TABLE 1. Estimated percent of current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006

State/Territory Sample
size±
Current Former
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alaska 173 130 73.9 5.3 (63.5 – 84.3) 43 26.1 5.3 (15.7 – 36.5)
Arizona 226 154 58.2 8.1 (42.3 – 74.1) 72 41.8 8.1 (25.9 – 57.7)
California 351 245 70.9 3.4 (64.2 – 77.6) 106 29.1 3.4 (22.4 – 35.8)
Colorado 374 275 71.6 3.0 (65.7 – 77.5) 99 28.4 3.0 (22.5 – 34.3)
Connecticut 438 328 71.5 3.3 (65.0 – 78.0) 110 28.5 3.3 (22.0 – 35.0)
District of Columbia 195 131 65.2 5.0 (55.4 – 75.0) 64 34.8 5.0 (25.0 – 44.6)
Georgia 372 261 61.9 4.3 (53.5 – 70.3) 111 38.1 4.3 (29.7 – 46.5)
Hawaii 392 223 52.3 3.7 (45.0 – 59.6) 169 47.7 3.7 (40.4 – 55.0)
Indiana 432 319 65.7 3.4 (59.0 – 72.4) 113 34.3 3.4 (27.6 – 41.0)
Iowa 268 180 62.7 4.0 (54.9 – 70.5) 88 37.3 4.0 (29.5 – 45.1)
Kansas 501 397 71.8 3.1 (65.7 – 77.9) 104 28.2 3.1 (22.1 – 34.3)
Maine 236 182 75.5 3.3 (69.0 – 82.0) 54 24.5 3.3 (18.0 – 31.0)
Maryland 416 294 64.2 4.6 (55.2 – 73.2) 122 35.8 4.6 (26.8 – 44.8)
Massachusetts 367 272 59.7 4.5 (50.9 – 68.5) 95 40.3 4.5 (31.5 – 49.1)
Michigan 406 322 75.1 3.0 (69.2 – 81.0) 84 24.9 3.0 (19.0 – 30.8)
Missouri 353 259 68.3 4.7 (59.1 – 77.5) 94 31.7 4.7 (22.5 – 40.9)
Montana 292 208 66.1 3.8 (58.7 – 73.5) 84 33.9 3.8 (26.5 – 41.3)
Nebraska 296 230 59.4 8.9 (42.0 – 76.8) 66 40.6 8.9 (23.2 – 58.0)
New Hampshire 320 238 67.7 4.0 (59.9 – 75.5) 82 32.3 4.0 (24.5 – 40.1)
New York 361 276 72.0 3.4 (65.3 – 78.7) 85 28.0 3.4 (21.3 – 34.7)
Oregon 438 294 61.8 3.5 (54.9 – 68.7) 144 38.2 3.5 (31.3 – 45.1)
Texas 320 233 57.8 6.2 (45.6 – 70.0) 87 42.2 6.2 (30.0 – 54.4)
Vermont 566 419 72.0 2.6 (66.9 – 77.1) 147 28.0 2.6 (22.9 – 33.1)
Washington 2,145 1,479 63.3 1.8 (59.8 – 66.8) 666 36.7 1.8 (33.2 – 40.2)
Wisconsin 291 223 75.0 3.8 (67.6 – 82.4) 68 25.0 3.8 (17.6 – 32.4)
25 areas total 10,529 7,572 66.9 1.3 (64.4 – 69.4) 2,957 33.1 1.3 (30.6 – 35.6)
Median     66.1       33.9    
Range     52.3-75.5       24.5-47.7    

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

2 “No” response to “Do you still have asthma?”

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”

§ Standard error

Confidence interval