Multiple Year (2006 ~ 2010) Child Asthma Call-back Survey Prevalence Tables

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TABLE 12. Estimated percent of children allowed to carry medication in school among children1 with current2 asthma status who attended school in the past year3 by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006-2010
State/Territory Current
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI
Arizona 96 27.4 6.5 (14.7 – 40.1)
California 145 52.4 5.5 (41.6 – 63.2)
Connecticut 305 37.7 3.7 (30.4 – 45.0)
District of Columbia 95 46.3 6.4 (33.8 – 58.8)
Georgia 289 62.5 3.9 (54.9 – 70.1)
Hawaii 313 59.8 3.6 (52.7 – 66.9)
Illinois 154 66.4 4.8 (57.0 – 75.8)
Indiana 289 50.3 3.8 (42.9 – 57.7)
Iowa 208 65.7 3.9 (58.1 – 73.3)
Kansas 497 44.9 2.7 (39.6 – 50.2)
Louisiana 86 40.5 6.3 (28.2 – 52.8)
Maine 242 55.2 3.8 (47.8 – 62.6)
Maryland 311 39.7 3.6 (32.6 – 46.8)
Massachusetts 229 39.6 4.5 (30.8 – 48.4)
Michigan 403 54.4 3.2 (48.1 – 60.7)
Mississippi 58 54.6 8.7 (37.5 – 71.7)
Missouri 199 40.7 5.0 (30.9 – 50.5)
Montana 184 65.4 4.7 (56.2 – 74.6)
Nebraska 404 47.3 4.0 (39.5 – 55.1)
New Hampshire 126 58.0 5.0 (48.2 – 67.8)
New Jersey 263 45.7 4.1 (37.7 – 53.7)
New Mexico 206 61.5 4.4 (52.9 – 70.1)
New York 238 45.3 4.3 (36.9 – 53.7)
North Dakota 86 77.3 5.3 (66.9 – 87.7)
Ohio 184 57.3 5.6 (46.3 – 68.3)
Oklahoma 206 55.4 4.4 (46.8 – 64.0)
Oregon 161 44.9 4.8 (35.5 – 54.3)
Pennsylvania 109 47.2 6.6 (34.3 – 60.1)
Rhode Island 139 47.7 5.5 (36.9 – 58.5)
Texas 409 45.9 4.0 (38.1 – 53.7)
Utah 291 72.9 3.5 (66.0 – 79.8)
Vermont 320 48.6 3.3 (42.1 – 55.1)
Virginia 70 28.2 5.9 (16.6 – 39.8)
Washington 284 60.3 3.7 (53.0 – 67.6)
West Virginia 158 40.1 4.4 (31.5 – 48.7)
Wisconsin 122 62.5 7.0 (48.8 – 76.2)
36 state total 7,879 49.8 1.2 (47.4 – 52.2)
Median 49.5
Range 27.4-77.3

1 Aged < 18 years

2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”

3 Attended school outside the home. Home Schooled are excluded

± Sample size is for multiple years of participation. Responses of “Don’t Know” and “Refused” are excluded.

§ Standard error

Confidence interval

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