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2014 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables


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 Land Line Sample, United States, 2014

State/Territory Sample
size±		 Attack in past year No attack in past year No symptoms in past year
Sample
size		 % SE§ 95% CI† Sample
size		 % SE 95% CI Sample
size		 % SE 95% CI
Alabama 229 130 62.1 7.4 (47.6 – 76.6) 74 22.5 5.6 (11.5 – 33.5) 25 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Florida 228 122 58.1 6.4 (45.6 – 70.6) 73 34.2 6.4 (21.7 – 46.7) 33 7.7 2.0 (3.8 – 11.6)
Kansas 273 147 51.1 6.3 (38.8 – 63.4) 98 35.0 5.7 (23.8 – 46.2) 28 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Louisiana 107 48 44.9 10.4 (24.5 – 65.3) 47 40.8 10.3 (20.6 – 61.0) 12 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Massachusetts 140 70 57.5 7.8 (42.2 – 72.8) 63 40.8 7.8 (25.5 – 56.1) 7 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
5 state total 977 517 56.8 3.8 (49.4 – 64.2) 355 34.4 3.7 (27.1 – 41.7) 105 8.8 1.8 (5.3 – 12.3)
Median     57.5       35.0       7.7    
Range     44.9-62.1       22.5-40.8       7.7-7.7    

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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