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TABLE 1. Estimated percent of current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2007
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Current | Former | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Alaska | 150 | 97 | 62.5 | 6.3 | (50.2 – 74.8) | 53 | 37.5 | 6.3 | (25.2 – 49.8) |
| Arizona | 211 | 165 | 76.3 | 5.4 | (65.7 – 86.9) | 46 | 23.7 | 5.4 | (13.1 – 34.3) |
| California | 285 | 197 | 61.8 | 5.2 | (51.6 – 72.0) | 88 | 38.2 | 5.2 | (28.0 – 48.4) |
| Colorado | 385 | 270 | 68.3 | 3.5 | (61.4 – 75.2) | 115 | 31.7 | 3.5 | (24.8 – 38.6) |
| Connecticut | 379 | 270 | 70.9 | 3.7 | (63.6 – 78.2) | 109 | 29.1 | 3.7 | (21.8 – 36.4) |
| District of Columbia | 187 | 119 | 55.3 | 5.0 | (45.5 – 65.1) | 68 | 44.7 | 5.0 | (34.9 – 54.5) |
| Florida | 898 | 609 | 59.6 | 4.0 | (51.8 – 67.4) | 289 | 40.4 | 4.0 | (32.6 – 48.2) |
| Georgia | 371 | 268 | 62.9 | 3.9 | (55.3 – 70.5) | 103 | 37.1 | 3.9 | (29.5 – 44.7) |
| Hawaii | 487 | 305 | 61.0 | 3.3 | (54.5 – 67.5) | 182 | 39.0 | 3.3 | (32.5 – 45.5) |
| Illinois | 278 | 209 | 71.6 | 4.2 | (63.4 – 79.8) | 69 | 28.4 | 4.2 | (20.2 – 36.6) |
| Indiana | 379 | 306 | 75.4 | 3.8 | (68.0 – 82.8) | 73 | 24.6 | 3.8 | (17.2 – 32.0) |
| Iowa | 280 | 205 | 71.3 | 4.1 | (63.3 – 79.3) | 75 | 28.7 | 4.1 | (20.7 – 36.7) |
| Kansas | 536 | 406 | 72.6 | 2.9 | (66.9 – 78.3) | 130 | 27.4 | 2.9 | (21.7 – 33.1) |
| Maine | 465 | 372 | 76.8 | 3.0 | (70.9 – 82.7) | 93 | 23.2 | 3.0 | (17.3 – 29.1) |
| Maryland | 438 | 298 | 63.1 | 3.3 | (56.6 – 69.6) | 140 | 36.9 | 3.3 | (30.4 – 43.4) |
| Massachusetts | 240 | 181 | 76.6 | 5.5 | (65.8 – 87.4) | 59 | 23.4 | 5.5 | (12.6 – 34.2) |
| Michigan | 535 | 401 | 72.8 | 2.9 | (67.1 – 78.5) | 134 | 27.2 | 2.9 | (21.5 – 32.9) |
| Missouri | 310 | 248 | 71.8 | 4.8 | (62.4 – 81.2) | 62 | 28.2 | 4.8 | (18.8 – 37.6) |
| Montana | 314 | 246 | 76.7 | 3.8 | (69.3 – 84.1) | 68 | 23.3 | 3.8 | (15.9 – 30.7) |
| Nebraska | 563 | 426 | 66.1 | 4.6 | (57.1 – 75.1) | 137 | 33.9 | 4.6 | (24.9 – 42.9) |
| Nevada | 301 | 204 | 64.7 | 4.9 | (55.1 – 74.3) | 97 | 35.3 | 4.9 | (25.7 – 44.9) |
| New Hampshire | 319 | 232 | 68.9 | 3.6 | (61.8 – 76.0) | 87 | 31.1 | 3.6 | (24.0 – 38.2) |
| New Mexico | 369 | 245 | 59.4 | 4.3 | (51.0 – 67.8) | 124 | 40.6 | 4.3 | (32.2 – 49.0) |
| New York | 383 | 285 | 67.5 | 3.8 | (60.1 – 74.9) | 98 | 32.5 | 3.8 | (25.1 – 39.9) |
| Ohio | 539 | 410 | 73.3 | 3.1 | (67.2 – 79.4) | 129 | 26.7 | 3.1 | (20.6 – 32.8) |
| Oklahoma | 377 | 282 | 69.7 | 3.6 | (62.6 – 76.8) | 95 | 30.3 | 3.6 | (23.2 – 37.4) |
| Oregon | 471 | 318 | 62.2 | 3.6 | (55.1 – 69.3) | 153 | 37.8 | 3.6 | (30.7 – 44.9) |
| Pennsylvania | 302 | 219 | 71.5 | 3.6 | (64.4 – 78.6) | 83 | 28.5 | 3.6 | (21.4 – 35.6) |
| Texas | 386 | 267 | 69.2 | 4.1 | (61.2 – 77.2) | 119 | 30.8 | 4.1 | (22.8 – 38.8) |
| Utah | 327 | 220 | 59.9 | 4.1 | (51.9 – 67.9) | 107 | 40.1 | 4.1 | (32.1 – 48.1) |
| Vermont | 511 | 383 | 67.7 | 3.2 | (61.4 – 74.0) | 128 | 32.3 | 3.2 | (26.0 – 38.6) |
| Washington | 2,284 | 1,552 | 63.7 | 1.6 | (60.6 – 66.8) | 732 | 36.3 | 1.6 | (33.2 – 39.4) |
| West Virginia | 324 | 256 | 73.4 | 3.7 | (66.1 – 80.7) | 68 | 26.6 | 3.7 | (19.3 – 33.9) |
| Wisconsin | 314 | 234 | 67.3 | 5.5 | (56.5 – 78.1) | 80 | 32.7 | 5.5 | (21.9 – 43.5) |
| 34 areas total | 14,898 | 10,705 | 67.7 | 1.2 | (65.3 – 70.1) | 4,193 | 32.3 | 1.2 | (29.9 – 34.7) |
| Median | 68.6 | 31.4 | |||||||
| Range | 55.3-76.8 | ; | 23.2-44.7 | ||||||
1 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
2 “No” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
3 Aged ≥ 18 years
± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval