TABLE 3a. Estimated percent for time since first diagnosis among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006

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State/Territory Sample
size± 		5 or fewer years More than 5 years
Sample
size		 % SE§ 95% CI† Sample
size		 % SE 95% CI
Alaska 129 25 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 104 83.2 5.5 (72.4 – 94.0)
Arizona 154 18 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 136 89.4 4.0 (81.6 – 97.2)
California 245 34 12.5 2.6 (7.4 – 17.6) 211 87.5 2.6 (82.4 – 92.6)
Colorado 275 42 16.4 3.2 (10.1 – 22.7) 233 83.6 3.2 (77.3 – 89.9)
Connecticut 326 36 13.4 3.7 (6.1 – 20.7) 290 86.6 3.7 (79.3 – 93.9)
District of Columbia 130 13 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 117 92.5 2.6 (87.4 – 97.6)
Georgia 261 46 18.1 3.7 (10.8 – 25.4) 215 81.9 3.7 (74.6 – 89.2)
Hawaii 222 38 16.1 3.3 (9.6 – 22.6) 184 83.9 3.3 (77.4 – 90.4)
Indiana 319 64 17.5 2.5 (12.6 – 22.4) 255 82.5 2.5 (77.6 – 87.4)
Iowa 180 32 14.7 2.8 (9.2 – 20.2) 148 85.3 2.8 (79.8 – 90.8)
Kansas 395 57 14.6 2.8 (9.1 – 20.1) 338 85.4 2.8 (79.9 – 90.9)
Maine 180 29 12.5 2.7 (7.2 – 17.8) 151 87.5 2.7 (82.2 – 92.8)
Maryland 293 48 16.7 3.6 (9.6 – 23.8) 245 83.3 3.6 (76.2 – 90.4)
Massachusetts 270 37 13.7 3.2 (7.4 – 20.0) 233 86.3 3.2 (80.0 – 92.6)
Michigan 322 53 15.0 2.4 (10.3 – 19.7) 269 85.0 2.4 (80.3 – 89.7)
Missouri 259 40 16.3 4.6 (7.3 – 25.3) 219 83.7 4.6 (74.7 – 92.7)
Montana 206 34 15.4 3.3 (8.9 – 21.9) 172 84.6 3.3 (78.1 – 91.1)
Nebraska 230 29 9.2 2.2 (4.9 – 13.5) 201 90.8 2.2 (86.5 – 95.1)
New Hampshire 235 30 13.7 3.2 (7.4 – 20.0) 205 86.3 3.2 (80.0 – 92.6)
New York 273 51 15.2 2.6 (10.1 – 20.3) 222 84.8 2.6 (79.7 – 89.9)
Oregon 293 45 14.1 2.7 (8.8 – 19.4) 248 85.9 2.7 (80.6 – 91.2)
Texas 232 40 20.0 5.8 (8.6 – 31.4) 192 80.0 5.8 (68.6 – 91.4)
Vermont 416 73 18.4 2.7 (13.1 – 23.7) 343 81.6 2.7 (76.3 – 86.9)
Washington 1,476 246 18.2 1.8 (14.7 – 21.7) 1,230 81.8 1.8 (78.3 – 85.3)
Wisconsin 223 36 14.5 3.3 (8.0 – 21.0) 187 85.5 3.3 (79.0 – 92.0)
25 areas total 7,544 1,196 15.1 1.0 (13.1 – 17.1) 6,348 84.9 1.0 (82.9 – 86.9)
Median     15.1       85.0    
Range     9.2-20.0       80.0-92.5    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± 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