AFC PREVALENCE TABLE 12


TABLE 12. Estimated percent of children allowed to carry medication in school among children1 with current2 asthma status who attended school in the past year3 by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2012-2014
State/Territory Current
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI
Connecticut 107 35.8 6.3 (24.6 – 48.9)
Hawaii 73 58.5 7.6 (43.2 – 72.3)
Kansas 177 52.7 5.7 (41.6 – 63.6)
Louisiana 59 38.1 8.7 (23.0 – 55.8)
Maine 69 52.7 7.5 (38.3 – 66.8)
Maryland 154 46.8 5.4 (36.6 – 57.4)
Massachusetts 48 57.6 12.3 (33.5 – 78.5)
Michigan 235 57.8 4.0 (50.0 – 65.3)
Mississippi 127 54.1 5.4 (43.5 – 64.3)
Missouri 91 42.9 7.3 (29.6 – 57.4)
Montana 109 75.4 4.9 (64.5 – 83.8)
Nebraska 248 50.1 4.6 (41.1 – 59.1)
New Hampshire 85 51.6 7.9 (36.5 – 66.4)
New Jersey 235 61.7 4.1 (53.4 – 69.3)
New Mexico 107 58.8 6.0 (46.7 – 69.9)
New York 60 48.2 7.6 (33.8 – 62.9)
Ohio 121 69.5 5.1 (58.7 – 78.5)
Oklahoma 96 62.6 6.1 (50.1 – 73.6)
Oregon 51 64.0 7.7 (47.9 – 77.5)
Pennsylvania 181 50.1 5.0 (40.4 – 59.8)
Rhode Island 65 55.4 7.7 (40.3 – 69.6)
Texas 170 59.8 6.1 (47.6 – 70.9)
Utah 245 66.4 4.1 (58.0 – 73.9)
Washington 118 64.6 5.5 (53.2 – 74.6)
West Virginia 87 47.2 6.4 (35.1 – 59.6)
Wisconsin 75 76.9 6.7 (61.5 – 87.4)
26 state total 3,193 56.2 1.7 (52.8 – 59.6)
Median 56.5
Range 35.8-76.9

1 Aged < 18 years

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

3 Attended school outside the home. Home Schooled are excluded.

± Sample size is for multiple years of participation. Responses of “Don’t Know” and “Refused” are excluded.

§ Standard error

Confidence interval