TABLE 13. Estimated percent with activity limitations among adults1 with current2 or active3 asthma status by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006

State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alaska 127 67.9 6.5 (55.2 – 80.6) 130 62.7 6.7 (49.6 – 75.8)
Arizona 154 73.7 6.6 (60.8 – 86.6) 163 69.1 6.8 (55.8 – 82.4)
California 242 60.6 4.1 (52.6 – 68.6) 263 61.7 4.0 (53.9 – 69.5)
Colorado 268 62.6 3.8 (55.2 – 70.0) 291 60.0 3.7 (52.7 – 67.3)
Connecticut 324 58.4 4.2 (50.2 – 66.6) 357 53.1 4.0 (45.3 – 60.9)
District of Columbia 126 47.9 5.7 (36.7 – 59.1) 136 50.2 5.5 (39.4 – 61.0)
Georgia 250 73.9 4.0 (66.1 – 81.7) 267 73.3 3.8 (65.9 – 80.7)
Hawaii 221 42.7 4.6 (33.7 – 51.7) 245 48.5 4.5 (39.7 – 57.3)
Indiana 317 70.5 3.2 (64.2 – 76.8) 336 68.7 3.1 (62.6 – 74.8)
Iowa 179 67.8 3.9 (60.2 – 75.4) 193 65.4 3.9 (57.8 – 73.0)
Kansas 390 63.4 3.3 (56.9 – 69.9) 394 63.4 3.3 (56.9 – 69.9)
Maine 178 70.8 4.3 (62.4 – 79.2) 191 69.1 4.1 (61.1 – 77.1)
Maryland 289 56.0 4.5 (47.2 – 64.8) 333 50.7 4.2 (42.5 – 58.9)
Massachusetts 263 58.3 4.9 (48.7 – 67.9) 279 55.5 5.0 (45.7 – 65.3)
Michigan 318 61.7 3.5 (54.8 – 68.6) 343 60.2 3.5 (53.3 – 67.1)
Missouri 256 62.7 5.4 (52.1 – 73.3) 271 64.1 5.2 (53.9 – 74.3)
Montana 206 53.1 5.3 (42.7 – 63.5) 213 54.6 5.2 (44.4 – 64.8)
Nebraska 229 67.5 6.8 (54.2 – 80.8) 243 61.7 6.5 (49.0 – 74.4)
New Hampshire 235 59.1 4.3 (50.7 – 67.5) 261 52.2 4.2 (44.0 – 60.4)
New York 275 67.4 3.9 (59.8 – 75.0) 297 63.0 3.9 (55.4 – 70.6)
Oregon 293 58.3 4.4 (49.7 – 66.9) 325 53.4 4.4 (44.8 – 62.0)
Texas 220 66.7 6.9 (53.2 – 80.2) 241 60.9 7.6 (46.0 – 75.8)
Vermont 416 62.2 3.1 (56.1 – 68.3) 437 60.1 3.1 (54.0 – 66.2)
Washington 1,472 55.0 2.2 (50.7 – 59.3) 1,610 54.1 2.0 (50.2 – 58.0)
Wisconsin 222 64.1 5.4 (53.5 – 74.7) 226 63.7 5.4 (53.1 – 74.3)
25 areas total 7,470 63.5 1.4 (60.8 – 66.2) 8,045 61.3 1.5 (58.4 – 64.2)
Median   62.6       60.9    
Range   42.7-73.9       48.5-73.3    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

3 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