TABLE 13. Estimated percent with activity limitations among adults1 with current2 or active3 asthma status by state/territory, BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 270 67.9 5.9 (56.3 – 79.5) 274 67.8 5.9 (56.2 – 79.4)
Arizona 221 51.0 7.6 (36.1 – 65.9) 228 39.0 9.5 (20.4 – 57.6)
California 316 47.7 4.5 (38.9 – 56.5) 334 44.6 4.4 (36.0 – 53.2)
Connecticut 244 46.4 5.5 (35.6 – 57.2) 254 41.9 5.6 (30.9 – 52.9)
District of Columbia 100 36.7 9.6 (17.9 – 55.5) 109 43.4 10.8 (22.2 – 64.6)
Florida 216 62.7 8.3 (46.4 – 79.0) 232 65.1 7.7 (50.0 – 80.2)
Georgia 140 67.7 5.8 (56.3 – 79.1) 158 61.9 6.3 (49.6 – 74.2)
Hawaii 145 36.6 9.3 (18.4 – 54.8) 154 34.1 5.4 (23.5 – 44.7)
Illinois 205 45.5 6.5 (32.8 – 58.2) 219 39.2 6.3 (26.9 – 51.5)
Indiana 241 53.5 6.1 (41.5 – 65.5) 263 52.8 5.9 (41.2 – 64.4)
Iowa 196 59.3 6.2 (47.1 – 71.5) 199 60.5 6.1 (48.5 – 72.5)
Kansas 391 53.5 4.8 (44.1 – 62.9) 406 54.7 4.6 (45.7 – 63.7)
Louisiana 262 50.3 6.9 (36.8 – 63.8) 274 45.6 6.8 (32.3 – 58.9)
Maine 215 62.0 5.2 (51.8 – 72.2) 228 60.7 4.7 (51.5 – 69.9)
Massachusetts 197 48.4 6.0 (36.6 – 60.2) 231 46.0 5.4 (35.4 – 56.6)
Michigan 448 54.5 4.3 (46.1 – 62.9) 490 55.8 4.1 (47.8 – 63.8)
Mississippi 261 67.7 6.3 (55.4 – 80.0) 263 65.7 6.2 (53.5 – 77.9)
Missouri 227 66.4 6.5 (53.7 – 79.1) 241 66.1 6.3 (53.8 – 78.4)
Montana 276 51.7 6.1 (39.7 – 63.7) 288 49.8 6.0 (38.0 – 61.6)
Nebraska 500 62.5 3.9 (54.9 – 70.1) 513 61.8 4.0 (54.0 – 69.6)
Nevada 142 53.7 8.7 (36.6 – 70.8) 158 53.7 8.1 (37.8 – 69.6)
New Hampshire 269 46.5 5.2 (36.3 – 56.7) 286 46.6 4.9 (37.0 – 56.2)
New Jersey 384 46.9 5.4 (36.3 – 57.5) 407 44.7 5.2 (34.5 – 54.9)
New Mexico 294 58.6 4.7 (49.4 – 67.8) 309 56.7 4.7 (47.5 – 65.9)
New York 174 43.7 7.3 (29.4 – 58.0) 190 40.7 7.2 (26.6 – 54.8)
North Carolina 154 72.8 5.9 (61.2 – 84.4) 173 66.8 6.7 (53.7 – 79.9)
North Dakota 149 52.3 7.3 (38.0 – 66.6) 150 50.3 7.5 (35.6 – 65.0)
Ohio 395 59.7 4.8 (50.3 – 69.1) 420 53.9 5.8 (42.5 – 65.3)
Oklahoma 211 57.0 6.1 (45.0 – 69.0) 215 55.8 6.6 (42.9 – 68.7)
Oregon 202 49.9 6.2 (37.7 – 62.1) 225 47.5 5.8 (36.1 – 58.9)
Pennsylvania 578 53.9 5.0 (44.1 – 63.7) 618 51.8 4.8 (42.4 – 61.2)
Rhode Island 188 55.4 6.5 (42.7 – 68.1) 192 56.5 6.6 (43.6 – 69.4)
Texas 213 56.0 9.3 (37.8 – 74.2) 221 50.4 9.4 (32.0 – 68.8)
Vermont 239 41.6 5.2 (31.4 – 51.8) 249 37.5 5.0 (27.7 – 47.3)
Washington 465 38.9 3.9 (31.3 – 46.5) 489 38.9 3.7 (31.6 – 46.2)
West Virginia 208 62.4 4.6 (53.4 – 71.4) 210 63.3 4.6 (54.3 – 72.3)
Wisconsin 182 59.9 7.9 (44.4 – 75.4) 186 59.0 8.0 (43.3 – 74.7)
37 state total 9,518 53.4 1.5 (50.5 – 56.3) 10,056 50.7 1.5 (47.8 – 53.6)
Median   53.7       52.8    
Range   36.6-72.8       34.1-67.8    

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

± Landline sample size excludes “DK/Refused”

§ Standard error

Confidence interval