AFC PREVALENCE TABLE 10

TABLE 10. Estimated percent using inhaled short acting beta agonists among children1 with current2 or active3 asthma status by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2012-2014
State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Connecticut 137 39.7 5.6 (29.3 – 51.1) 170 31.8 4.6 (23.5 – 41.5)
Hawaii 102 38.6 5.9 (27.8 – 50.7) 124 29.0 5.6 (19.4 – 41.1)
Kansas 200 54.2 5.1 (44.1 – 64.0) 228 49.9 4.7 (40.8 – 59.0)
Louisiana 71 50.6 7.3 (36.7 – 64.4) 78 49.0 6.8 (36.1 – 62.2)
Maine 84 43.0 6.6 (30.8 – 56.2) 94 40.5 6.1 (29.4 – 52.7)
Maryland 178 39.6 5.0 (30.4 – 49.6) 207 34.4 4.4 (26.4 – 43.4)
Massachusetts 55 39.2 11.1 (20.5 – 61.7) 64 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Michigan 266 48.9 3.9 (41.3 – 56.5) 293 44.2 3.6 (37.2 – 51.4)
Mississippi 156 40.5 5.2 (30.8 – 50.9) 165 38.9 5.0 (29.6 – 49.1)
Missouri 99 57.7 7.0 (43.7 – 70.6) 111 54.6 6.8 (41.3 – 67.3)
Montana 141 55.3 5.5 (44.5 – 65.7) 147 52.3 5.8 (41.0 – 63.4)
Nebraska 272 52.5 4.4 (44.0 – 60.9) 289 48.8 4.1 (40.8 – 56.9)
New Hampshire 101 62.7 6.1 (50.1 – 73.8) 112 52.3 6.9 (38.8 – 65.4)
New Jersey 258 49.0 4.4 (40.6 – 57.6) 291 41.6 4.2 (33.6 – 50.0)
New Mexico 127 53.7 6.2 (41.5 – 65.5) 144 48.6 5.6 (37.9 – 59.5)
New York 67 53.0 8.5 (36.6 – 68.8) 79 47.4 7.6 (33.1 – 62.1)
Ohio 150 41.7 6.1 (30.4 – 54.0) 166 37.1 5.6 (26.9 – 48.6)
Oklahoma 116 38.1 5.5 (28.1 – 49.3) 125 35.4 5.3 (25.8 – 46.4)
Oregon 60 45.7 7.9 (31.0 – 61.1) 64 44.6 7.6 (30.5 – 59.6)
Pennsylvania 214 56.6 4.9 (47.0 – 65.8) 256 50.9 4.6 (42.1 – 59.7)
Rhode Island 75 38.2 9.1 (22.4 – 56.9) 85 34.0 7.5 (21.0 – 49.9)
Texas 194 49.7 5.4 (39.2 – 60.1) 218 41.8 5.0 (32.5 – 51.8)
Utah 295 44.5 3.8 (37.3 – 51.9) 328 40.3 3.5 (33.8 – 47.2)
Washington 135 51.3 5.5 (40.6 – 61.9) 152 46.8 5.3 (36.7 – 57.1)
West Virginia 101 41.3 5.8 (30.7 – 52.9) 116 36.9 5.4 (27.0 – 47.9)
Wisconsin 86 54.1 8.8 (37.1 – 70.2) 103 49.4 7.9 (34.4 – 64.4)
26 state total 3,740 48.6 1.7 (45.3 – 51.9) 4,209 43.0 1.6 (39.9 – 46.1)
Median 49.0 44.2
Range 38.1-62.7 29.0-54.6

1 Aged < 18 years

2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”

3 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

± Sample size is for multiple years of participation. Responses of “Don’t Know” and “Refused” are excluded.

§ Standard error

Confidence interval

N/A: Estimate not available (N/A) if the relative standard error was > 0.30