TABLE 10. Estimated percent using inhaled short acting beta agonists among adults1 with current2 or active3 asthma status by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2008

State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Arizona 140 52.0 9.7 (33.0 – 71.0) 146 51.8 9.6 (33.0 – 70.6)
California 396 49.2 4.0 (41.4 – 57.0) 425 47.9 3.8 (40.5 – 55.3)
Connecticut 233 52.5 5.5 (41.7 – 63.3) 246 50.6 5.2 (40.4 – 60.8)
District of Columbia 139 54.7 5.4 (44.1 – 65.3) 151 50.7 5.4 (40.1 – 61.3)
Florida 283 47.8 6.3 (35.5 – 60.1) 318 44.3 5.7 (33.1 – 55.5)
Georgia 198 48.9 6.7 (35.8 – 62.0) 214 44.7 6.3 (32.4 – 57.0)
Hawaii 299 50.0 4.4 (41.4 – 58.6) 307 51.1 4.4 (42.5 – 59.7)
Illinois 220 50.5 4.5 (41.7 – 59.3) 241 44.2 4.4 (35.6 – 52.8)
Indiana 230 55.2 5.1 (45.2 – 65.2) 248 53.4 4.9 (43.8 – 63.0)
Iowa 233 44.7 5.3 (34.3 – 55.1) 241 45.5 5.3 (35.1 – 55.9)
Kansas 399 55.2 3.5 (48.3 – 62.1) 417 53.7 3.7 (46.4 – 61.0)
Maine 376 60.1 3.6 (53.0 – 67.2) 405 57.0 3.4 (50.3 – 63.7)
Maryland 319 50.1 4.5 (41.3 – 58.9) 336 48.8 4.2 (40.6 – 57.0)
Massachusetts 295 65.9 4.3 (57.5 – 74.3) 316 60.2 4.6 (51.2 – 69.2)
Michigan 496 60.8 3.6 (53.7 – 67.9) 539 55.2 3.5 (48.3 – 62.1)
Missouri 234 57.6 5.6 (46.6 – 68.6) 257 52.3 5.4 (41.7 – 62.9)
Montana 226 58.1 4.7 (48.9 – 67.3) 231 55.7 4.7 (46.5 – 64.9)
Nebraska 541 46.5 4.5 (37.7 – 55.3) 572 44.0 4.3 (35.6 – 52.4)
Nevada 180 61.4 5.9 (49.8 – 73.0) 197 52.8 5.9 (41.2 – 64.4)
New Hampshire 316 60.2 3.6 (53.1 – 67.3) 344 59.1 3.5 (52.2 – 66.0)
New Jersey 294 44.8 5.2 (34.6 – 55.0) 326 44.8 4.8 (35.4 – 54.2)
New Mexico 266 59.2 4.9 (49.6 – 68.8) 282 57.3 4.8 (47.9 – 66.7)
New York 298 56.3 4.2 (48.1 – 64.5) 339 48.6 4.4 (40.0 – 57.2)
North Dakota 197 56.1 5.3 (45.7 – 66.5) 204 57.2 5.0 (47.4 – 67.0)
Ohio 330 62.6 4.7 (53.4 – 71.8) 364 58.2 4.5 (49.4 – 67.0)
Oklahoma 270 60.4 4.2 (52.2 – 68.6) 287 59.3 4.1 (51.3 – 67.3)
Oregon 265 57.5 4.2 (49.3 – 65.7) 289 50.5 4.5 (41.7 – 59.3)
Rhode Island 266 45.5 5.1 (35.5 – 55.5) 291 44.3 5.0 (34.5 – 54.1)
Texas 368 58.9 4.3 (50.5 – 67.3) 398 51.7 5.0 (41.9 – 61.5)
Utah 221 47.1 4.8 (37.7 – 56.5) 235 46.3 4.7 (37.1 – 55.5)
Vermont 376 49.7 3.3 (43.2 – 56.2) 416 46.8 3.2 (40.5 – 53.1)
Virginia 206 63.8 6.5 (51.1 – 76.5) 219 63.4 6.3 (51.1 – 75.7)
Washington 488 50.7 3.8 (43.3 – 58.1) 542 47.7 3.4 (41.0 – 54.4)
West Virginia 230 54.0 4.4 (45.4 – 62.6) 241 54.8 4.1 (46.8 – 62.8)
Wisconsin 229 55.9 5.1 (45.9 – 65.9) 237 51.1 5.7 (39.9 – 62.3)
35 areas total 10,057 54.2 1.2 (51.8 – 56.6) 10,821 50.6 1.2 (48.2 – 53.0)
Median   55.2       51.1    
Range   44.7-65.9       44.0-63.4    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

3 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”

§ Standard error

Confidence interval