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TABLE 2. Estimated percent of active1 and inactive2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Active | Inactive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Alaska | 177 | 133 | 75.0 | 5.3 | (64.6 – 85.4) | 44 | 25.0 | 5.3 | (14.6 – 35.4) |
| Arizona | 230 | 163 | 63.0 | 8.3 | (46.7 – 79.3) | 67 | 37.0 | 8.3 | (20.7 – 53.3) |
| California | 353 | 267 | 75.9 | 3.2 | (69.6 – 82.2) | 86 | 24.1 | 3.2 | (17.8 – 30.4) |
| Colorado | 382 | 293 | 74.6 | 2.8 | (69.1 – 80.1) | 89 | 25.4 | 2.8 | (19.9 – 30.9) |
| Connecticut | 455 | 360 | 76.8 | 3.0 | (70.9 – 82.7) | 95 | 23.2 | 3.0 | (17.3 – 29.1) |
| District of Columbia | 197 | 142 | 69.1 | 4.8 | (59.7 – 78.5) | 55 | 30.9 | 4.8 | (21.5 – 40.3) |
| Georgia | 377 | 276 | 65.5 | 4.2 | (57.3 – 73.7) | 101 | 34.5 | 4.2 | (26.3 – 42.7) |
| Hawaii | 392 | 249 | 55.4 | 3.8 | (48.0 – 62.8) | 143 | 44.6 | 3.8 | (37.2 – 52.0) |
| Indiana | 439 | 338 | 66.0 | 3.4 | (59.3 – 72.7) | 101 | 34.0 | 3.4 | (27.3 – 40.7) |
| Iowa | 273 | 193 | 66.0 | 3.9 | (58.4 – 73.6) | 80 | 34.0 | 3.9 | (26.4 – 41.6) |
| Kansas | 514 | 403 | 71.5 | 3.1 | (65.4 – 77.6) | 111 | 28.5 | 3.1 | (22.4 – 34.6) |
| Maine | 243 | 195 | 78.8 | 3.1 | (72.7 – 84.9) | 48 | 21.2 | 3.1 | (15.1 – 27.3) |
| Maryland | 434 | 340 | 67.5 | 5.1 | (57.5 – 77.5) | 94 | 32.5 | 5.1 | (22.5 – 42.5) |
| Massachusetts | 378 | 289 | 64.0 | 4.4 | (55.4 – 72.6) | 89 | 36.0 | 4.4 | (27.4 – 44.6) |
| Michigan | 422 | 348 | 79.9 | 2.6 | (74.8 – 85.0) | 74 | 20.1 | 2.6 | (15.0 – 25.2) |
| Missouri | 362 | 273 | 66.5 | 5.0 | (56.7 – 76.3) | 89 | 33.5 | 5.0 | (23.7 – 43.3) |
| Montana | 299 | 218 | 69.6 | 3.6 | (62.5 – 76.7) | 81 | 30.4 | 3.6 | (23.3 – 37.5) |
| Nebraska | 300 | 244 | 64.9 | 9.2 | (46.9 – 82.9) | 56 | 35.1 | 9.2 | (17.1 – 53.1) |
| New Hampshire | 328 | 265 | 76.6 | 3.8 | (69.2 – 84.0) | 63 | 23.4 | 3.8 | (16.0 – 30.8) |
| New York | 365 | 298 | 78.0 | 3.1 | (71.9 – 84.1) | 67 | 22.0 | 3.1 | (15.9 – 28.1) |
| Oregon | 457 | 327 | 68.6 | 3.2 | (62.3 – 74.9) | 130 | 31.4 | 3.2 | (25.1 – 37.7) |
| Texas | 332 | 255 | 67.4 | 4.9 | (57.8 – 77.0) | 77 | 32.6 | 4.9 | (23.0 – 42.2) |
| Vermont | 582 | 439 | 72.5 | 2.6 | (67.4 – 77.6) | 143 | 27.5 | 2.6 | (22.4 – 32.6) |
| Washington | 2,219 | 1,617 | 66.8 | 1.7 | (63.5 – 70.1) | 602 | 33.2 | 1.7 | (29.9 – 36.5) |
| Wisconsin | 291 | 227 | 75.7 | 3.8 | (68.3 – 83.1) | 64 | 24.3 | 3.8 | (16.9 – 31.7) |
| 25 areas total | 10,801 | 8,152 | 71.6 | 1.2 | (69.2 – 74.0) | 2,649 | 28.4 | 1.2 | (26.0 – 30.8) |
| Median | 69.1 | 30.9 | |||||||
| Range | 55.4-79.9 | 20.1-44.6 | |||||||
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
± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval