2018 Adult Prevalence Tables
Table 2a: Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults
1 with current 2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2018.
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Attack in past year | No attack or symptoms in past year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | ||
| Arizona | 168 | 84 | 57.6 | 6.8 | (44.3 – 70.9) | 84 | 42.4 | 6.8 | (29.1 – 55.7) |
| California | 220 | 107 | 43.4 | 4.7 | (34.2 – 52.6) | 113 | 56.6 | 4.7 | (47.4 – 65.8) |
| Connecticut | 273 | 119 | 42.4 | 4.7 | (33.2 – 51.6) | 154 | 57.6 | 4.7 | (48.4 – 66.8) |
| Florida | 465 | 238 | 48.6 | 5.3 | (38.2 – 59.0) | 227 | 51.4 | 5.3 | (41.0 – 61.8) |
| Georgia | 151 | 80 | 59.4 | 5.1 | (49.4 – 69.4) | 71 | 40.6 | 5.1 | (30.6 – 50.6) |
| Hawaii | 216 | 88 | 36.6 | 4.8 | (27.2 – 46.0) | 128 | 63.4 | 4.8 | (54.0 – 72.8) |
| Illinois | 155 | 79 | 49.1 | 5.3 | (38.7 – 59.5) | 76 | 50.9 | 5.3 | (40.5 – 61.3) |
| Indiana | 186 | 89 | 45.3 | 5.3 | (34.9 – 55.7) | 97 | 54.7 | 5.3 | (44.3 – 65.1) |
| Iowa | 247 | 117 | 49.5 | 4.1 | (41.5 – 57.5) | 130 | 50.5 | 4.1 | (42.5 – 58.5) |
| Kansas | 284 | 147 | 52.1 | 4.4 | (43.5 – 60.7) | 137 | 47.9 | 4.4 | (39.3 – 56.5) |
| Maine | 474 | 212 | 50.4 | 4.5 | (41.6 – 59.2) | 262 | 49.6 | 4.5 | (40.8 – 58.4) |
| Maryland | 291 | 157 | 54.2 | 4.6 | (45.2 – 63.2) | 134 | 45.8 | 4.6 | (36.8 – 54.8) |
| Massachusetts | 181 | 93 | 55.9 | 6.3 | (43.6 – 68.2) | 88 | 44.1 | 6.3 | (31.8 – 56.4) |
| Michigan | 472 | 278 | 56.6 | 3.0 | (50.7 – 62.5) | 194 | 43.4 | 3.0 | (37.5 – 49.3) |
| Minnesota | 564 | 258 | 43.6 | 2.6 | (38.5 – 48.7) | 306 | 56.4 | 2.6 | (51.3 – 61.5) |
| Missouri | 182 | 101 | 54.8 | 5.5 | (44.0 – 65.6) | 81 | 45.2 | 5.5 | (34.4 – 56.0) |
| Montana | 146 | 73 | 42.2 | 5.5 | (31.4 – 53.0) | 73 | 57.8 | 5.5 | (47.0 – 68.6) |
| Nebraska | 413 | 209 | 53.7 | 4.1 | (45.7 – 61.7) | 204 | 46.3 | 4.1 | (38.3 – 54.3) |
| Nevada | 98 | 54 | 57.1 | 7.1 | (43.2 – 71.0) | 44 | 42.9 | 7.1 | (29.0 – 56.8) |
| New Hampshire | 178 | 109 | 61.0 | 6.3 | (48.7 – 73.3) | 69 | 39.0 | 6.3 | (26.7 – 51.3) |
| New Mexico | 204 | 111 | 57.0 | 4.9 | (47.4 – 66.6) | 93 | 43.0 | 4.9 | (33.4 – 52.6) |
| New York | 313 | 159 | 50.0 | 5.5 | (39.2 – 60.8) | 154 | 50.0 | 5.5 | (39.2 – 60.8) |
| Ohio | 397 | 194 | 49.8 | 4.2 | (41.6 – 58.0) | 203 | 50.2 | 4.2 | (42.0 – 58.4) |
| Oregon | 233 | 122 | 54.4 | 5.0 | (44.6 – 64.2) | 111 | 45.6 | 5.0 | (35.8 – 55.4) |
| Pennsylvania | 204 | 90 | 50.1 | 5.0 | (40.3 – 59.9) | 114 | 49.9 | 5.0 | (40.1 – 59.7) |
| Rhode Island | 180 | 76 | 42.4 | 5.5 | (31.6 – 53.2) | 104 | 57.6 | 5.5 | (46.8 – 68.4) |
| Texas | 210 | 111 | 53.1 | 9.4 | (34.7 – 71.5) | 99 | 46.9 | 9.4 | (28.5 – 65.3) |
| Utah | 339 | 187 | 58.0 | 3.5 | (51.1 – 64.9) | 152 | 42.0 | 3.5 | (35.1 – 48.9) |
| Vermont | 228 | 107 | 46.8 | 4.9 | (37.2 – 56.4) | 121 | 53.2 | 4.9 | (43.6 – 62.8) |
| Wisconsin | 206 | 104 | 53.2 | 5.4 | (42.6 – 63.8) | 102 | 46.8 | 5.4 | (36.2 – 57.4) |
| Puerto Rico | 203 | 88 | 46.3 | 4.6 | (37.3 – 55.3) | 115 | 53.7 | 4.6 | (44.7 – 62.7) |
| 31 States / Area | 8,081 | 4,041 | 50.3 | 1.4 | (47.6 – 53.0) | 4,040 | 49.7 | 1.4 | (47.0 – 52.4) |
| Median | 50.4 | 49.6 | |||||||
| Range | 36.6-61.0 | 39.0-63.4 | |||||||
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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