TABLE 4a. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2009

State/Territory Sample
size±
Attack in past year No attack in past year No symptoms in past year
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Arizona 114 55 42.8 7.8 (27.5 – 58.1) 42 46.2 8.0 (30.5 – 61.9) 17 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 517 281 56.3 3.3 (49.8 – 62.8) 174 31.3 3.1 (25.2 – 37.4) 62 12.3 2.0 (8.4 – 16.2)
Connecticut 236 118 49.9 5.2 (39.7 – 60.1) 91 37.6 4.9 (28.0 – 47.2) 27 12.5 3.3 (6.0 – 19.0)
District of Columbia 134 60 48.0 5.7 (36.8 – 59.2) 56 39.8 5.5 (29.0 – 50.6) 18 12.3 3.6 (5.2 – 19.4)
Florida 410 217 51.6 4.6 (42.6 – 60.6) 151 38.0 4.6 (29.0 – 47.0) 42 10.4 2.3 (5.9 – 14.9)
Georgia 189 99 47.9 5.9 (36.3 – 59.5) 68 42.9 6.1 (30.9 – 54.9) 22 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Hawaii 278 113 39.6 4.8 (30.2 – 49.0) 116 46.7 5.0 (36.9 – 56.5) 49 13.7 3.2 (7.4 – 20.0)
Illinois 187 77 44.1 5.2 (33.9 – 54.3) 89 43.1 5.0 (33.3 – 52.9) 21 12.9 3.3 (6.4 – 19.4)
Indiana 393 190 49.1 4.2 (40.9 – 57.3) 168 39.9 4.0 (32.1 – 47.7) 35 11.1 3.3 (4.6 – 17.6)
Iowa 232 109 41.8 4.7 (32.6 – 51.0) 94 47.9 5.3 (37.5 – 58.3) 29 10.3 2.4 (5.6 – 15.0)
Kansas 821 427 45.9 2.8 (40.4 – 51.4) 321 42.3 2.9 (36.6 – 48.0) 73 11.9 2.1 (7.8 – 16.0)
Louisiana 197 121 60.5 6.0 (48.7 – 72.3) 56 29.8 5.5 (19.0 – 40.6) 20 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Maine 232 119 54.1 5.2 (43.9 – 64.3) 92 36.1 4.6 (27.1 – 45.1) 21 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Maryland 269 133 50.1 5.7 (38.9 – 61.3) 99 37.9 5.7 (26.7 – 49.1) 37 12.0 2.9 (6.3 – 17.7)
Massachusetts 225 100 53.9 5.4 (43.3 – 64.5) 103 37.2 5.2 (27.0 – 47.4) 22 8.9 2.5 (4.0 – 13.8)
Michigan 472 261 53.0 3.7 (45.7 – 60.3) 173 33.7 3.4 (27.0 – 40.4) 38 13.3 3.5 (6.4 – 20.2)
Montana 301 140 45.4 4.9 (35.8 – 55.0) 119 34.3 4.1 (26.3 – 42.3) 42 20.2 4.9 (10.6 – 29.8)
Nebraska 540 256 43.1 4.1 (35.1 – 51.1) 213 44.9 4.3 (36.5 – 53.3) 71 12.0 2.8 (6.5 – 17.5)
Nevada 131 73 63.7 7.9 (48.2 – 79.2) 46 26.9 6.8 (13.6 – 40.2) 12 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 257 126 46.0 4.9 (36.4 – 55.6) 105 45.1 4.9 (35.5 – 54.7) 26 9.0 2.5 (4.1 – 13.9)
New Jersey 361 170 43.7 4.3 (35.3 – 52.1) 143 41.0 4.4 (32.4 – 49.6) 48 15.3 3.4 (8.6 – 22.0)
New Mexico 204 113 55.1 5.0 (45.3 – 64.9) 74 35.8 4.8 (26.4 – 45.2) 17 9.2 2.6 (4.1 – 14.3)
New York 322 176 51.4 5.1 (41.4 – 61.4) 113 41.0 5.4 (30.4 – 51.6) 33 7.6 2.1 (3.5 – 11.7)
North Dakota 191 90 48.9 5.2 (38.7 – 59.1) 84 37.2 4.7 (28.0 – 46.4) 17 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Ohio 275 145 52.0 5.4 (41.4 – 62.6) 102 38.5 5.5 (27.7 – 49.3) 28 9.5 2.5 (4.6 – 14.4)
Oklahoma 280 150 54.2 5.0 (44.4 – 64.0) 108 39.0 5.2 (28.8 – 49.2) 22 6.8 1.9 (3.1 – 10.5)
Oregon 147 80 52.2 6.1 (40.2 – 64.2) 51 38.6 6.1 (26.6 – 50.6) 16 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Rhode Island 301 160 58.8 4.6 (49.8 – 67.8) 106 30.1 3.9 (22.5 – 37.7) 35 11.1 2.8 (5.6 – 16.6)
Texas 470 260 53.2 4.6 (44.2 – 62.2) 159 37.3 4.6 (28.3 – 46.3) 51 9.5 2.4 (4.8 – 14.2)
Utah 436 244 55.6 3.8 (48.2 – 63.0) 154 33.9 3.4 (27.2 – 40.6) 38 10.4 2.7 (5.1 – 15.7)
Vermont 355 159 44.4 4.6 (35.4 – 53.4) 161 45.9 4.7 (36.7 – 55.1) 35 9.7 2.6 (4.6 – 14.8)
Virginia 188 88 44.1 6.1 (32.1 – 56.1) 75 47.4 6.5 (34.7 – 60.1) 25 8.4 2.0 (4.5 – 12.3)
Washington 487 242 48.5 3.9 (40.9 – 56.1) 189 40.2 3.7 (32.9 – 47.5) 56 11.4 2.5 (6.5 – 16.3)
West Virginia 250 139 58.0 4.7 (48.8 – 67.2) 92 32.2 4.4 (23.6 – 40.8) 19 9.8 2.9 (4.1 – 15.5)
Wisconsin 224 111 54.9 5.5 (44.1 – 65.7) 84 34.3 5.1 (24.3 – 44.3) 29 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Puerto Rico 167 96 52.3 5.5 (41.5 – 63.1) 49 32.7 5.3 (22.3 – 43.1) 22 15.0 4.0 (7.2 – 22.8)
36 state total 10,793 5,498 51.3 1.1 (49.1 – 53.5) 4,120 37.9 1.1 (35.7 – 40.1) 1,175 10.7 0.6 (9.5 – 11.9)
Median     50.8       38.3       11.1    
Range     39.6-63.7       26.9-47.9       6.8-20.2    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have 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