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2014 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables


TABLE 3b. Estimated percent for time since first diagnosis among adults1 with active2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2014

State/Territory Sample
size±		 5 or fewer years More than 5 years
Sample
size		 % SE§ 95% CI† Sample
size		 % SE 95% CI
Alabama 226 39 9.1 2.3 (4.6 – 13.6) 187 90.9 2.3 (86.4 – 95.4)
Florida 226 30 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 196 86.7 4.0 (78.9 – 94.5)
Kansas 279 33 10.1 2.9 (4.4 – 15.8) 246 89.9 2.9 (84.2 – 95.6)
Louisiana 107 13 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 94 95.6 1.7 (92.3 – 98.9)
Massachusetts 141 19 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 122 91.2 3.4 (84.5 – 97.9)
5 state total 979 134 10.5 2.0 (6.6 – 14.4) 845 89.5 2.0 (85.6 – 93.4)
Median     9.6       90.9    
Range     9.1-10.1       86.7-95.6    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± 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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