Multiple Year (2006 ~ 2010) Child Asthma Call-back Survey Prevalence Tables

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TABLE 4a. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among children with current asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006-2010
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 126 76 61.7 6.8 (48.4 – 75.0) 37 21.0 4.6 (12.0 – 30.0) 13 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 178 105 60.4 4.9 (50.8 – 70.0) 50 29.8 4.8 (20.4 – 39.2) 23 9.8 2.7 (4.5 – 15.1)
Connecticut 358 201 56.2 3.5 (49.3 – 63.1) 104 26.0 3.1 (19.9 – 32.1) 53 17.7 2.8 (12.2 – 23.2)
District of Columbia 121 65 52.8 5.9 (41.2 – 64.4) 41 32.1 5.1 (22.1 – 42.1) 15 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Georgia 355 213 56.4 3.8 (49.0 – 63.8) 103 33.1 3.7 (25.8 – 40.4) 39 10.5 2.2 (6.2 – 14.8)
Hawaii 426 183 44.5 3.1 (38.4 – 50.6) 146 33.8 3.0 (27.9 – 39.7) 97 21.7 2.6 (16.6 – 26.8)
Illinois 172 97 59.6 4.8 (50.2 – 69.0) 54 29.8 4.5 (21.0 – 38.6) 21 10.6 2.6 (5.5 – 15.7)
Indiana 351 209 58.8 3.5 (51.9 – 65.7) 111 33.1 3.3 (26.6 – 39.6) 31 8.1 1.9 (4.4 – 11.8)
Iowa 253 126 52.8 3.6 (45.7 – 59.9) 84 34.7 3.5 (27.8 – 41.6) 43 12.5 2.1 (8.4 – 16.6)
Kansas 600 315 53.2 2.4 (48.5 – 57.9) 204 33.3 2.2 (29.0 – 37.6) 81 13.5 1.8 (10.0 – 17.0)
Louisiana 106 54 48.8 5.9 (37.2 – 60.4) 38 41.4 5.9 (29.8 – 53.0) 14 9.8 2.8 (4.3 – 15.3)
Maine 294 167 58.1 3.3 (51.6 – 64.6) 95 30.0 3.0 (24.1 – 35.9) 32 11.9 2.3 (7.4 – 16.4)
Maryland 394 240 62.2 3.1 (56.1 – 68.3) 101 26.8 2.9 (21.1 – 32.5) 53 11.0 1.9 (7.3 – 14.7)
Massachusetts 273 141 52.3 4.4 (43.7 – 60.9) 95 33.5 4.0 (25.7 – 41.3) 37 14.2 3.6 (7.1 – 21.3)
Michigan 488 285 58.7 3.0 (52.8 – 64.6) 125 25.2 2.5 (20.3 – 30.1) 78 16.1 2.3 (11.6 – 20.6)
Mississippi 81 47 57.1 7.4 (42.6 – 71.6) 28 37.5 7.4 (23.0 – 52.0) 6 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Missouri 234 131 56.9 4.7 (47.7 – 66.1) 81 31.8 4.0 (24.0 – 39.6) 22 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Montana 215 128 60.7 4.2 (52.5 – 68.9) 61 26.9 3.7 (19.6 – 34.2) 26 12.4 2.8 (6.9 – 17.9)
Nebraska 484 243 52.4 3.8 (45.0 – 59.8) 163 32.4 3.7 (25.1 – 39.7) 78 15.2 3.0 (9.3 – 21.1)
New Hampshire 154 84 55.4 4.8 (46.0 – 64.8) 53 35.4 4.8 (26.0 – 44.8) 17 9.1 2.5 (4.2 – 14.0)
New Jersey 304 152 46.5 4.0 (38.7 – 54.3) 104 33.6 3.9 (26.0 – 41.2) 48 19.9 3.4 (13.2 – 26.6)
New Mexico 241 124 55.8 4.3 (47.4 – 64.2) 79 29.3 3.8 (21.9 – 36.7) 38 14.9 3.1 (8.8 – 21.0)
New York 287 158 58.9 4.0 (51.1 – 66.7) 95 31.6 3.8 (24.2 – 39.0) 34 9.6 1.9 (5.9 – 13.3)
North Dakota 102 61 62.9 5.5 (52.1 – 73.7) 28 26.8 5.0 (17.0 – 36.6) 13 10.2 3.0 (4.3 – 16.1)
Ohio 229 122 57.0 4.6 (48.0 – 66.0) 76 30.7 4.8 (21.3 – 40.1) 31 12.3 3.3 (5.8 – 18.8)
Oklahoma 255 141 58.3 3.8 (50.9 – 65.7) 79 30.6 3.6 (23.5 – 37.7) 35 11.1 2.0 (7.2 – 15.0)
Oregon 196 102 56.3 4.3 (47.9 – 64.7) 56 25.9 3.7 (18.6 – 33.2) 38 17.8 3.1 (11.7 – 23.9)
Pennsylvania 134 73 55.8 5.8 (44.4 – 67.2) 46 35.1 5.5 (24.3 – 45.9) 15 9.1 2.7 (3.8 – 14.4)
Rhode Island 161 94 56.3 5.0 (46.5 – 66.1) 41 24.7 4.1 (16.7 – 32.7) 26 19.0 4.4 (10.4 – 27.6)
Texas 492 289 56.5 3.8 (49.1 – 63.9) 141 32.3 3.7 (25.0 – 39.6) 62 11.2 2.1 (7.1 – 15.3)
Utah 378 246 65.8 3.5 (58.9 – 72.7) 87 22.7 3.2 (16.4 – 29.0) 45 11.5 2.0 (7.6 – 15.4)
Vermont 394 199 54.1 3.0 (48.2 – 60.0) 141 32.7 2.7 (27.4 – 38.0) 54 13.2 1.9 (9.5 – 16.9)
Virginia 88 50 60.7 8.9 (43.3 – 78.1) 27 30.7 8.9 (13.3 – 48.1) 11 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Washington 339 188 55.9 3.5 (49.0 – 62.8) 100 29.3 3.0 (23.4 – 35.2) 51 14.7 2.8 (9.2 – 20.2)
West Virginia 204 112 56.3 4.0 (48.5 – 64.1) 72 36.4 3.9 (28.8 – 44.0) 20 7.3 1.8 (3.8 – 10.8)
Wisconsin 143 88 65.4 5.0 (55.6 – 75.2) 39 22.9 4.2 (14.7 – 31.1) 16 11.7 3.2 (5.4 – 18.0)
36 state total 9,610 5,309 57.5 1.1 (55.3 – 59.7) 2,985 30.8 1.1 (28.6 – 33.0) 1,316 11.7 0.6 (10.5 – 12.9)
Median 56.5 31.2 11.9
Range 44.5-65.8 21.0-41.4 7.3-21.7

1 Aged < 18 years

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

± 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 unweighted sample size for the denominator was < 50 or if the relative standard error was > 0.30

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