TABLE 3a. Estimated percent for time since first diagnosis among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

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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
Alabama 271 33 13.0 3.3 (6.5 – 19.5) 238 87.0 3.3 (80.5 – 93.5)
Arizona 224 24 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 200 90.8 3.0 (84.9 – 96.7)
California 314 36 9.6 2.3 (5.1 – 14.1) 278 90.4 2.3 (85.9 – 94.9)
Connecticut 243 32 17.4 4.1 (9.4 – 25.4) 211 82.6 4.1 (74.6 – 90.6)
District of Columbia 98 11 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 87 72.8 12.5 (48.3 – 97.3)
Florida 218 34 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 184 80.3 7.2 (66.2 – 94.4)
Georgia 141 20 10.3 3.0 (4.4 – 16.2) 121 89.7 3.0 (83.8 – 95.6)
Hawaii 145 14 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 131 77.5 10.4 (57.1 – 97.9)
Illinois 205 26 8.1 2.4 (3.4 – 12.8) 179 91.9 2.4 (87.2 – 96.6)
Indiana 241 35 13.5 3.2 (7.2 – 19.8) 206 86.5 3.2 (80.2 – 92.8)
Iowa 198 30 17.6 5.0 (7.8 – 27.4) 168 82.4 5.0 (72.6 – 92.2)
Kansas 393 41 9.5 2.8 (4.0 – 15.0) 352 90.5 2.8 (85.0 – 96.0)
Louisiana 258 32 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 226 84.5 7.1 (70.6 – 98.4)
Maine 216 20 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 196 82.4 5.7 (71.2 – 93.6)
Massachusetts 195 23 10.2 3.0 (4.3 – 16.1) 172 89.8 3.0 (83.9 – 95.7)
Michigan 449 64 15.1 3.0 (9.2 – 21.0) 385 84.9 3.0 (79.0 – 90.8)
Mississippi 262 27 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 235 91.7 2.5 (86.8 – 96.6)
Missouri 224 31 16.8 4.9 (7.2 – 26.4) 193 83.2 4.9 (73.6 – 92.8)
Montana 279 38 10.9 2.6 (5.8 – 16.0) 241 89.1 2.6 (84.0 – 94.2)
Nebraska 510 52 7.4 1.5 (4.5 – 10.3) 458 92.6 1.5 (89.7 – 95.5)
Nevada 142 13 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 129 93.7 2.8 (88.2 – 99.2)
New Hampshire 269 26 19.0 5.4 (8.4 – 29.6) 243 81.0 5.4 (70.4 – 91.6)
New Jersey 384 50 12.6 2.5 (7.7 – 17.5) 334 87.4 2.5 (82.5 – 92.3)
New Mexico 295 36 14.4 3.7 (7.1 – 21.7) 259 85.6 3.7 (78.3 – 92.9)
New York 173 28 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 145 83.6 5.5 (72.8 – 94.4)
North Carolina 156 18 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 138 91.3 3.8 (83.9 – 98.7)
North Dakota 149 23 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 126 84.1 6.1 (72.1 – 96.1)
Ohio 389 69 15.8 3.4 (9.1 – 22.5) 320 84.2 3.4 (77.5 – 90.9)
Oklahoma 213 31 13.8 3.7 (6.5 – 21.1) 182 86.2 3.7 (78.9 – 93.5)
Oregon 203 21 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 182 84.4 5.8 (73.0 – 95.8)
Pennsylvania 579 90 12.1 2.3 (7.6 – 16.6) 489 87.9 2.3 (83.4 – 92.4)
Rhode Island 188 16 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 172 83.6 6.2 (71.4 – 95.8)
Texas 213 35 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 178 74.4 10.4 (54.0 – 94.8)
Vermont 239 26 8.3 2.4 (3.6 – 13.0) 213 91.7 2.4 (87.0 – 96.4)
Washington 467 46 17.0 4.4 (8.4 – 25.6) 421 83.0 4.4 (74.4 – 91.6)
West Virginia 212 34 15.6 3.9 (8.0 – 23.2) 178 84.4 3.9 (76.8 – 92.0)
Wisconsin 181 19 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 162 88.9 4.2 (80.7 – 97.1)
37 state total 9,536 1,204 14.0 1.2 (11.6 – 16.4) 8,332 86.0 1.2 (83.6 – 88.4)
Median     13.3       85.6    
Range     7.4-19.0       72.8-93.7    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± Landline 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