TABLE 11b. Estimated percent reporting a medical diagnosis of depression for active1 and inactive2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006

State/Territory Active Inactive
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alaska 132 35.7 6.3 (23.4 – 48.0) 44 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Arizona 162 34.6 7.0 (20.9 – 48.3) 67 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 267 38.2 4.1 (30.2 – 46.2) 86 19.7 5.1 (9.7 – 29.7)
Colorado 291 38.8 3.7 (31.5 – 46.1) 89 17.4 4.2 (9.2 – 25.6)
Connecticut 349 24.9 3.1 (18.8 – 31.0) 91 21.3 6.2 (9.1 – 33.5)
District of Columbia 132 22.2 4.8 (12.8 – 31.6) 54 20.7 6.1 (8.7 – 32.7)
Georgia 257 34.5 4.3 (26.1 – 42.9) 93 22.9 6.0 (11.1 – 34.7)
Hawaii 247 22.6 3.5 (15.7 – 29.5) 142 14.1 3.6 (7.0 – 21.2)
Indiana 337 42.7 3.4 (36.0 – 49.4) 101 33.5 6.6 (20.6 – 46.4)
Iowa 192 32.8 3.7 (25.5 – 40.1) 80 20.0 5.6 (9.0 – 31.0)
Kansas 402 34.7 3.2 (28.4 – 41.0) 111 14.9 4.4 (6.3 – 23.5)
Maine 191 35.4 4.4 (26.8 – 44.0) 48 28.5 7.2 (14.4 – 42.6)
Maryland 330 27.9 3.9 (20.3 – 35.5) 91 15.5 4.5 (6.7 – 24.3)
Massachusetts 271 32.1 4.5 (23.3 – 40.9) 87 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Michigan 347 31.5 3.2 (25.2 – 37.8) 73 15.0 4.4 (6.4 – 23.6)
Missouri 272 39.2 5.5 (28.4 – 50.0) 89 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Montana 213 33.8 4.6 (24.8 – 42.8) 80 36.1 6.9 (22.6 – 49.6)
Nebraska 243 42.5 5.9 (30.9 – 54.1) 56 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 262 27.4 3.2 (21.1 – 33.7) 61 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New York 297 38.7 4.0 (30.9 – 46.5) 67 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Oregon 324 41.6 4.5 (32.8 – 50.4) 130 29.5 5.4 (18.9 – 40.1)
Texas 231 37.9 6.8 (24.6 – 51.2) 74 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Vermont 438 36.3 3.1 (30.2 – 42.4) 143 21.0 3.7 (13.7 – 28.3)
Washington 1,614 41.5 2.0 (37.6 – 45.4) 598 28.2 2.8 (22.7 – 33.7)
Wisconsin 227 29.4 4.3 (21.0 – 37.8) 64 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
25 areas total 8,028 36.2 1.4 (33.5 – 38.9) 2,619 21.8 2.0 (17.9 – 25.7)
Median   34.7       20.9    
Range   22.2-42.7       14.1-36.1    

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

2 Reported none of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± 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