2017 Adult Prevalence Tables
Table 2b: Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past 3 months among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2017.
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Attack in past 3 months | No attack or symptoms in past 3 months | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | ||
| Arizona | 485 | 207 | 40.9 | 3.6 | (33.8 – 48.0) | 278 | 59.1 | 3.6 | (52.0 – 66.2) |
| California | 161 | 55 | 35.1 | 5.7 | (23.9 – 46.3) | 106 | 64.9 | 5.7 | (53.7 – 76.1) |
| Connecticut | 342 | 135 | 34.4 | 4.0 | (26.6 – 42.2) | 207 | 65.6 | 4.0 | (57.8 – 73.4) |
| Florida | 585 | 253 | 43.8 | 4.8 | (34.4 – 53.2) | 332 | 56.2 | 4.8 | (46.8 – 65.6) |
| Georgia | 166 | 67 | 39.6 | 5.1 | (29.6 – 49.6) | 99 | 60.4 | 5.1 | (50.4 – 70.4) |
| Hawaii | 241 | 85 | 32.7 | 4.6 | (23.7 – 41.7) | 156 | 67.3 | 4.6 | (58.3 – 76.3) |
| Illinois | 162 | 68 | 49.4 | 5.2 | (39.2 – 59.6) | 94 | 50.6 | 5.2 | (40.4 – 60.8) |
| Indiana | 545 | 254 | 48.3 | 3.5 | (41.4 – 55.2) | 291 | 51.7 | 3.5 | (44.8 – 58.6) |
| Iowa | 227 | 101 | 52.1 | 4.4 | (43.5 – 60.7) | 126 | 47.9 | 4.4 | (39.3 – 56.5) |
| Kansas | 502 | 219 | 43.1 | 3.1 | (37.0 – 49.2) | 283 | 56.9 | 3.1 | (50.8 – 63.0) |
| Kentucky | 322 | 137 | 39.8 | 4.9 | (30.2 – 49.4) | 185 | 60.2 | 4.9 | (50.6 – 69.8) |
| Maine | 522 | 189 | 39.3 | 3.8 | (31.9 – 46.7) | 333 | 60.7 | 3.8 | (53.3 – 68.1) |
| Massachusetts | 191 | 67 | 34.2 | 5.8 | (22.8 – 45.6) | 124 | 65.8 | 5.8 | (54.4 – 77.2) |
| Michigan | 464 | 184 | 39.6 | 3.1 | (33.5 – 45.7) | 280 | 60.4 | 3.1 | (54.3 – 66.5) |
| Minnesota | 460 | 157 | 37.3 | 3.4 | (30.6 – 44.0) | 303 | 62.7 | 3.4 | (56.0 – 69.4) |
| Missouri | 208 | 88 | 42.6 | 5.4 | (32.0 – 53.2) | 120 | 57.4 | 5.4 | (46.8 – 68.0) |
| Montana | 188 | 61 | 38.4 | 6.5 | (25.7 – 51.1) | 127 | 61.6 | 6.5 | (48.9 – 74.3) |
| Nebraska | 447 | 175 | 41.9 | 4.1 | (33.9 – 49.9) | 272 | 58.1 | 4.1 | (50.1 – 66.1) |
| Nevada | 119 | 51 | 49.6 | 7.7 | (34.5 – 64.7) | 68 | 50.4 | 7.7 | (35.3 – 65.5) |
| New Hampshire | 196 | 76 | 34.9 | 5.5 | (24.1 – 45.7) | 120 | 65.1 | 5.5 | (54.3 – 75.9) |
| New Jersey | 409 | 162 | 42.2 | 5.2 | (32.0 – 52.4) | 247 | 57.8 | 5.2 | (47.6 – 68.0) |
| New Mexico | 226 | 85 | 38.0 | 5.6 | (27.0 – 49.0) | 141 | 62.0 | 5.6 | (51.0 – 73.0) |
| New York | 170 | 62 | 40.0 | 5.2 | (29.8 – 50.2) | 108 | 60.0 | 5.2 | (49.8 – 70.2) |
| Ohio | 360 | 145 | 41.1 | 4.3 | (32.7 – 49.5) | 215 | 58.9 | 4.3 | (50.5 – 67.3) |
| Oregon | 134 | 54 | 38.8 | 5.2 | (28.6 – 49.0) | 80 | 61.2 | 5.2 | (51.0 – 71.4) |
| Pennsylvania | 187 | 69 | 34.4 | 5.0 | (24.6 – 44.2) | 118 | 65.6 | 5.0 | (55.8 – 75.4) |
| Rhode Island | 214 | 79 | 35.0 | 4.5 | (26.2 – 43.8) | 135 | 65.0 | 4.5 | (56.2 – 73.8) |
| Texas | 329 | 155 | 50.3 | 7.1 | (36.4 – 64.2) | 174 | 49.7 | 7.1 | (35.8 – 63.6) |
| Utah | 304 | 129 | 43.5 | 4.1 | (35.5 – 51.5) | 175 | 56.5 | 4.1 | (48.5 – 64.5) |
| Vermont | 247 | 77 | 37.7 | 5.5 | (26.9 – 48.5) | 170 | 62.3 | 5.5 | (51.5 – 73.1) |
| Wisconsin | 239 | 96 | 41.4 | 4.9 | (31.8 – 51.0) | 143 | 58.6 | 4.9 | (49.0 – 68.2) |
| Puerto Rico | 145 | 46 | 35.3 | 6.6 | (22.4 – 48.2) | 99 | 64.7 | 6.6 | (51.8 – 77.6) |
| 32 States / Area | 9,497 | 3,788 | 40.8 | 1.3 | (38.3 – 43.3) | 5,709 | 59.2 | 1.3 | (56.7 – 61.7) |
| Median | 39.7 | 60.3 | |||||||
| Range | 32.7-52.1 | 47.9-67.3 | |||||||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
± Sample size for adults with current asthma, excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval
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