2017 Adult Prevalence Tables

Table 2b: Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past 3 months among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2017.

Table 2 B
State/Territory Sample
size±
Attack in past 3 months No attack or symptoms in past 3 months
Sample
size
       %   SE§      95% CI Sample
size
        %     SE§      95% CI
Arizona 485 207 40.9 3.6 (33.8 – 48.0) 278 59.1 3.6 (52.0 – 66.2)
California 161 55 35.1 5.7 (23.9 – 46.3) 106 64.9 5.7 (53.7 – 76.1)
Connecticut 342 135 34.4 4.0 (26.6 – 42.2) 207 65.6 4.0 (57.8 – 73.4)
Florida 585 253 43.8 4.8 (34.4 – 53.2) 332 56.2 4.8 (46.8 – 65.6)
Georgia 166 67 39.6 5.1 (29.6 – 49.6) 99 60.4 5.1 (50.4 – 70.4)
Hawaii 241 85 32.7 4.6 (23.7 – 41.7) 156 67.3 4.6 (58.3 – 76.3)
Illinois 162 68 49.4 5.2 (39.2 – 59.6) 94 50.6 5.2 (40.4 – 60.8)
Indiana 545 254 48.3 3.5 (41.4 – 55.2) 291 51.7 3.5 (44.8 – 58.6)
Iowa 227 101 52.1 4.4 (43.5 – 60.7) 126 47.9 4.4 (39.3 – 56.5)
Kansas 502 219 43.1 3.1 (37.0 – 49.2) 283 56.9 3.1 (50.8 – 63.0)
Kentucky 322 137 39.8 4.9 (30.2 – 49.4) 185 60.2 4.9 (50.6 – 69.8)
Maine 522 189 39.3 3.8 (31.9 – 46.7) 333 60.7 3.8 (53.3 – 68.1)
Massachusetts 191 67 34.2 5.8 (22.8 – 45.6) 124 65.8 5.8 (54.4 – 77.2)
Michigan 464 184 39.6 3.1 (33.5 – 45.7) 280 60.4 3.1 (54.3 – 66.5)
Minnesota 460 157 37.3 3.4 (30.6 – 44.0) 303 62.7 3.4 (56.0 – 69.4)
Missouri 208 88 42.6 5.4 (32.0 – 53.2) 120 57.4 5.4 (46.8 – 68.0)
Montana 188 61 38.4 6.5 (25.7 – 51.1) 127 61.6 6.5 (48.9 – 74.3)
Nebraska 447 175 41.9 4.1 (33.9 – 49.9) 272 58.1 4.1 (50.1 – 66.1)
Nevada 119 51 49.6 7.7 (34.5 – 64.7) 68 50.4 7.7 (35.3 – 65.5)
New Hampshire 196 76 34.9 5.5 (24.1 – 45.7) 120 65.1 5.5 (54.3 – 75.9)
New Jersey 409 162 42.2 5.2 (32.0 – 52.4) 247 57.8 5.2 (47.6 – 68.0)
New Mexico 226 85 38.0 5.6 (27.0 – 49.0) 141 62.0 5.6 (51.0 – 73.0)
New York 170 62 40.0 5.2 (29.8 – 50.2) 108 60.0 5.2 (49.8 – 70.2)
Ohio 360 145 41.1 4.3 (32.7 – 49.5) 215 58.9 4.3 (50.5 – 67.3)
Oregon 134 54 38.8 5.2 (28.6 – 49.0) 80 61.2 5.2 (51.0 – 71.4)
Pennsylvania 187 69 34.4 5.0 (24.6 – 44.2) 118 65.6 5.0 (55.8 – 75.4)
Rhode Island 214 79 35.0 4.5 (26.2 – 43.8) 135 65.0 4.5 (56.2 – 73.8)
Texas 329 155 50.3 7.1 (36.4 – 64.2) 174 49.7 7.1 (35.8 – 63.6)
Utah 304 129 43.5 4.1 (35.5 – 51.5) 175 56.5 4.1 (48.5 – 64.5)
Vermont 247 77 37.7 5.5 (26.9 – 48.5) 170 62.3 5.5 (51.5 – 73.1)
Wisconsin 239 96 41.4 4.9 (31.8 – 51.0) 143 58.6 4.9 (49.0 – 68.2)
Puerto Rico 145 46 35.3 6.6 (22.4 – 48.2) 99 64.7 6.6 (51.8 – 77.6)
32 States / Area 9,497 3,788 40.8 1.3 (38.3 – 43.3) 5,709 59.2 1.3 (56.7 – 61.7)
Median 39.7 60.3
Range 32.7-52.1 47.9-67.3

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± Sample size for adults with current asthma, excludes “DK/Refused”

§ Standard error

Confidence interval

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