AFC PREVALENCE TABLE 5B

TABLE 5b. Estimated percent reporting routine doctor visits in the past year among children1 with active2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2012-2014
State/Territory Sample
size±
One or more routine visits No routine visits3
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Connecticut 170 117 68.9 4.6 (59.2 – 77.2) 53 31.1 4.6 (22.8 – 40.8)
Hawaii 125 71 55.5 7.1 (41.5 – 68.6) 54 44.5 7.1 (31.4 – 58.5)
Kansas 230 151 68.2 4.1 (59.6 – 75.7) 79 31.8 4.1 (24.3 – 40.4)
Louisiana 74 54 75.5 6.4 (61.0 – 85.8) 20 24.5 6.4 (14.2 – 39.0)
Maine 95 60 74.4 4.7 (64.2 – 82.5) 35 25.6 4.7 (17.5 – 35.8)
Maryland 205 131 70.4 4.4 (61.1 – 78.2) 74 29.6 4.4 (21.8 – 38.9)
Massachusetts 65 43 56.9 9.4 (38.4 – 73.6) 22 43.1 9.4 (26.4 – 61.6)
Michigan 293 223 76.2 3.2 (69.5 – 81.8) 70 23.8 3.2 (18.2 – 30.5)
Mississippi 162 119 81.1 3.4 (73.5 – 87.0) 43 18.9 3.4 (13.0 – 26.5)
Missouri 111 91 79.8 5.2 (67.8 – 88.1) 20 20.2 5.2 (11.9 – 32.2)
Montana 145 97 63.5 5.5 (52.2 – 73.5) 48 36.5 5.5 (26.5 – 47.8)
Nebraska 290 203 69.5 4.2 (60.8 – 77.0) 87 30.5 4.2 (23.0 – 39.2)
New Hampshire 113 83 74.6 5.4 (62.6 – 83.8) 30 25.4 5.4 (16.2 – 37.4)
New Jersey 289 215 73.9 4.1 (65.2 – 81.0) 74 26.1 4.1 (19.0 – 34.8)
New Mexico 146 91 63.1 5.1 (52.7 – 72.3) 55 36.9 5.1 (27.7 – 47.3)
New York 80 65 79.5 7.4 (61.5 – 90.4) 15 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Ohio 165 122 73.9 5.3 (62.1 – 82.9) 43 26.1 5.3 (17.1 – 37.9)
Oklahoma 127 87 72.2 5.0 (61.5 – 80.8) 40 27.8 5.0 (19.2 – 38.5)
Oregon 64 43 66.6 7.0 (51.9 – 78.7) 21 33.4 7.0 (21.3 – 48.1)
Pennsylvania 256 194 76.1 3.8 (67.8 – 82.8) 62 23.9 3.8 (17.2 – 32.2)
Rhode Island 84 54 65.9 7.8 (49.4 – 79.2) 30 34.1 7.8 (20.8 – 50.6)
Texas 217 156 72.5 4.5 (62.9 – 80.4) 61 27.5 4.5 (19.6 – 37.1)
Utah 331 216 68.1 3.1 (61.8 – 73.8) 115 31.9 3.1 (26.2 – 38.2)
Washington 159 104 65.1 5.0 (54.8 – 74.1) 55 34.9 5.0 (25.9 – 45.2)
West Virginia 113 75 66.0 5.5 (54.7 – 75.8) 38 34.0 5.5 (24.2 – 45.3)
Wisconsin 103 66 62.6 7.0 (48.4 – 75.0) 37 37.4 7.0 (25.0 – 51.6)
26 state total 4,212 2,931 72.5 1.5 (69.5 – 75.3) 1,281 27.5 1.5 (24.7 – 30.5)
Median 70.0 30.5
Range 55.5-81.1 18.9-44.5

1 Aged < 18 years

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

3 No doctor visits or no routine doctor visits

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

§ Standard error

Confidence interval

N/A: Estimate not available (N/A) if the relative standard error was > 0.30