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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, 2009
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Active | Inactive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Arizona | 166 | 120 | 64.1 | 8.1 | (48.2 – 80.0) | 46 | 35.9 | 8.1 | (20.0 – 51.8) |
| California | 707 | 549 | 71.3 | 3.2 | (65.0 – 77.6) | 158 | 28.7 | 3.2 | (22.4 – 35.0) |
| Connecticut | 355 | 259 | 65.3 | 4.5 | (56.5 – 74.1) | 96 | 34.7 | 4.5 | (25.9 – 43.5) |
| District of Columbia | 206 | 151 | 65.7 | 5.2 | (55.5 – 75.9) | 55 | 34.3 | 5.2 | (24.1 – 44.5) |
| Florida | 588 | 460 | 69.2 | 5.0 | (59.4 – 79.0) | 128 | 30.8 | 5.0 | (21.0 – 40.6) |
| Georgia | 259 | 200 | 72.2 | 5.0 | (62.4 – 82.0) | 59 | 27.8 | 5.0 | (18.0 – 37.6) |
| Hawaii | 414 | 276 | 59.8 | 4.1 | (51.8 – 67.8) | 138 | 40.2 | 4.1 | (32.2 – 48.2) |
| Illinois | 280 | 206 | 66.5 | 4.2 | (58.3 – 74.7) | 74 | 33.5 | 4.2 | (25.3 – 41.7) |
| Indiana | 523 | 431 | 81.1 | 2.6 | (76.0 – 86.2) | 92 | 18.9 | 2.6 | (13.8 – 24.0) |
| Iowa | 339 | 247 | 65.7 | 4.6 | (56.7 – 74.7) | 92 | 34.3 | 4.6 | (25.3 – 43.3) |
| Kansas | 1,136 | 890 | 72.6 | 2.3 | (68.1 – 77.1) | 246 | 27.4 | 2.3 | (22.9 – 31.9) |
| Louisiana | 285 | 220 | 72.2 | 5.4 | (61.6 – 82.8) | 65 | 27.8 | 5.4 | (17.2 – 38.4) |
| Maine | 319 | 255 | 80.9 | 3.1 | (74.8 – 87.0) | 64 | 19.1 | 3.1 | (13.0 – 25.2) |
| Maryland | 389 | 292 | 69.3 | 4.1 | (61.3 – 77.3) | 97 | 30.7 | 4.1 | (22.7 – 38.7) |
| Massachusetts | 317 | 253 | 76.2 | 3.8 | (68.8 – 83.6) | 64 | 23.8 | 3.8 | (16.4 – 31.2) |
| Michigan | 669 | 536 | 74.5 | 3.4 | (67.8 – 81.2) | 133 | 25.5 | 3.4 | (18.8 – 32.2) |
| Montana | 445 | 320 | 64.6 | 3.9 | (57.0 – 72.2) | 125 | 35.4 | 3.9 | (27.8 – 43.0) |
| Nebraska | 754 | 556 | 66.1 | 3.8 | (58.7 – 73.5) | 198 | 33.9 | 3.8 | (26.5 – 41.3) |
| Nevada | 178 | 140 | 80.7 | 4.4 | (72.1 – 89.3) | 38 | 19.3 | 4.4 | (10.7 – 27.9) |
| New Hampshire | 350 | 283 | 77.0 | 3.6 | (69.9 – 84.1) | 67 | 23.0 | 3.6 | (15.9 – 30.1) |
| New Jersey | 508 | 396 | 72.3 | 3.5 | (65.4 – 79.2) | 112 | 27.7 | 3.5 | (20.8 – 34.6) |
| New Mexico | 302 | 226 | 66.7 | 4.7 | (57.5 – 75.9) | 76 | 33.3 | 4.7 | (24.1 – 42.5) |
| New York | 438 | 358 | 79.4 | 3.2 | (73.1 – 85.7) | 80 | 20.6 | 3.2 | (14.3 – 26.9) |
| North Dakota | 253 | 202 | 75.8 | 4.3 | (67.4 – 84.2) | 51 | 24.2 | 4.3 | (15.8 – 32.6) |
| Ohio | 387 | 302 | 71.9 | 4.5 | (63.1 – 80.7) | 85 | 28.1 | 4.5 | (19.3 – 36.9) |
| Oklahoma | 392 | 294 | 69.7 | 3.4 | (63.0 – 76.4) | 98 | 30.3 | 3.4 | (23.6 – 37.0) |
| Oregon | 224 | 167 | 78.6 | 4.2 | (70.4 – 86.8) | 57 | 21.4 | 4.2 | (13.2 – 29.6) |
| Rhode Island | 403 | 328 | 80.2 | 2.9 | (74.5 – 85.9) | 75 | 19.8 | 2.9 | (14.1 – 25.5) |
| Texas | 691 | 509 | 62.4 | 4.2 | (54.2 – 70.6) | 182 | 37.6 | 4.2 | (29.4 – 45.8) |
| Utah | 662 | 487 | 66.8 | 3.1 | (60.7 – 72.9) | 175 | 33.2 | 3.1 | (27.1 – 39.3) |
| Vermont | 469 | 386 | 81.3 | 2.8 | (75.8 – 86.8) | 83 | 18.7 | 2.8 | (13.2 – 24.2) |
| Virginia | 258 | 192 | 69.3 | 6.1 | (57.3 – 81.3) | 66 | 30.7 | 6.1 | (18.7 – 42.7) |
| Washington | 769 | 541 | 65.9 | 3.0 | (60.0 – 71.8) | 228 | 34.1 | 3.0 | (28.2 – 40.0) |
| West Virginia | 319 | 262 | 74.4 | 3.7 | (67.1 – 81.7) | 57 | 25.6 | 3.7 | (18.3 – 32.9) |
| Wisconsin | 289 | 236 | 76.8 | 4.5 | (68.0 – 85.6) | 53 | 23.2 | 4.5 | (14.4 – 32.0) |
| Puerto Rico | 360 | 251 | 65.2 | 3.6 | (58.1 – 72.3) | 109 | 34.8 | 3.6 | (27.7 – 41.9) |
| 36 state total | 15,403 | 11,781 | 71.1 | 1.0 | (69.1 – 73.1) | 3,622 | 28.9 | 1.0 | (26.9 – 30.9) |
| Median | 71.6 | 28.4 | |||||||
| Range | 59.8-81.3 | 18.7-40.2 | |||||||
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