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2013 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables

TABLE 2. Estimated percent of active1 and inactive2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2013

State/TerritorySample
size±
ActiveInactive
Sample
size
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alabama16714074.09.1(56.2 - 91.8)27N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona13310665.411.3(43.3 - 87.5)27N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California26418458.06.0(46.2 - 69.8)8042.06.0(30.2 - 53.8)
Connecticut30123466.66.6(53.7 - 79.5)6733.46.6(20.5 - 46.3)
Florida99477367.44.4(58.8 - 76.0)22132.64.4(24.0 - 41.2)
Georgia18613371.06.6(58.1 - 83.9)5329.06.6(16.1 - 41.9)
Hawaii17811062.57.6(47.6 - 77.4)6837.57.6(22.6 - 52.4)
Indiana42133873.34.6(64.3 - 82.3)8326.74.6(17.7 - 35.7)
Iowa28021362.06.5(49.3 - 74.7)6738.06.5(25.3 - 50.7)
Kansas81166073.63.4(66.9 - 80.3)15126.43.4(19.7 - 33.1)
Kentucky41136680.14.4(71.5 - 88.7)4519.94.4(11.3 - 28.5)
Louisiana17814585.23.9(77.6 - 92.8)3314.83.9(7.2 - 22.4)
Maine28724183.53.4(76.8 - 90.2)4616.53.4(9.8 - 23.2)
Maryland30224877.44.7(68.2 - 86.6)5422.64.7(13.4 - 31.8)
Massachusetts18415170.110.0(50.5 - 89.7)33N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Michigan57749479.63.8(72.2 - 87.0)8320.43.8(13.0 - 27.8)
Mississippi27121876.86.8(63.5 - 90.1)5323.26.8(9.9 - 36.5)
Missouri27522171.45.3(61.0 - 81.8)5428.65.3(18.2 - 39.0)
Montana34628076.06.6(63.1 - 88.9)6624.06.6(11.1 - 36.9)
Nebraska36028974.46.0(62.6 - 86.2)7125.66.0(13.8 - 37.4)
Nevada15311559.111.9(35.8 - 82.4)3840.911.9(17.6 - 64.2)
New Hampshire28522976.34.7(67.1 - 85.5)5623.74.7(14.5 - 32.9)
New Jersey33228386.73.3(80.2 - 93.2)4913.33.3(6.8 - 19.8)
New Mexico29623967.25.9(55.6 - 78.8)5732.85.9(21.2 - 44.4)
New York14711370.27.6(55.3 - 85.1)3429.87.6(14.9 - 44.7)
North Carolina14612476.87.4(62.3 - 91.3)22N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio31625976.15.7(64.9 - 87.3)5723.95.7(12.7 - 35.1)
Oklahoma31323865.25.5(54.4 - 76.0)7534.85.5(24.0 - 45.6)
Oregon23518578.15.1(68.1 - 88.1)5021.95.1(11.9 - 31.9)
Pennsylvania33726878.13.8(70.7 - 85.5)6921.93.8(14.5 - 29.3)
Rhode Island24121087.63.0(81.7 - 93.5)3112.43.0(6.5 - 18.3)
Texas30323560.97.4(46.4 - 75.4)6839.17.4(24.6 - 53.6)
Utah43932676.83.5(69.9 - 83.7)11323.23.5(16.3 - 30.1)
Vermont26320274.54.6(65.5 - 83.5)6125.54.6(16.5 - 34.5)
Washington39029868.25.8(56.8 - 79.6)9231.85.8(20.4 - 43.2)
West Virginia14712678.45.4(67.8 - 89.0)2121.65.4(11.0 - 32.2)
Wisconsin22919175.77.8(60.4 - 91.0)38N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Puerto Rico31124669.74.9(60.1 - 79.3)6530.34.9(20.7 - 39.9)
38 state total11,8099,43170.21.6(67.1 - 73.3)2,37829.81.6(26.7 - 32.9)
Median  74.2   25.6  
Range  58.0-87.6   12.4-42.0  

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

2 Reported none of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± Landline 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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