49.5) | 23 | 9.0 | 2.2 | (4.7 – 13.3) |
| Washington | 386 | 205 | 51.6 | 5.1 | (41.6 – 61.6) | 147 | 39.3 | 5.1 | (29.3 – 49.3) | 34 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| West Virginia | 238 | 120 | 48.1 | 4.2 | (39.9 – 56.3) | 102 | 46.8 | 4.2 | (38.6 – 55.0) | 16 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Wisconsin | 250 | 126 | 55.9 | 4.9 | (46.3 – 65.5) | 102 | 37.0 | 4.7 | (27.8 – 46.2) | 22 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Puerto Rico | 390 | 157 | 41.6 | 3.4 | (34.9 – 48.3) | 205 | 51.1 | 3.5 | (44.2 – 58.0) | 28 | 7.3 | 1.9 | (3.6 – 11.0) |
| 32 state total | 9,309 | 4,600 | 51.7 | 1.3 | (49.2 – 54.2) | 3,829 | 40.2 | 1.3 | (37.7 – 42.7) | 880 | 8.1 | 0.5 | (7.1 – 9.1) |
| Median | 51.2 | 40.7 | 9.0 | ||||||||||
| Range | 36.0-63.2 | 27.7-51.1 | 4.6-16.9 | ||||||||||
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 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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