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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