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, United States, 2010
State/Territory | Sample size± | Attack in past year | No attack in past year | No symptoms in past year | |||||||||
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Sample size | % | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size | % | SE | 95% CI | Sample size | % | SE | 95% CI | ||
Alabama | 318 | 177 | 53.5 | 4.4 | (44.9 - 62.1) | 108 | 36.3 | 4.3 | (27.9 - 44.7) | 33 | 10.2 | 2.8 | (4.7 - 15.7) |
Arizona | 285 | 155 | 51.4 | 6.2 | (39.2 - 63.6) | 97 | 30.9 | 5.5 | (20.1 - 41.7) | 33 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
California | 545 | 288 | 52.8 | 3.1 | (46.7 - 58.9) | 205 | 35.9 | 3.0 | (30.0 - 41.8) | 52 | 11.2 | 2.2 | (6.9 - 15.5) |
Connecticut | 283 | 138 | 49.0 | 4.9 | (39.4 - 58.6) | 111 | 39.7 | 4.6 | (30.7 - 48.7) | 34 | 11.3 | 3.0 | (5.4 - 17.2) |
District of Columbia | 153 | 58 | 41.9 | 5.5 | (31.1 - 52.7) | 63 | 39.8 | 5.5 | (29.0 - 50.6) | 32 | 18.3 | 4.1 | (10.3 - 26.3) |
Florida | 441 | 237 | 54.5 | 5.1 | (44.5 - 64.5) | 170 | 35.5 | 4.5 | (26.7 - 44.3) | 34 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Georgia | 172 | 77 | 44.6 | 5.3 | (34.2 - 55.0) | 78 | 44.3 | 5.4 | (33.7 - 54.9) | 17 | 11.1 | 3.1 | (5.0 - 17.2) |
Hawaii | 287 | 125 | 44.9 | 4.7 | (35.7 - 54.1) | 129 | 47.6 | 4.6 | (38.6 - 56.6) | 33 | 7.5 | 1.7 | (4.2 - 10.8) |
Illinois | 173 | 84 | 43.0 | 5.3 | (32.6 - 53.4) | 74 | 47.6 | 5.6 | (36.6 - 58.6) | 15 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Indiana | 506 | 262 | 56.2 | 3.3 | (49.7 - 62.7) | 205 | 37.3 | 3.2 | (31.0 - 43.6) | 39 | 6.4 | 1.2 | (4.0 - 8.8) |
Iowa | 271 | 127 | 47.7 | 4.6 | (38.7 - 56.7) | 111 | 41.6 | 4.5 | (32.8 - 50.4) | 33 | 10.8 | 2.2 | (6.5 - 15.1) |
Kansas | 432 | 218 | 54.3 | 4.0 | (46.5 - 62.1) | 176 | 36.5 | 3.8 | (29.1 - 43.9) | 38 | 9.3 | 2.2 | (5.0 - 13.6) |
Louisiana | 204 | 107 | 62.2 | 5.7 | (51.0 - 73.4) | 73 | 25.5 | 4.3 | (17.1 - 33.9) | 24 | 12.3 | 3.6 | (5.2 - 19.4) |
Maine | 477 | 260 | 58.2 | 3.3 | (51.7 - 64.7) | 169 | 31.9 | 3.0 | (26.0 - 37.8) | 48 | 9.9 | 2.2 | (5.6 - 14.2) |
Maryland | 284 | 113 | 40.9 | 5.5 | (30.1 - 51.7) | 140 | 48.3 | 5.3 | (37.9 - 58.7) | 31 | 10.8 | 2.4 | (6.1 - 15.5) |
Massachusetts | 232 | 112 | 50.0 | 5.9 | (38.4 - 61.6) | 95 | 39.7 | 5.7 | (28.5 - 50.9) | 25 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Michigan | 573 | 286 | 54.0 | 3.3 | (47.5 - 60.5) | 243 | 41.1 | 3.2 | (34.8 - 47.4) | 44 | 4.9 | 0.9 | (3.1 - 6.7) |
Mississippi | 343 | 187 | 55.8 | 4.1 | (47.8 - 63.8) | 135 | 33.8 | 3.8 | (26.4 - 41.2) | 21 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Missouri | 281 | 159 | 55.7 | 4.9 | (46.1 - 65.3) | 102 | 36.3 | 4.8 | (26.9 - 45.7) | 20 | 8.0 | 2.3 | (3.5 - 12.5) |
Montana | 336 | 162 | 49.0 | 4.9 | (39.4 - 58.6) | 150 | 45.1 | 4.9 | (35.5 - 54.7) | 24 | 5.8 | 1.6 | (2.7 - 8.9) |
Nebraska | 628 | 291 | 48.5 | 3.8 | (41.1 - 55.9) | 272 | 44.8 | 3.8 | (37.4 - 52.2) | 65 | 6.7 | 1.5 | (3.8 - 9.6) |
Nevada | 169 | 86 | 50.2 | 6.1 | (38.2 - 62.2) | 69 | 41.0 | 6.2 | (28.8 - 53.2) | 14 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
New Hampshire | 305 | 132 | 41.9 | 4.5 | (33.1 - 50.7) | 141 | 48.8 | 4.6 | (39.8 - 57.8) | 32 | 9.3 | 2.3 | (4.8 - 13.8) |
New Jersey | 374 | 162 | 38.1 | 4.1 | (30.1 - 46.1) | 169 | 47.0 | 4.5 | (38.2 - 55.8) | 43 | 14.9 | 3.6 | (7.8 - 22.0) |
New Mexico | 348 | 173 | 51.0 | 4.7 | (41.8 - 60.2) | 142 | 40.2 | 4.7 | (31.0 - 49.4) | 33 | 8.8 | 2.2 | (4.5 - 13.1) |
New York | 143 | 63 | 50.8 | 5.6 | (39.8 - 61.8) | 63 | 40.3 | 5.4 | (29.7 - 50.9) | 17 | 8.9 | 2.6 | (3.8 - 14.0) |
North Dakota | 186 | 93 | 45.3 | 6.5 | (32.6 - 58.0) | 78 | 50.2 | 6.8 | (36.9 - 63.5) | 15 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Ohio | 381 | 187 | 51.6 | 4.3 | (43.2 - 60.0) | 160 | 37.8 | 3.9 | (30.2 - 45.4) | 34 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Oklahoma | 358 | 192 | 55.2 | 4.1 | (47.2 - 63.2) | 134 | 32.0 | 3.5 | (25.1 - 38.9) | 32 | 12.8 | 3.7 | (5.5 - 20.1) |
Oregon | 230 | 133 | 63.1 | 5.0 | (53.3 - 72.9) | 77 | 27.8 | 4.5 | (19.0 - 36.6) | 20 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Pennsylvania | 435 | 237 | 52.4 | 3.5 | (45.5 - 59.3) | 150 | 37.6 | 3.5 | (30.7 - 44.5) | 48 | 10.0 | 1.8 | (6.5 - 13.5) |
Rhode Island | 350 | 172 | 50.9 | 4.2 | (42.7 - 59.1) | 133 | 35.6 | 4.2 | (27.4 - 43.8) | 45 | 13.4 | 2.7 | (8.1 - 18.7) |
Texas | 715 | 379 | 55.9 | 4.5 | (47.1 - 64.7) | 285 | 33.2 | 4.1 | (25.2 - 41.2) | 51 | 10.9 | 3.2 | (4.6 - 17.2) |
Utah | 462 | 240 | 51.1 | 4.0 | (43.3 - 58.9) | 181 | 37.0 | 3.7 | (29.7 - 44.3) | 41 | 11.9 | 2.8 | (6.4 - 17.4) |
Vermont | 430 | 187 | 44.1 | 3.7 | (36.8 - 51.4) | 207 | 47.8 | 3.7 | (40.5 - 55.1) | 36 | 8.1 | 1.8 | (4.6 - 11.6) |
Washington | 686 | 320 | 44.1 | 3.0 | (38.2 - 50.0) | 298 | 45.3 | 3.2 | (39.0 - 51.6) | 68 | 10.7 | 2.0 | (6.8 - 14.6) |
West Virginia | 202 | 107 | 53.3 | 5.1 | (43.3 - 63.3) | 76 | 35.2 | 4.8 | (25.8 - 44.6) | 19 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Wisconsin | 242 | 123 | 53.5 | 5.8 | (42.1 - 64.9) | 97 | 37.3 | 5.5 | (26.5 - 48.1) | 22 | 9.2 | 2.7 | (3.9 - 14.5) |
Puerto Rico | 158 | 86 | 53.6 | 7.2 | (39.5 - 67.7) | 55 | 40.5 | 7.3 | (26.2 - 54.8) | 17 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
39 state total | 13,398 | 6,695 | 51.4 | 1.0 | (49.4 - 53.4) | 5,421 | 38.4 | 1.0 | (36.4 - 40.4) | 1,282 | 10.2 | 0.7 | (8.8 - 11.6) |
Median | 51.1 | 39.7 | 10.1 | ||||||||||
Range | 38.1-63.1 | 25.5-50.2 | 4.9-18.3 |
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma
± 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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