TABLE 3b. Estimated percent for time since first diagnosis among adults1 with active2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006

State/Territory Sample
size±
5 or fewer years More than 5 years
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alaska 132 29 18.9 5.6 (7.9 – 29.9) 103 81.1 5.6 (70.1 – 92.1)
Arizona 163 24 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 139 85.2 5.2 (75.0 – 95.4)
California 267 41 13.2 2.5 (8.3 – 18.1) 226 86.8 2.5 (81.9 – 91.7)
Colorado 293 46 16.1 3.1 (10.0 – 22.2) 247 83.9 3.1 (77.8 – 90.0)
Connecticut 359 46 14.3 3.4 (7.6 – 21.0) 313 85.7 3.4 (79.0 – 92.4)
District of Columbia 142 18 9.4 2.7 (4.1 – 14.7) 124 90.6 2.7 (85.3 – 95.9)
Georgia 276 54 18.7 3.6 (11.6 – 25.8) 222 81.3 3.6 (74.2 – 88.4)
Hawaii 248 58 22.0 3.5 (15.1 – 28.9) 190 78.0 3.5 (71.1 – 84.9)
Indiana 338 72 19.2 2.6 (14.1 – 24.3) 266 80.8 2.6 (75.7 – 85.9)
Iowa 193 37 16.7 2.9 (11.0 – 22.4) 156 83.3 2.9 (77.6 – 89.0)
Kansas 401 61 15.2 2.7 (9.9 – 20.5) 340 84.8 2.7 (79.5 – 90.1)
Maine 192 30 12.2 2.5 (7.3 – 17.1) 162 87.8 2.5 (82.9 – 92.7)
Maryland 340 58 16.4 3.3 (9.9 – 22.9) 282 83.6 3.3 (77.1 – 90.1)
Massachusetts 288 45 16.4 3.6 (9.3 – 23.5) 243 83.6 3.6 (76.5 – 90.7)
Michigan 347 58 13.4 2.1 (9.3 – 17.5) 289 86.6 2.1 (82.5 – 90.7)
Missouri 273 45 17.8 4.4 (9.2 – 26.4) 228 82.2 4.4 (73.6 – 90.8)
Montana 215 38 16.7 3.3 (10.2 – 23.2) 177 83.3 3.3 (76.8 – 89.8)
Nebraska 244 30 9.3 2.3 (4.8 – 13.8) 214 90.7 2.3 (86.2 – 95.2)
New Hampshire 263 37 14.8 3.0 (8.9 – 20.7) 226 85.2 3.0 (79.3 – 91.1)
New York 295 57 15.7 2.5 (10.8 – 20.6) 238 84.3 2.5 (79.4 – 89.2)
Oregon 326 59 17.7 2.9 (12.0 – 23.4) 267 82.3 2.9 (76.6 – 88.0)
Texas 255 50 25.8 7.1 (11.9 – 39.7) 205 74.2 7.1 (60.3 – 88.1)
Vermont 436 76 17.3 2.5 (12.4 – 22.2) 360 82.7 2.5 (77.8 – 87.6)
Washington 1,613 290 18.9 1.7 (15.6 – 22.2) 1,323 81.1 1.7 (77.8 – 84.4)
Wisconsin 227 38 14.7 3.3 (8.2 – 21.2) 189 85.3 3.3 (78.8 – 91.8)
25 areas total 8,126 1,397 16.6 1.2 (14.2 – 19.0) 6,729 83.4 1.2 (81.0 – 85.8)
Median     16.4       83.6    
Range     9.3-25.8       74.2-90.7    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± 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